Suunto 9 Peak Pro?

isazi

@krakra no that error message is there for this exact reason, to let you know that you cannot charge with the old cable.

Dušan Ković

@Brad_Olwin said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

@Dušan-Ković The strong magnet charger for the S9Peak can brick the 9Pro so don’t use it. The 9Pro won’t accept charging from that adaptor for the reasons @isazi described.

@isazi said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

@Efejota there is NO risk for the user. If they connect the old charger, a screen comes up saying something like “CHARGER NOT COMPATIBLE REMOVE”. And that’s it.

We have two conflicting opinions.

Are magnets a problem or not? Will the watch brick?

isazi

@Dušan-Ković what two conflicting opinions, @Brad_Olwin said exactly that yesterday, that if you connect the S9PP to the old cable it will not charge and give you a warning.

Dušan Ković

@isazi He also said that watch will brick = die - not be usable again. Than you said there is NO risk for the user

isazi

@Dušan-Ković I said there is no risk because the watch will tell you that it cannot charge with the old cable. Suunto put in place this software measure to avoid people using the old cable, so people will not use the old cable (because it cannot charge your new watch) and there will be no harm.

Egika

@Dušan-Ković said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

@Brad_Olwin said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

@Dušan-Ković The strong magnet charger for the S9Peak can brick the 9Pro so don’t use it. The 9Pro won’t accept charging from that adaptor for the reasons @isazi described.

@isazi said in Suunto 9 Peak Pro?:

@Efejota there is NO risk for the user. If they connect the old charger, a screen comes up saying something like “CHARGER NOT COMPATIBLE REMOVE”. And that’s it.

We have two conflicting opinions.

Are magnets a problem or not? Will the watch brick?

Technical explanation:
The GPS chip in the watch could be ~~damaged~~ Edit: rendered unusable in the case of:
Charger with strong magnet attached
AND
Charge current flowing.

As the watch is detecting the old charger it will show the warning and at the same time not start the charging current to flow. So everything is safe.

MoeJito

@freeheeler A much easier/safer way would be to pull the hazardous accessory from the market and replace the charger included in the S9P set with the new one.

isazi

@MoeJito please just read all messages and learn that nothing will happen to your new watch with an old charger, it will not even charge!
@Brad_Olwin was talking about watch prototypes before the new charger was even designed and produced!

Spree

@MoeJito Where do you get this impression that it would be “easier”?

MoeJito

@Dušan-Ković The user won’t get hurt (i.e. no electrical hazard to the user, no fire,…). The watch itself (i.e. electrical circuits) might get damaged based on information shared previously. From a (safety) risk management perspective this is considered a user inconvenience, but not a safety issue.

dulko79

@mountainChris for gaps in the graph, did you maybe wear watch too tight or too loose during night? How are resources working for you?

isazi

@dulko79 @mountainChris gaps in HR during the night are known and being investigated.

Spree

@MoeJito I really don’t think anyone mentioned anything even close to there being any risk for the user? Electrical hazards, fire? Nothing about a “safety issue” has even been hinted to.

I really am not getting this entire discussion at all. This watch comes with a compatible cable; nobody even mentioned that the older cable is compatible, and actually there is a specific warning not to use any other cable. The watch itself will tell you not to use the wrong cable if you try.

And it would be “easier” to create a massive recall of all the Suunto 9 Peak cables out there for no real reason?

trailcafe

Dear all,

one question regarding backlight behaviour:

I would like to have backlight wrist activation only during exercise and no backlight wrist activation during normal use. When I set it to training only, backlight is always enduring normal use. Maybe someone can give me an advise on how to set it up as I would like to have it?

Summary:
No wrist based backlight activation during normal use (but when I press a button backlight switches on)
Wrist based backlight activation during exercise.

Spree

@trailcafe This is what I have now, and it’s set up as follows.

Standy => off
Raise to wake => exercise only.

This way backlight is never turned on unless you press a button in watch mode.

Mff73

@Egika
thanks for this technical clarification.

trailcafe

@Spree Thank you… Adaptive was my standby setting. I thought, this will adapt lighting when backlight is activated based on the environement lighting.

Spree

@trailcafe That’s how it should work; but I suspect the expectation of how high the backlight should be vary between the watch and you :).

trailcafe

@Spree

freeheeler

@isazi
thank you, that’s a very helpful information for all
and it obsoletes my comment as Suunto solved and prevents the potential risk of damaging the watch with an old cable by software …see… that’s the difference between IT and mechanical engineers

pulling an “old” cable from the market doesn’t make sense to me and might not even be allowed from sparepart availability regulations.
plus: it doesn’t solve the problem (which isn’t actually a problem, as we learned!) of people having both watches and both cables.

good to know that’s all good
enjoy all your nice new toys out there! weekend is coming