JW HRM-GPX-TCX: Tutorial 1 (2024)

Tutorial:Transfer Polar Flow (TCX) Data to Polar ProTrainer 5 (HRM) with JW HRM-GPX-TCX Tool

Polar offers along with their new devicesan upload to their web services. With latest ProTrainer releases it is alsopossible to upload the exercises to it. However, it isn’t possible to downloadthe data from the new devices into your local PolarTrainer software and usingit further as your sports tracking tool working on your local computer.

With JWHGT tool this will be possible.However, there are quite a few tricks that are helpful to know and which I willdescribe here.

<![if !supportLists]>1 <![endif]>ExportExcercise Data from Polar Flow

On the Exercise Details page of Polar Flowservice, use the “Export Session” button, choose to export as TCX format andsave the file in a directory of your choice.

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<![if !supportLists]>2 <![endif]>ImportExcercise Data to JWHGT Tool

Import the file into the JWHGT Tool, makesure in preferences UTC timezone is set for importing TCX files.

<![if !supportLists]>3 <![endif]>AdjustPreferences and Export HRM File Data

Before exporting the data to the HRMformat, you might want to ensure you have certain preferences set up.

In case you made breaks during recordingthe exercise you might want make use of the Pause Removal feature (see also respectivechapter in manual).

In case you want to export recorded lapsas lap times, go sure that the preference is not set to not export lap times.

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Finally, export the HRM file.

Important:

Polar ProTrainer needs files to be savedin a certain directory and using a special naming convention.

<![if !supportLists]>·<![endif]>File location: this is the directorywhere all imported HRM files get imported. The directory can be set up in theapplication individually. Typically it will be stored in a directory with yourname, and in a sub-folder for the respective year. E.g. “…\Bob Foo\2017”.

<![if !supportLists]>·<![endif]>File Name: The HRM file must be namedexactly like this: first two digits: year of exercise (e.g. “17” for 2017),next two digits month of exercise (e.g. “04”), next two digits day of exercise(e.g. “02”). The last 2 letters is, a little bit simplified for this purpose, thenumber of the next free HRM file on this location. If your current exercise isthe first one on that day the number will be “01”. In case already other HRMfiles got imported, look for the next free file number. If there is already afile “17040202.HRM” then choose “17040203.HRM”.

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<![if !supportLists]>4 <![endif]>AdjustPreferences and Export GPX File Data

In case you want also to transfer afitting GPX file to Polar ProTrainer (optional), several settings must be used.

<![if !supportLists]>·<![endif]>Use the same Pause Removalsettings as used for HRM file export.

<![if !supportLists]>·<![endif]>Polar doesn’t save other datainto GPX files than timestamps and locations. So you could remove basicallyeverything else (e.g. heart rate, …) from export. But usually these data won’tdisturb. However, I recommend to disable Waypointexport here since it seems ProTrainer will create then a kind of additionalpath then.

<![if !supportLists]>·<![endif]>Polar ProTrainer will use thelocal time zone for converting the GPX file timestamps, although the standardis UTC and also timestamps to be marked as if they would be UTC timestamps. Therefore,you still need to have the export timezone “UTC” set up in Export Preferences! But in order the time values willfit to those of the HRM file, you will need to use time adjustments in case thelocal time zone is different to UTC. Enter the time difference in seconds tothe UTC time zone as positive or negative number as Time Adjustment in MergePreferences (e.g. 7200 for 2 hours in case of Central European Summer Time).

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<![if !supportLists]>·<![endif]>File Location and File Name(appart from the different “.GPX” instead of “.HRM” file name suffix) must beidentical to the HRM file!

<![if !supportLists]>5 <![endif]>ImportData to Polar ProTrainer 5

Once you saved your file(s) with thecorrect names at the right location, you will be able to import the exercisedata into Polar Trainer 5.

On the calendar, double-click the day ofthe exercise. On the opening window use the respective icon to add a newexercise.

There, you can use the icon to attachexercise and select the HRM file you exported before.

As a result, all kinds of information isloaded into the input fields and you can go on with editing and saving thedata.

In case you created a GPX file in additionand everything worked out correctly with the special settings done before, thesymbol for GPS track information should be shown automatically.

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<![if !supportLists]>6 <![endif]>Optional: Import Running Index and RR-Data (Heart Rate Variability)

In case a Running Index was calculated and/or Heart Rate Variability data can be downloadedfor your session you might want to transfer that data as well.

This has to be done after before mentioned steps and I have developed two dedicatedmini-tools just for that specific purpose as the required steps are a bit cumbersome doing it all manually and they also wouldn’tfit well into the JWHGT application workflow and design:

For updating Running Index: JWUpdateRunIndex

For creating RR information: JWCreateRrHrm

Please have a look at my homepage for further information about these tools.

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