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Hellwig wrote:Hi OMB,
does the Weight Scale plug in works with SMARTLAB fit+ Personenwaage m.Uebertrag.Set. This Scale works with ant+ like the bc-1000.
Thanks for your answer.
Regards
Stephanie
old_man_biking wrote:You can either:
- let a Garmin Edge500/800, ForeRunner, ... pick up the Tanita's data --> FIT files on the Garmin
- or let the plugin directly talk to your scale - using an ANT USB stick
Where do these SDF files come from?
Could you attach one to your post?
Cheers,
OMB
kring wrote:OBM, so far so good, I've done a handful of direct imports from the BC-1000 without issue. One minor feature request. there are some additional calculations that are performed by either the Garmin Connect site or the Competitive Edge Healthy edge application... they are as follows.
Body Fat % = Body fat [lb] / Weight
Fat free mass = Weight - Body fat [lb]
Daily Caloric Intake = BMR * 2.1 ( I believe this is for a lifetime athlete option selected, may be a lower rate for others)
Also, a question, are you getting the BMR direct from the scale as a number or are you calculating that formula?
old_man_biking wrote:I see.
ST + my plugin can replace Healthy Edge (or GMon which replaces HealthyEdge in Germany),
because they talk to the Tanita using the ANT USB stick as well.
old_man_biking wrote:Tanita transmits BMR in a proprietary data packet that I wasn't able to reengineer.
Well, I would rate their "very scientific BMR calculation" as kind of marketing blah blah.
There are some rules of thumb (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate ) and I decided to adopt the one that I thought is quite reasonable, because it is based on fat free mass.
I honestly disbelieve numbers like these. Polar had (and still has?) a number called OwnIndex that they claim to be "equivalent to the maximal aerobic power, VO2max",
a number that is usually determined in elaborate spiro ergometric tests.
I've met people who claimed that this number meets their VO2max VERY EXACTLY - they nearly got angry when I slightly doubted this.
The truth is: this number is highly biased by some parameters that you type into your Polar watch (fitness level, age, ...).
And you can easily increase your "VO2max" by 50% with just a few lies, when you type in these parameters![]()
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Bottom line: I prefer not to believe any numbers that a sub $200 device displays without giving evidence how it measures/calculates these.
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