Polar pulse watch, infrared communication and Ubuntu
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 Commands, Leisure, Software irDA, Polar, ProTrainer 5, pulse watch, RS800CX, USB None
Got this Polar pulse watch (RS800CX) a while back. With it came the ProTraniner 5 software – not particularly “Linux-friendly” I’m afraid… However, it works fine under wine. To download the data from the watch and sync it with my ProTrainer diary, I had to get the IrDA USB-dongle working. After browsing through various how-to threads, gathering bits and pieces from here and there, I got it working! Since I wasn’t able to find an easy guide out there, I decided to write one myself:
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