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polarpersonaltrainer.com Release Notes
Release Date: 15th of April 2013, version 3.14
New features:
• User can add a feeling on how the exercise went to the exercise result on the data tab
• Ascent / descent bar chart for laps on the altitude tab (only for users with RC3 GPS with altitude)
• Activity feed can now be filtered (for example filter with training results, targets, fitness tests )
• Fitness test now indicates also your fitness class level (e.g Elite)
• better compatibility for Polar Beat application
- Exercises made with Polar Beat transfer to partners
Fixes:
• Manual entry of the Fit/Fat zones missing, fixed
• Copy/ paste option of the favorite training sessions disabled, fixed
• Endurance program (German language) has two different descriptions in the RCX5 of the Long run "Langer Lauf" and "Lange Fahrt", fixed
• Unnecessary warning text after failed GPX export, fixed
• When exporting 2 exercises from list view, the 2nd exercise isn't exported but the first one is again, fixed
• My profile - viewing your public profile using German language you get error code 500, fixed
• Training result - exercise with manual laps and with sensors used only partly during exercise break lap column order, fixed
• My Progress - checkbox is not unchecked if the checkbox name is clicked to uncheck the box, fixed
• Able to save a nickname using only 2 characters even though nickname should be 4-32 characters, fixed
• Unable to add exercises to an already saved Strength training exercise which has no exercises, fixed
• User can add a feeling on how the exercise went to the exercise result on the data tab
• Ascent / descent bar chart for laps on the altitude tab (only for users with RC3 GPS with altitude)
• Activity feed can now be filtered (for example filter with training results, targets, fitness tests )
• Fitness test now indicates also your fitness class level (e.g Elite)
• better compatibility for Polar Beat application
- Exercises made with Polar Beat transfer to partners
Fixes:
• Manual entry of the Fit/Fat zones missing, fixed
• Copy/ paste option of the favorite training sessions disabled, fixed
• Endurance program (German language) has two different descriptions in the RCX5 of the Long run "Langer Lauf" and "Lange Fahrt", fixed
• Unnecessary warning text after failed GPX export, fixed
• When exporting 2 exercises from list view, the 2nd exercise isn't exported but the first one is again, fixed
• My profile - viewing your public profile using German language you get error code 500, fixed
• Training result - exercise with manual laps and with sensors used only partly during exercise break lap column order, fixed
• My Progress - checkbox is not unchecked if the checkbox name is clicked to uncheck the box, fixed
• Able to save a nickname using only 2 characters even though nickname should be 4-32 characters, fixed
• Unable to add exercises to an already saved Strength training exercise which has no exercises, fixed
Release Date: 4th of March 2013, version 3.13
New features:
• Altitude tab for easier analysis of the training result.
The altitude tab is shown when using a heart rate monitor with altitude feature (CS600, CS600X, RS800, RS800X, CS500+, RCX5 with GPS, RCX3 with GPS and RC3 GPS altitude).
Ascent and decent are shown for each lap for RC3 GPS with altitude feature enabled.
• Now you can export exercises as xml format straight from the training result.
Fixes:
• Not possible to save the exported file from list view, fixed
• Training Program (English language in use): Tempo ride target indicates different training zone in polarpersonaltrainer.com than in RCX5, fixed
• Training Load colors in Diary are all green if not in UTC time, fixed
• Manually added training result indicated 1 zone even though the wrist unit in use don't support zones, fixed
• Manually added training result showed 2 and 3 zone limits as the same, fixed
• Training result copy option removed
• Training result - Exercises with manual laps and with both with and without sensor data brake lap table layout, fixed
• Shared exercise had wrong units and the altitude curve out of the chart, fixed
• Not able to delete a favorite training, fixed
• Warning text added if user is trying to create a training program using Chinese or Japanese characters
• GPX export - time stamps wrong, fixed
• Altitude tab for easier analysis of the training result.
The altitude tab is shown when using a heart rate monitor with altitude feature (CS600, CS600X, RS800, RS800X, CS500+, RCX5 with GPS, RCX3 with GPS and RC3 GPS altitude).
Ascent and decent are shown for each lap for RC3 GPS with altitude feature enabled.
• Now you can export exercises as xml format straight from the training result.
Fixes:
• Not possible to save the exported file from list view, fixed
• Training Program (English language in use): Tempo ride target indicates different training zone in polarpersonaltrainer.com than in RCX5, fixed
• Training Load colors in Diary are all green if not in UTC time, fixed
• Manually added training result indicated 1 zone even though the wrist unit in use don't support zones, fixed
• Manually added training result showed 2 and 3 zone limits as the same, fixed
• Training result copy option removed
• Training result - Exercises with manual laps and with both with and without sensor data brake lap table layout, fixed
• Shared exercise had wrong units and the altitude curve out of the chart, fixed
• Not able to delete a favorite training, fixed
• Warning text added if user is trying to create a training program using Chinese or Japanese characters
• GPX export - time stamps wrong, fixed
Release Date: 4th of February 2013, version 3.12
New features:
- GPS route data export from polarpersonaltrainer.com to your computer for the use of other applications which support GPX -files Fixes:
- Training Target - Target without a distance doesn't calculate the distance correctly, fixed
- Sharing an exercise via e-mail has the cadence Avg wrong, fixed
- Training program - Outdoor program can't be created when Dutch or Norwegian in use, fixed
- Multisport result shows rows in wrong place in data tab, fixed
- Training Load - spike in the cumulative curve after the year change, fixed
- Challenge - detailed rules link doesn't work, fixed
- Training Target - can't synchronize if only calorie target. Warning text added.
- Problem with speed / pace curve scaling, fixed - Speed and pace curve scaling has been modified so that when altitude is disabled the scaling is no longer affected by the altitude
- Training result can't be deleted (if it has altitude data), fixed
Release Date: 18th December 2012
New features:
- Training benefit feature now enabled also for RS400, CS400 training computers in polarpersonaltrainer.com
- Chinese language added Fixes:
- Training result - speed curve not visible - problem with the y-axis scaling, fixed
- Error 500 while log in, fixed
- Altitude not shown, even though it has been enabled, fixed
Release Date: 4th December 2012
New features:
Fixes:
Activity Feed functionality improved: latest activities are shown in time order, fixed
Deleting activities from activity feed now possible, fixed
Phased Target – shows now the same distance in Diary view as in the Target, fixed
Profile – Profile picture can now be removed, fixed
Profile – Editing email notifications with Internet Explorer is now possible, fixed
Challenges - won count was calculated by calories when it should be by distance, fixed
Friend request sends a notification email, fixed
Back button directs to wrong page from public profile, fixed
Friend request keeps replicating, fixed
- Utilizing Google maps the altitude feature is now added to polarpersonaltrainer.com for RCX5, RCX3, RC3 GPS, RS800X and CS600X Training computers and also Polar Beat mobile application. You can activate the altitude data from your Profile settings and view it in the Curve view by choosing Altitude.
- Polar Beat can be downloaded through polarpersonaltrainer.com. Link to App Store now found at polarpersonaltrainer.com home page "Getting started" section
- Help sections improved
- Training Target - Warning text shown if a Target name includes characters not supported
- The activity feed updated real time after synchronization. No need to log out anymore
- Training Load guidance text added
- Training benefit feature enabled for RCX5, RS800, RS800CX, CS600, CS600X, and Polar Beat
Fixes:
Activity Feed functionality improved: latest activities are shown in time order, fixed
Deleting activities from activity feed now possible, fixed
Phased Target – shows now the same distance in Diary view as in the Target, fixed
Profile – Profile picture can now be removed, fixed
Profile – Editing email notifications with Internet Explorer is now possible, fixed
Challenges - won count was calculated by calories when it should be by distance, fixed
Friend request sends a notification email, fixed
Back button directs to wrong page from public profile, fixed
Friend request keeps replicating, fixed
Release Date: 20th August 2012
New features / Enhancements:
Visual appearance and usability improvements were made throughout the service.
Menu bar added showing number of your activities, new messages, and friends. Click your name to enter Profile, Sports, Products, Partners, Articles, Help and Log out.
Email notifications keeps you informed what's going on different areas of the web service. Select the ones you want to receive to your email from polarpersonaltrainer.com
Training Targets update: you can now repeat targets conveniently, and use Favorites more easily. Click on Training Target link in Home or Diary page to create:
- Training Target: single sport target that can be used as RacePace target as well.
- Strength Training Target
- Phased Target: up to 4 phases
- Zone Target: depending on used product either three zones or fat/fit limit target.
Public challenges: all challenges open for participation can be now viewed and joined also directly from polarpersonaltrainer.com
Messages and Friends (previously called My Messages and My Contacts) sections have been updated. - User Search: you can now search your friends by name, nickname or email address.
Usability of the Strength Training Exercises section has been improved.
Support for Internet Explorer 9.
The pictures and images you have uploaded to the service may have disappeared because of the background system update. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you.
Fixes:
· Activity Feed functionality improved: latest activities are shown in time order, training targets in grey color and results in red
· Training Result - Running Index values above 100 causing error in saving, fixed
· Training Load - status texts not shown, fixed
· Progress - All Training Sessions and Sport Zones - data is not calculated correctly in Group by Week, fixed
· Progress - List view - Group by Day not showing data, fixed
Visual appearance and usability improvements were made throughout the service.
Menu bar added showing number of your activities, new messages, and friends. Click your name to enter Profile, Sports, Products, Partners, Articles, Help and Log out.
Email notifications keeps you informed what's going on different areas of the web service. Select the ones you want to receive to your email from polarpersonaltrainer.com
Training Targets update: you can now repeat targets conveniently, and use Favorites more easily. Click on Training Target link in Home or Diary page to create:
- Training Target: single sport target that can be used as RacePace target as well.
- Strength Training Target
- Phased Target: up to 4 phases
- Zone Target: depending on used product either three zones or fat/fit limit target.
Public challenges: all challenges open for participation can be now viewed and joined also directly from polarpersonaltrainer.com
Messages and Friends (previously called My Messages and My Contacts) sections have been updated. - User Search: you can now search your friends by name, nickname or email address.
Usability of the Strength Training Exercises section has been improved.
Support for Internet Explorer 9.
The pictures and images you have uploaded to the service may have disappeared because of the background system update. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you. Fixes:
· Activity Feed functionality improved: latest activities are shown in time order, training targets in grey color and results in red
· Training Result - Running Index values above 100 causing error in saving, fixed
· Training Load - status texts not shown, fixed
· Progress - All Training Sessions and Sport Zones - data is not calculated correctly in Group by Week, fixed
· Progress - List view - Group by Day not showing data, fixed
Release Date: 2nd April 2012
New features:
Support for RCX3 added
Support for RCX3 added
- Overview, Curve, Map, Data and Benefit data of transferred training result
- Training Benefit feature, available for RCX3 users, gives feedback and helps to understand the concrete benefits of the training. For more information see polarpersonaltrainer.com Help
- Running and Cycling Endurance Programs, follow-up your progress by merging training result with the program target in Diary
- Training Equipment for RCX3
- Applications - Downloads - WebSync software version 2.5.0 enabling data synchronization with RCX3
Release Date: 27th February 2012
Fixes:
- Home page- Activity Feed - Event time incorrect, fixed- Activity feed - feeds are not in time order, fixed. Feeds are in creation time order.
- My Training - Add New Training Result: adding time in zones not possible, fixed- Add New Training Result: Time and Date not valid error, fixed- Training Result: Distance and speed changes when saving, fixed- Training Result - RS800CX no laps indication below the map even the result includes laps, fixed - Training Result - Altitude information box shows feet data incorrectly, fixed- Training Result - Temperature information box shows Celsius when Fahrenheit selected, fixed- Training Result - for some limits are not accepted when saving result, fixed- Strength Training Result - lbs changes when saving, fixed- Merged training is showing date and time from target, changed to show result information
- My Progress- Running Index curve does not show training result values, fixed- OwnIndex curve does not show all data in week grouping, fixed- Distance, scale is in km even miles are in use, fixed - Fat% curve showing data incorrectly, fixed
- Training Load - Calendar problem causing curve to spike after year change, fixed
- Community- Received message: attached phased training target causes error in opening, fixed
- Login- Emailing forgotten password does not work for some, fixed
Release Date: 19th December 2011
New features:
Fixes:
- Landing and home page user interface updated
- Registration process simplified
- Home page functionality improvedRegister your Polar product, download compatible software and access to product support can be found under Product in use. Activity Feed shows your recent activity with direct links to training results, fitness data, received messages and challenge invitations.
- Adding training result completely renewedLink Add New Training Result can be found from Home page and My Training ? Diary. All users can now add single sport, multisport and strength training results manually. After filling in Duration and Distance, the Average pace/speed is calculated automatically. Calories and Training Load are calculated based on set Duration and Average heart rate.Distance is calculated based on duration and average pace/speed.
- Applications ? Downloads: WebLink software 2.4.12 available. New WebLink software version transfers location data that enables CS600X and RS800CX users with GPS sensors to track their training routes on a map at polarpersonaltrainer.com.
Fixes:
- My Training - Training Result - CS500: Heart Rate min shown incorrectly if HR% is in use in the training computer, fixed
- My Training - Diary - Training Target can not be saved - Save and Close buttons missing with certain products, fixed
- My Training - Training Result - it is not possible to manually insert Fat% of calories, fixed
- My Training - Phased Training Target - it is not possible to save the target with cool down phase if selected language is Svenska, fixed
Release Date: 24th October 2011
New features:
Fixes:
My Training ? Training Result
- Applications ? Downloads: WebSync software version 2.4.0 available. We recommend that all users update their WebSync software to the latest version.
- CS500 sensor settings editing moved from polarpersonaltrainer.com to WebSync software.
Fixes:
My Training ? Training Result
- Adding training to favorites adds the data to My Progress Summary, fixed
- Laps - adding distance causes saving error, fixed
- Loading error in certain cases if sport of the training result is deleted in Polar Account ? My Sports, fixed
Release Date: 12th September 2011
Fixes:
My Training ? Diary
Exercise sharing
Training Result
My Training ? Training Programs
My Training ? Diary
- Server exception: code 500 error shown in certain cases if Endurance program enabled, fixed
Exercise sharing
- Lap information not shown in shared exercise view, fixed
- Facebook comments not shown in shared exercise view, fixed
Training Result
- Strength Training result blank in certain cases, fixed
- Curve, information box shows temperature in Celsius when Fahrenheit selected, fixed
My Training ? Training Programs
- Updating Endurance program causes Server exception: code 500 error, fixed
Release Date: 22nd August 2011
Version number: 3.6.2
New features:
Exercise sharing
Fixes:
Exercise sharing
RCX5
My Progress
Exercise sharing
- User's name added to shared exercise view
- Facebook like button added to shared exercise view
- Facebook commenting added to shared exercise view
Fixes:
Exercise sharing
- HRmax, speed/pace and unit type for distance shown incorrectly in shared exercise view, fixed
- Speed in imperial units shown incorrectly in Facebook message, fixed
- SportZone colors missing when zooming curve in shared exercise view, fixed
- https warning shown in shared exercise view when using Internet Explorer, fixed
RCX5
- Endurance Program update causes 500 Internal Server Error, fixed
- Using No Limits in phased training target causes 500 Internal Server Error, fixed
- Exercise description incorrect in wrist unit if Endurance program target is modified manually, fixedIf the Endurance program target is modified short description of the target is not transferred to RCX5.
My Progress
- Sport Zones report multiplies time in zone of Multisport exercise, fixed
- Reports does not open if Fitness Data includes OwnRelax values, fixed
Release Date: 22th June 2011
Version number: 3.6.1
- Server Exception code 500 error when saving training target, fixed
- Shared exercise shows incorrect speed for cycling sport in Facebook, fixed
Release Date: 20th June 2011
Version number: 3.6.0
- Sharing training data to social media. You can now share your training result in Facebook, Twitter, or email the link of shared exercise to your friends.
- My Progress shows incorrect Fitness Data, fixed
- Date separators caused error when saving exercise, fixed
- Saving exercise result with heart rate limit over 240 can not be saved, fixed
- Running and cycling program targets not calculated to Training Load, fixed
- No limits -limit type in training targets changes to 0-0 limits, fixed
- Training result with summary limits but no other limits cannot be saved, fixed
- Some localization fixes
Release Date: 23th May 2011
Version number: 3.5.1
Support for RCX5 addedRCX5 Training Result:
RCX5 Training Target:
RCX5 New Running and Cycling Endurance Programs
Training Equipment for RCX5
Support for RCX5 addedRCX5 Training Result:
- Map overview and map tab: possible to view in StreetView and full screen view
- Laps and maps in a same view: laps can be seen in a map
- Phased training results: viewing phases in a graph and map
- Multisport exercises: viewing different sports
RCX5 Training Target:
- Phased training planning
- Race Pace training planning
- SportZone, Speed and Pace limits for training targets
- Possibility to transfer targets to RCX5 training computer via WebSync software
RCX5 New Running and Cycling Endurance Programs
- Takes into account users training history/fitness level
- Analyzing training program and update based on progress
Training Equipment for RCX5
Release Date: 19th May 2011
Version number: 3.5.1
- Server Exception code 500 error when saving exercise results, fixed
- Exercise Result: saving time in 8:00 format is not possible, fixed
- In certain cases opening exercise is not possible, fixed
- My Progress does not open for some users, fixed
- Training Load does not open for some users, fixed
- Phased targets created prior the version 3.5.0 are not showing duration, fixed
- Strength move texts localization for Dutch and Norwegian, added
- Polar (can't remember model) product selection causes several problems, fixed
Release Date: 9th May 2011
Version number: 3.5.0
- Applications - Downloads - WebSync software version 2.3.0Earlier WebSync software versions can not be used anymore.
- New language versions: Dutch and Norsk
- Training Diary updated: Zones summary updatedWeekly and Monthly summaries fixed
- TrainingLoad updated: Calculation correctedMy Training ? TrainingLoad added. Enables analyzing TrainingLoad as a number and recovery curve
- My Progress:Progress Summary addedDefault Progress Reports added Flash graphs updated to JavaScriptImproved search based on sportsSport based reportingSportZones reports addedList view added
- Polar Account ? My Sports updatedSport types added: Running, Cycling, Swimming, OtherSport icons added
- Training Equipment CS500: Resetting odometer added
- Training Results updatedUpdated user interfaceFlash graphs updated to JavaScript Curve view zoomingCurve full screen view Viewing laps on curveMoving to next/previous exercise result/target with arrows
- Training Plans updatedMoving to next/previous exercise result/target with arrows
- Polar Account - My Profile: default anaerobic and aerobic threshold values added to all users. The values are needed for updated TrainingLoad calculation.
- Help files updated