Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Suunto GPS Backup Utility - v0.1

* Note: The executable has only been tested using an Ambit2 and Windows 7. This will probably work on Windows 8 and/or additional Suunto GPS models. Advanced Mac/Linux users may still be able to use the backup utility by following method 2 below.

Prerequisites: Must have Moveslink installed and a Suunto device connected.

Method 1
1) Download ambit_backup.zip

2) Extract the files, run ambit_backup.exe

a) Running the ambit_backup.exe utility.






















b) GPX (Strava compatible) files will show up in the Documents / ambit_backup folder. Please note the file names contain the date of the recorded activity:
























Method 2 (Advanced)
1) Download and install Python 2.7
2) Download and extract ambit_backup_src.zip
3) Run the ambit_backup Python script:
python ambit_backup.py
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8 comments:

  1. TimDecember 24, 2014 at 6:20 PM

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  2. TimDecember 24, 2014 at 6:21 PM

    Nice. Got it to work on my Mac with just a couple tweaks to line 6-7

    AMBIT_DATA_DIR = "/Users/--you--/Library/Application Support/Suunto/Moveslink2"
    AMBIT_BACKUP_DIR = "/Users/--you--/--wherever--"

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    1. Randy AristotleDecember 24, 2014 at 6:58 PM

      Thanks Tim! I will incorporate that into the code.

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    2. TimDecember 24, 2014 at 7:27 PM

      Also, I'm not really a python guy, but I threw in a hacky "if os.path.isfile(AMBIT_BACKUP_DIR + "/" + fname) == False: " so that it only processes files that aren't already present in the backup dir. Maybe something nice to add?

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  3. UnknownJanuary 19, 2015 at 7:13 AM

    It would be really great if a similar utility, to load GPX data to the device, as a route, was available?
    That would then mean when you're away from internet connectivity you could upload and download data to the device.
    Tony

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  4. UnknownJanuary 19, 2015 at 7:21 AM

    Sorry - forget to say, works great as is!! Thanks!
    Tony

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  5. hannah.bedinOctober 2, 2016 at 2:20 AM

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  6. _The.Mountain.Goat_March 6, 2018 at 11:42 AM

    Perfect! THANK YOU!

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