polar-rcx5-datalink

Command-line program to export Polar RCX5 training sessions in raw or tcx format. You also can upload them to Strava with a single command.

Table of contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• Examples
• Description

Requirements

• Python >=3.7
• libusb >=1.0, <=1.0.21 (PyUSB has issues with libusb-1.0.22 backend.)

If you are using Linux, chances are your distribution already includes libusb.

How to install libusb on Windows: pyusb/pyusb#120 (comment)

Installation

pip install polar-rcx5-datalink

Usage

1. Plug in Polar DataLink
2. Select "Connect > Start" from your watch
3. Run a command

Examples

Export training sessions in current directory

rcx5 export

Export training sessions to /where/to/export/files/

rcx5 export --out /where/to/export/files/ --format tcx

Filter by date

rcx5 export --from-date 2018-11-20 --to-date 2018-11-25

Sync training sessions with Strava

rcx5 stravasync --client-id YOUR_CLIENT_ID --client-secret YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET

Description

Usage: rcx5 [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --version  Show the version and exit.
  --help     Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  export      Exports training sessions.
  stravasync  Helps to synchronize training sessions with Strava.

rcx5 export

Usage: rcx5 export [OPTIONS]

  Exports training sessions.

Options:
  -o, --out PATH                  Where to save the output. Current working
                                  directory by default.
  -f, --format [raw|bin|tcx]      Export file format. [default: tcx]
  -s, --sessions-dir PATH         Directory of raw training sessions.
  --from-date [%Y-%m-%d|%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S|%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]
                                  Filter sessions that have started at this
                                  date or after.
  --to-date [%Y-%m-%d|%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S|%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]
                                  Filter sessions that have started at this
                                  date or before.
  --help                          Show this message and exit.

rcx5 stravasync

Usage: rcx5 stravasync [OPTIONS]

  Helps to synchronize training sessions with Strava.

  Before getting started you need to register an application
  https://strava.com/settings/api (Authorization Callback Domain MUST be
  0.0.0.0).

  A registered application will be assigned a Client id and Client secret.
  Provide those in options --client-id and --client-secret respectively.

  Examples:
    rcx5 stravasync --client-id YOUR_CLIENT_ID --client-secret YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET

    # You can use environment variables to pass --client-id and --client-secret.

    export RCX5_STRAVASYNC_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_CLIENT_ID
    export RCX5_STRAVASYNC_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET
    rcx5 stravasync

Options:
  -h, --host TEXT
  -p, --port INTEGER
  --client-id INTEGER             Application’s ID, obtained during
                                  registration  [required]
  --client-secret TEXT            Application’s secret, obtained during
                                  registration.  [required]
  -s, --sessions-dir PATH         Directory of raw training sessions.
  --from-date [%Y-%m-%d|%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S|%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]
                                  Filter sessions that have started at this
                                  date or after.
  --to-date [%Y-%m-%d|%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S|%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S]
                                  Filter sessions that have started at this
                                  date or before.
  --help                          Show this message and exit.