An update to the current Swimsense® Beta firmware (1.0.2.1) has been released.  Here are the key fixes:

• Workout Date Fix:  the watch was creating workouts one day ahead.
• Lock-ups:  some users were experiencing lock-ups while swimming.
• Workout Pace:  the overall pace for the workout was not displayed.

If you are already a beta user, you will be prompted to upgrade once you log into the Swimsense® Bridge.  If you would like to become a beta tester, you can do so by selecting “Participate in Beta Updates” under the “Firmware Updates” menu.

The Swimsense Bridge was updated to version 2.4 and now includes the ability to customize your Swimsense® screens.  Note that in order to use this new feature, you must become a beta participant and download the Swimsense firmware beta version 1.0.2.1B1.

In addition to the new screen customization feature, there were several other minor enhancements and bug fixes including:

• the workout count pie chart now updates after clearing workouts from the bridge
• sporadic errors after clearing the workouts were fixed
• user’s can now hit enter directly within the username or password field to force authentication
• …and several other minor fixes.

Click here for more information on how to customize your screens.

As many Swimsense® users know, we have been working with activity and training log providers to integrate data collected by the Swimsense with other activity data. We are pleased to announce that Swimsense users can now send their swimming data to RunKeeper.

John Mix, president of FINIS, stated, “We worked with Sportsense Technologies and RunKeeper to create this integration because we know that many swimmers engage in a wide range of activities and being able to see a holistic view can help individuals to track progress and improve performance.”

To export your Swimsense data to RunKeeper, please follow the below steps:

1. Sign up for a Swimsense account and a RunKeeper account
2. In your Swimsense account, navigate to “Update Account” under the “My Account” menu option.
3. Click on the “Training Logs” tab and then Link your Swimsense Account to your RunKeeper account.
4. If you would like to have your Swimsense workouts automatically exported to RunKeeper each time you upload a workout, click on the “Manual” button to change it to “Automatic”.

Please also note that you must have the Swimsense Bridge installed to upload workouts from your Swimsense Performance Monitor to the Swimsense Training Log. Once you have a Swimsense account, you can download the Swimsense Bridge form here.

On June 5th we released Swimsense® firmware version 1.0.1.7 which contained some minor bug fixes. Since then we have discovered some users are experiencing periodic issues with laps being dropped or stroke counts that are too low. We wanted to let you know that we have identified the issue and are working on a fix. We expect a new release (v1.0.1.8) to be available within the next several days.

In the meantime, if you are running on v1.0.1.6 or a previous version, we recommend you do not upgrade until v1.0.1.8 is available. If you have any questions or need support, please contact us at support.finisinc.com.

The Swimsense Team.

The Swimsense Bridge (v2.2) was updated and released on June 15th. The update contains many enhancements including the following:

• Ability to manually select your Swimsense device if auto-detection did not work
• Filtering out of zero-length workouts
• Option to configure your Swimsense watch directly from the bridge
• An improved process for upgrading your Swimsense Firmware to reduce the accidental deleting of your workouts
• Improved error handling and other minor bug fixes and enhancements

You may also notice that we removed the ability to post your workouts from the bridge to Facebook. This capability (and the ability to export your workouts to Twitter) has been moved to the Swimsense Trainig Log under “My Account – Update Account”.

As always, please email contact support.finisinc.com if you have any issues.

You just ripped off a great set of 100s at a really fast pace with a low stroke count and you’d love to show off this awesome workout to your swimming friends. Well, now you can. By linking your Twitter and Facebook account to Swimsense.com, you can now share your workout summary information with your social network. We’ve also added a feature that allows your workouts to be publicly accessible so your friends, coach, or your fiercest competitor can now check out all the details of your awesomeness. Here is an example of how you can post your public workout to your Facebook account.

Step 1: Login to your Swimsense account and navigate to the “Account Update” screen. You will notice a new tab named, “Social Networks”.

Step 2: Click on the “Link” button next to the Facebook logo. This will open a new window. Please note that if you have a pop-up blocker, you will likely need to give swimsense.com permission to open this window. Once opened, you will see a window like the one below asking you to grant Swimsense permission to link to your Facebook account. Click “Allow” to create the link. At this point, you should get a confirmation that the link has been successfully established.

Facebook Authorization

Step 3: Navigate to the workout details screen of a workout that you uploaded. If you want to share the details of the work, click on the “Public” switch to toggle the workout from “Off” to “On”.

Step 4: Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Facebook icon. This will open a window like the one below. Notice that since the workout is now public, a (shortened) URL to the workout has been automatically added to the Facebook post. You can also edit your update before posting.

Facebook Post

Step 5: Click on the “Post To Wall” button and you’ve now shared your workout with all your Facebook friends.

Looking ahead, we have an update planned for the Swimsense Bridge that we expect to release mid-next week. We are also scheduled to release an update to the Swimsense watch firmware this Friday.

Don’t have a Swimsense? You can get one here.

Since the release of Swimsense® in December 2010, we understood that a key development goal was to improve the time the Swimsense® would last on a single charge. For all of our techie Swimsense users, you probably understand how difficult it can be to optimize software to consume less resources while not degrading the functionality. It’s a tough problem but one that we’re happy to say we’ve made significant progress on. As of today, we have released a new version of the Swimsense® firmware (v1.0.1.6) that improves the battery life as follows:

Previous Battery Life Times
Not in Swim Mode: 20 hours
In Swim mode: 8 hours

New Battery Life Times
Not in Swim Mode: 150+ hours (about 1 week)
In Swim mode: 12+ hours

Looking ahead, we are working on a number of new features for the Training Log. These include:

• ability to export workout information to Facebook and Twitter
• ability to make workouts public/private allowing you to share your workout details page
• integration with 2Peak and SportTracks
• a new version of the Swimsense® Bridge that contains a number of minor enhancements

To keep up to date on new releases and what happening with Swimsense follow swimsense on Twitter. You can also follow Sportsense for updates on what we are up to.