Transfer routes from logbook to navigation?

[David Young]

@nikshot By ‘range’ do you mean a phone signal?

To be clear, the transfer can be done with Bluetooth, so you don’t need a phone signal.

The problem I had is the last time I wanted to use the functionality is that the pairing had been forgotten, so I had to restart the pairing process while sitting out on a hillside trying to shield my phone from the rain.

Not ideal.

[nikshot]

@david-youngYes, and when you don’t have a signal, you can’t transfer the route from Suunto to the phone first, because the information obviously has to reach Suunto’s website …

[Mff73]

@nikshot said in Transfer routes from logbook to navigation?:

@david-youngYes, and when you don’t have a signal, you can’t transfer the route from Suunto to the phone first, because the information obviously has to reach Suunto’s website …

Yes you can.
Totally without signal, you can transfer activity to the phone (bluetooth), then transform this activity into a route in SuuntoApp (in the phone and offline) then transfer it to watch (BT).
Thing you can’t do is download (need network) the fit files or GPX files.

So, answer to original question is no (not without phone) but yes offline with a phone.

[David Young]

@nikshot You don’t need a phone signal to copy your watch’s logbook record to your phone and then copy it back to the watch as a fully-featured route.

Bluetooth will do this.

The process is dealt with locally inside Sunto App.

As many people are pointing out, Suunto’s older watches handled the process internally.

Hopefully Suunto will take notice!

[nikshot]

@david-young Yes, I understand, but after a few days in the mountains, phones often run out of battery and then Suunto becomes useless…

[DMytro]

@nikshot you could create POIs on the watch and use bearing navigation. Sure, not the same, but not useless non the less.

[nikshot]

@дима-мельниченкоIn theory it is so, but in practice it is different, especially when we talk about heavily broken terrain with peaks and valleys, screes and precipices! In such terrains when using POIs
to cover 2-3 km can cost you days! I use POIS regularly when I’m looking for a place, but then I count on going back the same way and that’s when I need the track that my Suunto did. And one question - why is my Suunto doing tracks when I won’t be able to use it back ??? Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Suunto fan, this is my second watch from the brand, but in this 9 series this is a serious omission that needs to be corrected !!! It is not serious for the watch to be dependent on a phone …

[Egika]

@nikshot said in Transfer routes from logbook to navigation?:

And one question - why is my Suunto doing tracks when I won’t be able to use it back ???

the answer is simple:
it is not a descision not to do this, as everyone agrees, this is a useful function.
Starting with the Spartan line Suunto has undergone a massive change with their whole ecosystem.
That means, all feature wishes needs to be prioritized - and this feature (use recrding as route in watch) has been lower on the list than other functions.

[David Young]

@nikshot said in Transfer routes from logbook to navigation?:

And one question - why is my Suunto doing tracks when I won’t be able to use it back ???

But you will, you just need to sync the S9 with your phone.

I agree it’s not ideal, but it’s what we have.

I think that if I were worried about finding my way back through challenging terrain I would wear my Traverse on my other wrist and record on that as well.

[nikshot]

@mff73Hello again,
This weekend I tried what we talked about.
Here’s what happens when your phone is out of range:
The information really enters via Bluetooth in the phone, but it gives me no connection to the Internet and offline, the buttons for recording and transferring the route are missing - I am attaching photos:

and here the route does not exist at all:

now I am attaching photos after internet connection:

So, the answer to the question is that with a phone without internet it is not possible to use routes that are currently created by the watch … which makes Suunto completely dependent on the phone, and hence makes many accents that the new Suunto is famous for meaningless, like long battery life - what about the phone battery if with short life ??? And the main accent of Suunto is that it is GPS navigation which you can’t use without a phone, etc …

[Mff73]

@nikshot
i have tried it before answering you
have you put your phone on airplane mode to do this test ? if yes, you need to enable bluetooth for sure
no internet doesn’t mean no wireless communication to watch

the phone doesn’t need to be connected to internet but the watch need to be connected (linked) to the phone.

[nikshot]

@mff73

[nikshot]

@nikshotAs I wrote above, the watch has a connection to the phone, it even transmits the information, but until then … you need the Internet for the reverse!

[Mff73]

@nikshot
ok, so maybe an iOS thing : it is working right now for me on Android.

[sartoric]

@nikshot said in Transfer routes from logbook to navigation?:

Is the toggle active (clickable) ?
Because when you create the route, the toggle is always “off”.

If the watch is connected there no reason why the route cannot be exported/saved … except a bug of course

[Mff73]

@nikshot
On Android, when watch is well connected, the watch icon is ticked

Your screenshots show a dash. Maybe iOS really needs Internet to connect to watch. Which for sure will be very bad for you

[nikshot]

@mff73It strikes me that when I go online, only then the phone updates the card and the buttons for transferring back to the clock appear - it is visible from the photos I have shown.

[Mff73]

@nikshot
can’t help you more
maybe wait for some iOS experts to confirm if internet is mandatory to connect to watch and help.

[David Young]

@nikshot I would strongly recommend that you get on the phone to Suunto or contact them by Chat. They’re quick to respond and should be able to help.

[A Former User]

@mff73 I think is one of the differences between Android and iOS version of Suunto app. I have iOS and just like @nikshot I don’t have the option the save a route from an activity, when phone has no internet connectivity.