Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app

talanoa

I have a Spartan Sport WHR and I use MCa, MCw and SA on iPhone, iPad and laptop. I have also synced all my moves with STa and STw but don’t tend to use those systems.

Did you have any crashes?
No. I will only use one app at a time before exiting and using the next - typically I will sync my new moves with SA first then sync with MCa to update my training plans or any new settings.
Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?
No. I have decided not to customise SportModes in SA until I can edit the basic ones and/or create new ones via the app if required. If I need to edit any SportModes it is still done via MCw for now.
Did you get messed regarding the route sync?
Yes. I read the warnings and synced a new route in SA as i was out of town and wanted a new route to run and for some reason MCa was not syncing with my watch. I have no issue creating new routes via SA now as i am happy with the app.
How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)
My preference is for one app and at the moment I have gone with SA for my moves. I only use MCa to bring through updated settings without the need for SL such as my training plans, Sportmode updates and so if that is able to be done via SA—>MCw then I would be removing MCa off my devices.

talanoa

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos

I noticed the last few days that my moves are now syncing between MCa and SA again.

However I have noticed that my planned moves seem to have shifted out a day - today is Tuesday 23 October but the planned move that is showing in Excercise screen is for Monday 22, on the Training Plan screen still shows Monday’s planned move as well as the rest of the weeks.

This has only started happening when the syncing between two apps came back but not sure if related.

Luka Gruber

i would like to use both with my SSS but i can’t. i can only have 1 app conected… Why is that?

Saketo Nemo

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

Did you have any crashes?
Did you get any confusions about what SportModes come from Movescount and what from the Suunto app?
Did you get messed regarding the route sync?
How would you feel if you could use both apps? (Provided that Suunto app has Strava, Training peaks, Endomondo, GPX import, Heatmaps for all and new sharing options)

No crashes.
features separations is clear
Use SA+Strava integration, but route & sportsMode sync is demanded to movescount.
GPX import and heatmaps (and maybe new layers) will be great but…till I can’t update my movescount account with SuuntoApp, I’ll continue use both

suzzlo

Hi,

Is there any procedure to sync watch with SA, and then sync watch with MCmobileapp?

Saketo Nemo

Correct me if I’m wrong.
You can do the opposite: first movescount app, then suunto app.
The watch accepts only one app connection at a time, so you can keep it paired with movescount app, allowing it to connect to sport trackers. This will also update the suunto app.

I use the other way: watch connected with suunto app and, as I said above, moves, routes and sports mode updates via cable (suuntolink)

suzzlo

@Saketo-Nemo I haven’t found the mode to have watch paired with 2 apps (Android). I don’t want to use simultaneously, just avoid to pair/unpair process

suzzlo

@suzzlo said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

@Saketo-Nemo I haven’t found the mode to have watch paired with 2 apps (Android). I don’t want to use simultaneously, just avoid to pair/unpair process

Upssss… doing some testing… I found! start/stop plane mode and it works!

sartoric

Did anyone try the “parallel” setup on Ambit 3?
Does it work ?

margusl

@sartoric , I do. And it kind of works. Something is going on with notifications, I just notice it when phone beeps and I glance at a watch but nothing appears. Sometimes. I think. Maybe some notifications from some apps are just not pushed to the watch. At the moment I just went through steps bellow and also got a notification while SA is still re-syncing all the Moves from Ambit.

Anyway,
I unpair Ambit from phone’s BT devices;
switch off phone’s BT;
start pairing from watch (pair mobile app -> already paired -> replace);
open Movescount, add watch and allow it to enable Bluetooth, pair with PIN and let it sync;
close Movescount task (just closing it from task list seems to be enough);
open SA, it wants to pair with a watch, accept (there’s no pin entry this time)
and it starts syncing all logbook entries.

if I want to sync with Movescount, I make sure I close SA from tasks, turn off Bluetooth, open Movescount and let it enable Bluetooth. Usually watch automagically syncs with SA, but I’m not 100% sure if it happens only when Movescount task is closed or put on hold by some Android bat. & resource management thingy.

Android 8 on Galaxy S9 and Suunto app beta.

sartoric

@margusl
Now it seems to work. My friend didn’t remove SA and unpair before trying the parallel use … despite my reccomandations

Do you have issues in transferring custom routes ?
He can’t see the toggle

margusl

@sartoric said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

Do you have issues in transferring custom routes ?
He can’t see the toggle

it’s not enabled yet for Ambits

sartoric

I had my suspicions …

Audaxjoe

@Dušan-Ković you can import routes into SA, just save the file somewhere either on your phone or the cloud then click to open it and the phone (mine does anyway) will ask what app you want to use and SA should be in the list. It will then open and you can save and sync it to the watch.

This works for me anyway, running an Android phone. Someone on here explained it, I am just repeating it!

Marek Martinec

HI guys,
i’m new here, and I have a problem,
I started using Suunto app, and have a few exercises there, and now i would like to update them to movescount, I read FAQ, downloaded Suntolink and did all the steps, but when i open my movescount I dont have my exercises there, so is there some other way?
Thanks

sartoric

Did you already try to customize sport modes or routes ?
Because after that you cannot sync via cable anymore.

Somewhere up here you can find a workaround to use both SA and MC app.
Anyway you should sync to MC first and then to SA.

Marek Martinec

@sartoric yes, i customized some modes…can i delete them and try to sync then?

sartoric

@Marek-Martinec said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

@sartoric yes, i customized some modes…can i delete them and try to sync then?

Unfortunately not.
That’s why there is that “warning” message.

to revert it you need to reset (not a soft one) the watch

Marek Martinec

@sartoric
so there is not a way now to get my exercises from suunto app to movescount…
thanks for answers.

sartoric

@Marek-Martinec said in Parallel Use Of Movescount + Suunto app:

@sartoric
so there is not a way now to get my exercises from suunto app to movescount…
thanks for answers.

Maybe using some strange combo with Sport tracker (that I would not suggest) or some other third party like Strava.