Future S9 firmware wishlist summary

Rob33

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos are there any plans to add a 10 second GPS mode in the S9 like it was done on the S7?
this would make an intermediate state between the best mode and the Endurance mode which would not degrade the accuracy too much …

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Rob33 I don’t think so. It’s kinda a chip restriction in terms of power balance. If you see all Sony based GPS companies have the same modes.

Rob33

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Ok. unfortunate…

ink357

I see some people asking for cartography on a french website. Is it technically possible on S9 ?

sartoric

@ink357
It shouldn’t … I mean, generally speaking it could be technically possible, but I guess it isn’t feasible

jonathan Teixeira

I would add two additional features:

Although the new suunto plus display for weather is nice. It’s a shame I have to activate it manually every time if I want to know the sunset time/remaining sunlight during hiking. It’s a very useful data point that I can see when not in activity. It’s a shame it disappears when an activity is started if you don’t add the weather display from suunto plus. It should be a standard piece of information in the back country.
For the moon phase information to be really useful, I miss the moon rise/set times as it exists for the sun. If I want to plan an activity around the full moon, I also need to know when it rises and when it will set.

Hopefully those could be added to the watch functionality as I don’t think it requires too much programming.

Rob33

Ideas for improving Suunto + functions:
-Possibility to display several functions at the same time (at least 2)
-possibility of launching a function after starting an activity (or even changing function during an activity)
-possibility of choosing the order of the screens (currently last screen)
-possibility of assigning (and removing) a function to a type of activity without having to do it for each new activity

-at the display level at the end of an activity, for the Suunto Climb it appears the number of climbs. But when we consult the laps, it appears the climbs and descents. When there are a lot of them we get lost, we no longer know what corresponds to the climbs and descents.
I think that the reading would be easier by separating the 2 or identifying them with a sign.
It’s a bit the same principle for Suunto Sprint.

@Rob33 in a addition to being able to toggle the pkus features on or off they also need to be made interactive. I went out with the auto-lap feature today and the problem with it is that if you don’t start a run with a loop it is no good. I had to warmup to my loop and then did mile repeats, but if I could just start the feature there by hitting the lap button on that screen it would help immensely. The other option would be to just make intervals more customizable, but we all know Suunto isn’t going to do that.

Mff73

@zrumlow said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

@Rob33 in a addition to being able to toggle the pkus features on or off they also need to be made interactive. I went out with the auto-lap feature today and the problem with it is that if you don’t start a run with a loop it is no good. I had to warmup to my loop and then did mile repeats, but if I could just start the feature there by hitting the lap button on that screen it would help immensely. The other option would be to just make intervals more customizable, but we all know Suunto isn’t going to do that.

isn’t it the case for the loop feature ? shouldn’t you initiate it by pressing lap button somewhere, and the watch will count each loop passing near this point ?
I haven’t this watch, just remember reading this somewhere (i may be wrong though).

isazi

@Mff73 said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

isn’t it the case for the loop feature ? shouldn’t you initiate it by pressing lap button somewhere, and the watch will count each loop passing near this point ?
I haven’t this watch, just remember reading this somewhere (i may be wrong though).

I tried it and it works this way. You press the lap button, and the next time you are “close” to the same spot another lap is marked. It should also detect loops on its own (i.e. without you manually pressing the lap button the first time) but I haven’t tried that one yet.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@zrumlow hey thanks for the

but we all know Suunto isn’t going to do that.

Actually how you described the feature (hitting the lap button to mark where the loop is) is how it works.

Additionally hitting that lap button (on the loop screen) will mark a new starting point for the loop

https://www.suunto.com/fy-nl/Support/Product-support/suunto_9/suunto_9/suuntoplus/suuntoplus-loop---lap-timer-speed-pace-power/

When you start your exercise your Suunto 9 will record the starting point and if you pass this point later during your exercise, you have done a loop.

You can also start a LOOP manually by pressing the lower right button at any stage, then this location will act as the start point of the LOOP.

cosme.costa

@Mff73 said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

@zrumlow said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

@Rob33 in a addition to being able to toggle the pkus features on or off they also need to be made interactive. I went out with the auto-lap feature today and the problem with it is that if you don’t start a run with a loop it is no good. I had to warmup to my loop and then did mile repeats, but if I could just start the feature there by hitting the lap button on that screen it would help immensely. The other option would be to just make intervals more customizable, but we all know Suunto isn’t going to do that.

isn’t it the case for the loop feature ? shouldn’t you initiate it by pressing lap button somewhere, and the watch will count each loop passing near this point ?
I haven’t this watch, just remember reading this somewhere (i may be wrong though).

This is exactly as it works and it works very well indeed. I tested it on monday, I did 3 loops of arround 4 km and it worked flawlessly, I was surprised how exact it was to detect the loop starting point, really, it was within a round of less that 1.5/2 m.

sealion.hr

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos manual just says “hit loop button ar any stage”. Do we need to switch to Loop screen as you day and hit lower button to mark new loop point?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@morskilav correct the lap button at that screen ONLY acts like a marker

@Mff73 there must have been a glitch with my first use. I was getting the incorrect first split distance, but today I tried it again and it was fine for the first split.

sky-runner

@sartoric Considering that it was possible to put very simplified maps on Fenix 1 and Fenix 2 both of which had tiny amount of memory, for sure, Suunto 9 should be capable too.

http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/maps-garmin-fenix

halajos

My wishes/suggestions to improve navigation:

On route preview screen use the lower button to activate the navigation screen. When I’m starting at an intersection, this would let me see which way to go before I hit the start button.
When the activity is paused the navigation screen should be accessible via the middle button. This would help the orientation at an intersection if auto-pause is enabled.

SteliosP

More wake up alarms.
Gel/Food/Hydration and custom alarms during activities like Garmin.

surfboomerang

@halajos said in Future S9 firmware wishlist summary:

My wishes/suggestions to improve navigation:

On route preview screen use the lower button to activate the navigation screen. When I’m starting at an intersection, this would let me see which way to go before I hit the start button.

When the activity is paused the navigation screen should be accessible via the middle button. This would help the orientation at an intersection if auto-pause is enabled.

Small addition on the second point: All screens should be visible during pause

Rob33

Already asked but important:
Possibility of stopping the GPS track but keeping the chrono, so as not to disturb the distances on food supplies or stops in ultra trail. To have the total time.