What format is the Joule file?

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What's your CdA?

Jim, load the file in Poweragent, click "File", "Export Activity Data", select "Cycleops Power Data (*.csv)". There is also "Cycleops Extended Power Data (*.csv)" if you want everything.

While we are on the subject, does anyone know how to get data off a Garmin 520? I've been using Poweragent for that as well (since Garmin appears to no longer support .csv export), but the torque is missing....

save as .csv (comma separated value)

then go to excel and select open. navigate to the folder containing your file, and for file type, select "all files" (or type "*.*" in the file name text box).

The 520 acts as an USB storage device... So you'll see it as a removable drive / volume (depending what OS you're using) and browse it as you would a flash drive. I think there's a "Activities" folders where all the .fit files are located.

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What's your CdA?

I want it in a .csv file format to perform my own calculations. The Powertap software seems to work except for missing the torque.

 

Since .fit is a proprietary protocol, they don't make it easy but here are a few options...

1. From Garmin Connect export your file as .tcx then open with Excel (as XML table)

2. The ANT+ Software Development Kit comes with a handy fit2csv converter. Super easy to use from the command line -- just go

java -jar FitCSVTool.jar -b filename.fit filename.csv

Or you can just drag your fit file over the FitCSVTool.bat file in that directory and it will create a .csv duplicate of the file in the same directory.

3. (My personal fave & definitely the best if you're doing it a lot/working with multiple files) Use python's activityio library. (https://github.com/jmackie/activityio) to create a pandas object that you can query directly or export as csv

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Alan Couzens, M.Sc. (Sports Science)
Exercise Physiologist/Coach
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Thanks Everyone.
I installed Poweragent, which included drivers. I downloaded the activity from my Joule to Poweragent but could not seem to find the file to export. Nothing showed up in my activities. Even so, the drivers may have been helpful.
So then I tried Golden Cheetah. Just imported from device and exported to a csv. Too easy. This should do it for me and (hopefully) for the remote operator.
Cheers,
Jim