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Polar Sensor Logger on Windows Pc

Developed By: Jukka Happonen

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 207 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	0.31
Size	15.9 MB
Release Date	November 04, 24
Category	Health & Fitness Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (5)]
What's New: Bugix on < API33 devices [see more]
Description from Developer: This application can be used to log HR and other raw biosignals from the Polar H10, OH1 and Verity Sense -sensors. It uses Polar SDK (https://www.polar.com/en/developers/sdk) to co... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Polar Sensor Logger and install on Windows PC. Polar Sensor Logger is free Health & Fitness app, developed by Jukka Happonen. Latest version of Polar Sensor Logger is 0.31, was released on 2024-11-04 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Polar Sensor Logger is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 207 users, 39 users had rated it 5*, 133 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Polar Sensor Logger on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Polar Sensor Logger on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Polar Sensor Logger on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Polar Sensor Logger using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Polar Sensor Logger" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Polar Sensor Logger on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Polar Sensor Logger" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 0.31 , 0.27.

Download Polar Sensor Logger 0.31 on Windows PC – 15.9 MB

Download Polar Sensor Logger 0.27 on Windows PC – 5.5 MB

This application can be used to log HR and other raw biosignals from the Polar H10, OH1 and Verity Sense -sensors. It uses Polar SDK (https://www.polar.com/en/developers/sdk) to connect sensors.

One of the application's core feature is to save received sensor data to files on device, that can be then later accessed eg. via PC. User can also share saved files to eg. Google Drive or email them.

Verity Sense:
- HR, PPi, Accelerometer, Gyro, Magnetometer and PPG

OH1:
- HR, PPi, Accelerometer and PPG

H10:
- HR, RR, ECG and Accelerometer

H7/H9:
- HR and RR

Application also supports sensor data forwarding using MQTT-protocol.

Sensor firmware requirements:
- H10 firmware 3.0.35 or later
- OH1 firmware 2.0.8 or later

Permissions:
- Device location and background location: In order to scan bluetooth devices, device location is required by the Android system. Background location is required in order to seek devices if application is not in the foreground.

- All Files Access Permission: Data from the sensor is saved to files on the device and then they can be emailed, saved to Google drive, access via PC, etc...

- Internet: Data sending to MQTT-broker

Privacy Policy:
This app does not collect user data (location/etc...)

This application was made for my own purposes and it is not an official Polar app nor supported by Polar.

Tested with Sony Xperia II Compact (Android 10), Nokia N1 Plus (Android 9), Samsung Galaxy S7 (Android 8), Sony Xperia Z5 Compact (Android 7.1.1)

Here are the most frequently asked questions about the application:

Q: What is the timestamp format?
A: Timestamp format is nanoseconds and the epoch is 1.1.2000.

Q: Why nanoseconds?
A: Ask from Polar :)

Q: What are the extra columns in HR data?
A: They are RR-intervals in milliseconds.

Q: Why there are sometimes 0-4 RR-intervals?
A: Bluetooth exchanges data around 1 s intervals and if your heart rate is around 60 bpm, then almost every RR-interval hits between data transmission. If you have heartrate eg. 40, then your RR-interval is over 1s => not every BLE packet contain RR-interval. Then if your heartrate is eg. 180, then there is at least two RR-intervals in BLE packet.

Q: What is the ECG sampling frequency?
A: It is around 130 Hz.

Q: What does ECG, ACC, PPG, PPI mean?
A: ECG = Electrocardiography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocardiography), Acc = Accelerometer, PPG = Photoplethysmogram (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoplethysmograph), PPI = Pulse-to-Pulse Interval

Q: What does "Marker"-button do?
A: Marker button will generate a marker file. Marker file will hold timestamps when the marker is started and stopped. You can use the marker to mark some events during the measurement.

If you have more questions, please drop me an email!

Privacy policy: https://j-ware.com/polarsensorlogger/privacy_policy.html

Thanks to Good Ware for few images!
Marker icons created by Good Ware - Flaticon

Bugix on < API33 devices

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.