Configuration instructions?

[Stwissel]

Some insights for us n00bs how to configure it would be nice:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/162074/configure-libfitbit-on-12-04

[benallard]

Yeah ... you have to add a service in your /etc/init.d, that runs fitbit_client.py start it on the right runlevels ... that's pretty much distribution dependant ...

@bensmithurst wrote some scripts to automatise this, you can get them in his fork no idea where it's working though, ... I'm on MacOSX ...

My fork includes a --once option for fitbit_client.py that run it , well, ... once and quit ...You have to run it periodically yourself when you want to synchronise your tracker. I should add an option to forget about every kind of logging as it's pretty verbose now ...

End user documentation is missing, that's clear ...

[CedricLevasseur]

Hi,
I also really miss instructions.
What is the aim of fitbit.py and the aim of the client ?
What does the udev rules (and how to install it) ?
What should i do when i get the "No devices connected!" message ?

Morever :
Does it work with my fitbit flex ? can i synchronize my flex throught the USB charger or can i use the Bluetooth dongle ?

Thanks for your reply. I can initiate such a "Install-linux.md" document if you provide me informations.

[benallard]

Cedric, you are unfortunately looking at the wrong project if you are trying to synchronise your Fitbit Flex.

This project is for the first generation of Fitbit devices like the Fitbit Ultra that communicated using the ANT protocol. With the Fitbit One (and the ones after (Zip, Flex, Force)), Fitbit switched to the Bluetooth protocol to synchronize their device, making this project not useful anymore.

Fortunately for you, I happened to have written a script that can synchronize your Flex under linux. you can find it here:

https://bitbucket.org/benallard/galileo/

(Feel free to open another issue there if the installation instruction are not clear enough.)

[CedricLevasseur]

Oh ! Thanks a lot for your reply. I'm going to test your project as soon as possible ! I'll let you know. Thanks again.