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by flahutewannabe
Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:55 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: check calibration ride results
Replies: 1
Views: 1563

check calibration ride results

Hi John, After getting out of trainer mode (earlier thread/help from you) I inadvertently triggered a new calibration ride trying to troubleshoot cadence readout on my Garmin. On the ride immediately following calibration it felt like the wind sensor may have been over-reading based on what I was se...
by flahutewannabe
Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:07 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: something seems out of whack; calibration check pls
Replies: 1
Views: 1488

something seems out of whack; calibration check pls

Hi John, Back riding after a long winter of rehab/prehab to postpone knee surgery. First ride in a while; not confident calibration is correct as watts and PE/HR (which I know is a lagging indicator) don't seem to jive well. Pretty windy; very low watts going up grades into the wind at slower speeds...
by flahutewannabe
Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:27 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: recommended trainer profile for rollers w/mag unit?
Replies: 5
Views: 4254

Re: recommended trainer profile for rollers w/mag unit?

Wow, talk about dead-thread revival. Thanks so much @klhutch52. I really appreciate the detailed response. While I think I follow the logic, this is pretty far beyond what I'm willing to tackle given my pay grade/capabilities. I was hoping Velocomp might have an easier approach to recommending a &qu...
by flahutewannabe
Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:18 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Struggling with the PowerPod
Replies: 36
Views: 54944

Re: Struggling with the PowerPod

Velocomp wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:11 pm
Agreed; smirr is going to be a word we will try to use in future revisions of our instructions. :-)
I like your style; two thumbs up! :lol:
by flahutewannabe
Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:01 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Struggling with the PowerPod
Replies: 36
Views: 54944

Re: Struggling with the PowerPod

Interesting following this thread. I vacillate on my confidence in the PP (the downhill issue, trying to understand implications of hoods vs drops while doing longer intervals to a specific but I''n not hijacking the thread for that). I do continue to use the PP, and have thought about the Aeropod u...
by flahutewannabe
Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:19 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Top Tip for charging your PP
Replies: 8
Views: 4800

Re: Top Tip for charging your PP

Nice work, @4speed! You have some machining skills way beyond mine... :lol: I'm interested in the purpose of the clip over the Powerpod tab. Is it to prevent wear on the plastic tab, or to insure a solid connection to the mount? I could see where one could make a clip that would allow the mount to b...
by flahutewannabe
Wed Aug 01, 2018 12:03 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: different sensor IDs in profile vs showing on Garmin; O&B confirmation, pls.
Replies: 4
Views: 3613

Re: different sensor IDs in profile vs showing on Garmin; O&B confirmation, pls.

Interesting that I was technologically challenged to get the files to stick. Thought I had them attached several times. We'll try again here.

O&B was pretty flat.

Thanks, John.
by flahutewannabe
Tue Jul 31, 2018 11:09 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: different sensor IDs in profile vs showing on Garmin; O&B confirmation, pls.
Replies: 4
Views: 3613

different sensor IDs in profile vs showing on Garmin; O&B confirmation, pls.

Did a new sensor pairing after upgrading to 4.61, and the magnetless Garmin cadence and speed sensor IDs in the profile (extracted from the device) show different numbers than show on my Garmin Fenix 3. To make sure I was had cadence/speed paired to my Powerpod my Garmin 800 is set to "bike sen...
by flahutewannabe
Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:50 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40
Replies: 17
Views: 8263

Re: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40

Thanks, John. I have extracted from a ride file and I think it has successfully loaded to the PP.

Looking forward to the fix on which you are working so I can do a new calibration ride with a different set of wheels.
by flahutewannabe
Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:47 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40
Replies: 17
Views: 8263

Re: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40

I have been in contact with Tom and understand (and you report in another thread here) that there may be bug related to profile resets after upgrade. Thanks for working on that. After trying several things I decided just to ride today, and found that when I started pp after waking sensors I had a so...
by flahutewannabe
Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:14 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40
Replies: 17
Views: 8263

Re: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40

Also just tried resetting via Isaac Device/Setup/reset profile device/complete device reset

Get the "message comm error with device"

Prior to this the PP did connect to Isaac and downloaded a ride file.
by flahutewannabe
Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:59 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40
Replies: 17
Views: 8263

Re: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40

Still not able to force a yellow re-pair light. *New batteries in both cadence and speed sensors *fully charged Scosche HRM *Hard reset by pressing holding PP button >10 seconds *Started pairing by holding button 4+ seconds *Green flashing light 15x *Red flashing light 3x *Solid green light *Green l...
by flahutewannabe
Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:02 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40
Replies: 17
Views: 8263

Re: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40

Here you go, John.

24 green flashes after putting in pairing mode, then 2 red flashes, then green solid and light out. Single press gave a solid green light.
flahutewannable profile.ibp
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by flahutewannabe
Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:28 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40
Replies: 17
Views: 8263

unable to force new pairing yellow status after upgrade to 6.40

Hi John Followed the instructions you provided in the PP firmware forum, and for some reason I have not been able to get the yellow light for a new O&B cal ride. I think I"m following the instructions: wake up sensors (Garmin magnetless speed on front wheel, Garmin magnetless cadence on cra...
by flahutewannabe
Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:35 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Velocomp Garmin Powerpod handlebar mount trouble
Replies: 4
Views: 2998

Re: Velocomp Garmin Powerpod handlebar mount trouble

I once inadvertently put the bolt in from the wrong side (into the brass bushing first rather than through the plastic side into the brass) and had the same thing. You might confirm you're inserting the thumbscrew from the correct side. Even with the correct side, it does take some cranking down to ...
by flahutewannabe
Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:31 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Using PowerPod with Xert
Replies: 9
Views: 5419

Re: Using PowerPod with Xert

The recent firmware update reducing the positioning re-calibration from 8 minutes to 90 seconds is a huge improvement. I may be missing something, but my Garmin is set to start recording at the press of a button, not when I turn on the unit. My approach with the new firmware is to wake up sensors, t...
by flahutewannabe
Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:17 pm
Forum: PowerPod Firmware
Topic: New Firmware 640 for PowerPod
Replies: 31
Views: 35679

Re: New Firmware 640 for PowerPod

John, congrats on the anniversary! Helpful stuff, thanks. If you don't need to use Isaac to do O&B (great news) how does one get to the yellow light status to initiate an O&B ride? Hold the button for >5 seconds to initiate pairing, or is there some other sequence of steps to initiate an O&a...
by flahutewannabe
Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:23 am
Forum: PowerPod Firmware
Topic: New Firmware 640 for PowerPod
Replies: 31
Views: 35679

Re: New Firmware 640 for PowerPod

1. Improved, shortened (about 5 minutes) out-and-back calibration 2. Out-and-back calibration is now standard for all PowerPod models. 3. Whenever a sensor pairing is performed, PowerPod automatically goes in to out-and-back calibration mode. That is, whenever you do a sensor pairing, even to the s...
by flahutewannabe
Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:43 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: calibrate near sea level, use PP at altitude?
Replies: 3
Views: 2184

Re: calibrate near sea level, use PP at altitude?

Pretty amazing technology, John. Thanks for all the good work here.

Downside is that PPod is both accurate and precise, which takes some of my potential excuses off the table. :roll:
by flahutewannabe
Thu Jun 21, 2018 6:22 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: calibrate near sea level, use PP at altitude?
Replies: 3
Views: 2184

calibrate near sea level, use PP at altitude?

Question of curiosity. I did my calibration at approx 800ft elevation, now am vacationing in CO riding at 6,000 feet and will do some climbs around 11,000 ft. Anything i need to tweak, or will my reported power be good to go? BTW, I already know I'm sucking wind as a flatlander and can't put out my ...
by flahutewannabe
Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:03 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: check calibration on last 3 rides indicates orange/red changes
Replies: 2
Views: 1743

check calibration on last 3 rides indicates orange/red changes

Hi John, Decided to do the check calibration function on my last three rides (all O&B, pretty windy on all of them) and all three indicated significant to very significant changes could be made. I did not accept the changes on any of the files so the profile is still as originally calibrated. Ba...
by flahutewannabe
Fri May 04, 2018 8:11 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
Replies: 5
Views: 3188

Re: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected

Thanks, John. I guess big is relative -- fairly normal here this time of year :beer:
by flahutewannabe
Fri May 04, 2018 10:16 am
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
Replies: 5
Views: 3188

Re: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected

Here's the ride file. Thanks, John.
iBike_05_03_2018_1805_10_Miles.ibr
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by flahutewannabe
Thu May 03, 2018 8:09 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
Replies: 5
Views: 3188

Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected

Hi John, I had made several changes to my position this spring so thought it best to do a new calibration ride. Three things about this cal ride: a bit breezy tonight but the wind was pretty consistent I selected "good asphalt" as my road surface, but did the test on fairly good concrete (...
by flahutewannabe
Fri Apr 27, 2018 3:38 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Power smoothing Dynamic versus 0 (zero)
Replies: 4
Views: 3090

flahutewannabe

Helpful, John, as I was just thinking about this yesterday. Do you then use the direct output from your PP without further smoothing by the head unit?
by flahutewannabe
Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:15 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Need for check calibration?
Replies: 1
Views: 1551

Re: Need for check calibration?

Hi John,

Looks like the files were downloaded to take a look at? What would you recommend for calibrating the profile based on what these reveal? Thanks!
by flahutewannabe
Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:50 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: Need for check calibration?
Replies: 1
Views: 1551

Need for check calibration?

iBike_03_18_2018_1457_19_Miles.ibr iBike_03_24_2018_1235_18_Miles.ibr iBike_03_25_2018_1401_19_Miles.ibr After several months away from the road bike I'm back out and riding slower than ever to work back into the condition I lost over the winter. Just for grins I've checked the last four ride files...
by flahutewannabe
Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:52 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: fat bike setup
Replies: 1
Views: 1618

fat bike setup

[Haven't been on the forum for a while, but finally ready to set up my fat bike. Several questions: 1. from the threads I've read, looks like I simply choose an unused profile and do an O&B ride, then post the file for tweaking by the good folks here (aka velocomp?) 2. Looks to be fairly windy h...
by flahutewannabe
Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:09 pm
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: new O&B calibration ride
Replies: 1
Views: 1592

new O&B calibration ride

John, Figured out that I probably messed up my profile by doing a bunch of "check calibration" tweaks so I decided to start over with a new "best accuracy" calibration ride. The file, and the 16 mi ride following the calibration ride are attached. Would you give them a quick look...
by flahutewannabe
Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:32 am
Forum: PowerPod
Topic: High power "artifacts" downhill and impact on calculations
Replies: 7
Views: 4017

Re: High power "artifacts" downhill and impact on calculatio

Thanks, John. Glad you have an opinion on things :shock: :lol: Some folks would say that the PP approach to measuring power is less "kosher" than direct force measurement -- but Velocomp (company) has worked hard to demonstrate otherwise. Not arguing with you, but perhaps the Xert folks ha...