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- Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:55 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: check calibration ride results
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1584
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...
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: something seems out of whack; calibration check pls
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1503
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...
- Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:27 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: recommended trainer profile for rollers w/mag unit?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4296
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...
- Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:18 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Struggling with the PowerPod
- Replies: 36
- Views: 55140
- Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:01 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Struggling with the PowerPod
- Replies: 36
- Views: 55140
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...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 2:19 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Top Tip for charging your PP
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4837
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...
- 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: 3643
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.
O&B was pretty flat.
Thanks, John.
- 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: 3643
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...
- 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: 8333
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.
Looking forward to the fix on which you are working so I can do a new calibration ride with a different set of wheels.
- 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: 8333
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...
- 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: 8333
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.
Get the "message comm error with device"
Prior to this the PP did connect to Isaac and downloaded a ride file.
- 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: 8333
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...
- 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: 8333
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.
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.
- 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: 8333
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...
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:35 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Velocomp Garmin Powerpod handlebar mount trouble
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3028
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 ...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:31 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Using PowerPod with Xert
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5471
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...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:17 pm
- Forum: PowerPod Firmware
- Topic: New Firmware 640 for PowerPod
- Replies: 31
- Views: 36077
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...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:23 am
- Forum: PowerPod Firmware
- Topic: New Firmware 640 for PowerPod
- Replies: 31
- Views: 36077
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...
- Sun Jun 24, 2018 7:43 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: calibrate near sea level, use PP at altitude?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2203
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.
Downside is that PPod is both accurate and precise, which takes some of my potential excuses off the table.
- Thu Jun 21, 2018 6:22 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: calibrate near sea level, use PP at altitude?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2203
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 ...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:03 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: check calibration on last 3 rides indicates orange/red changes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1757
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...
- Fri May 04, 2018 8:11 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3214
Re: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
Thanks, John. I guess big is relative -- fairly normal here this time of year
- Fri May 04, 2018 10:16 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3214
Re: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
Here's the ride file. Thanks, John.
- Thu May 03, 2018 8:09 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Calibration ride check pls -- wrong road surface selected
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3214
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 (...
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 3:38 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Power smoothing Dynamic versus 0 (zero)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3110
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?
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:15 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Need for check calibration?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1564
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!
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!
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Need for check calibration?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1564
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...
- Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:52 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: fat bike setup
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1658
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...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:09 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: new O&B calibration ride
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1598
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...
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:32 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: High power "artifacts" downhill and impact on calculations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4052
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...