AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton

Are they not shipping yet? Seemed like others had them already?

I ordered right away and still hasn't shipped.

Oh man! I totally missed the release of this!

How long do you anticipate offering the upgrade from PowerPod? I've always upgraded since Model II and don't want to miss out on this oppty.

Thanks. Wasn't sure if it was doing FIFO (first in first out) to determine what to loose. Makes sense though.

I typically do not use the fit files from my powerpod, instead I use it like a conventional power-meter by letting it publish my power data to my Garmin. If I use it that way do I ever really need to connect my powerpod to my computer to erase the data files? How does the powerpod deal with the fit ...

Hey John, I was thinking more about this on my ride today (not using PP on it though so no more data). the hills and wind should increate the wattage; they would just contribute more to the forces I would be working against. I know that there were absolutely sections of the ride where I was riding w...

OK, it was a small data sample. I'll watch it over next few rides and see how it fares compared to my old Newton..

Thanks as always John! Have a great weekend.

Oh, and I double checked and made sure that power smoothing was set to dynamic.

Velocomp wrote:Was this a group ride?

Yup.

OK, did my O&B calibration. And included my first ride. Since today was a recovery ride not sure the NP was right, but will watch that going forward. I was still seeing some pretty big fluctuations in power readings. I tried to provide relatively steady power on most of the stretches and was wat...

Oh wait,maybe I missed a step? Instructions on "better accuracy" calibration say to click button after calibration, it should flash then spin wheel to solid green. I don't think I pressed the button after the 5 minute calibration ride. Would that be a problem? Planning on going out early t...

Yea, was a group ride. Pretty frisky. I did notice that when I looked at my computer (Wahoo Elemnt Bolt) the wattage seemed to fluctuate quite a bit even though I perceived steady(ish) power.

I do plan on doing an O&B ride soon(ish). If it's too hard to tell without it don't worry about it...

So, Went for a ride with new PowerPod, and the powered seemed much lower compared to my old Newton. I was expecting higher by maybe 20%

I've included the calibration ride and first ride files

Thanks John. Anything special for the 5 minute ride? Will it just start doing it when I ride? Or do I need to interact with it (press the button to start)?

Got my PowerPod. Here's what I've done so far Already on current firmware Charged! Used Isaac to do setup (better accuracy) I paired with my speed sensor I paired it with my Wahoo Elemnt. So, now it shows as solid yellow. Which seems like it wants me to do a calibration ride... Thought that was only...

still hoping for a cool new device... hurry up!

Yea, I'm pretty sure I've used it in the past, someone asked me for corrected elevation data (figured iBike would be better than overage Garmin in that respect). I think the idea is that is figures out how weather related barometric pressure changes during the course of your ride, and adjusts the me...

Sorry, wasn't talking about elevation correction... I did a long ride, and we were pretty sure a low pressure system was moving in. So, I wanted to use the tools -> Repair -> set Atmospheric Pressure to adjust the barometric pressure reading recorded on the device with what was recorded at local wea...

I could not figure out how to correct for atmospheric pressure.

In the UI it has me search, I get the wunderground page for my local weather. But the instructions say to "look in the address text". Can you be more specific? Do you mean the resulting URL in the browser? Or something else?

OK, I was assuming that it would be recommended to create a new profile since the windport is so different?

can you explain why we can't simply use our old profiles with the new unit?

Sorry for asking, but I haven't done it in a really long time and I know you guys have done a ton to improve the process.

I assume it is just setup in Isaac and optionally out/back calibration?

Thanks!

I suppose another way to handle it is to just have it all in the newton folder regardless of version.

But I appreciate it!

My upgrade should be arriving today. I assume I am going to have to create a new profile for it since the wind port is different?

Any new instructions on setup/calibration?

What happened to the newton 6 forum? I am expecting my upgrade tomorrow and wanted to post some questions before it arrives.

so, after hard reset, and explicitly removing DFP from wireless list, I still am having re-pairing problems. Again today when I rode, my Garmin 520 paired with speed/cadence right away. But my Newton did not, eventually showed SPD Fail. Once I hit the center button to clear the message it was all pa...

Just did that will see how it goes. I notice when I look at the profile in Issac is shows an ID for DFPM, I presume I should tell it to forget DFPM?

Also in the setting of the unit should I turn of DFP Display?

OK, so things were working mostly fine for about a month. Pairing just worked. But again this week it started flaking out on me in exactly the same way. It started by thinking it had been paired with a DFPM (which it never had been) and failed, so it would show no power. So, I would need to go throu...

Yup. Will do.

When I first did the pairing I thought it might have picked up a DFPM from someone I was riding with, but he was a good 50 yards away. The second time I did the pairing (which is also when I got the odd pairing/unpairing behavior) no one was anywhere near me. I can try again next time I ride and see...

here you go. Looks like it did record power, just didn't display nor did it transmit to my garmin