PP battery died- question

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Biff
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PP battery died- question

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Hi John,

I did a 2 hour group ride on Tuesday, then left my bike in my car till today when I got a chance for another ride. PP was fully charged 3 days earlier than the group ride- after last Saturdays ride. Today once I got going, I noticed no power so I thought I forgot to turn it on. I did so and nothing happened except the green light went out. A minute later I tried again. Same thing. Then I thought maybe my garmin activity needs to be stopped so I did that and tried a third time. Nothing. Dang, I thought. I forgot to charge. No power for this ride.

Well, when I got home and connected it to charge, it actually downloaded a ride file for today. It's the correct time, distance, everything. My garmin upload though has none.

So my question is how did I get a file when it never connected to my garmin? I was pleasantly surprised.

Thanks,

Biff
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Re: PP battery died- question

Post by Velocomp »

I'm glad your PP has your ride file! That it does have it means that it was working and that its battery was OK.

So, the issue is your Garmin: why did it not "read" the PP signal? The only thing I can figure out is that your Garmin profile was not paired to PP.

I would check to be certain PP is properly paired to the Garmin.
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Biff
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Re: PP battery died- question

Post by Biff »

Spot On!

I went for a ride this morning with the PP fully charged and sure enough, no power meter connected. WTH!?!
I rescanned and connected it with my Garmin and had no issues for 54 miles.

So, yea, flaky Garmin issue. Thanks!
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