Calibration Issues
Posted: Fri May 26, 2023 1:28 pm
Here goes, it has been approximately 6 months since using my powerpod, weather related indoor riding. So I fully charged the powerpod. Updated to the most recent firmware. Checked all parameters. Made sure the powerpod was still paired to my Garmin 520 edge. Paired the cadence and speed sensor to the powerpod and set out to the location to calibrate. Once the sensors were paired I got the solid yellow and rode to my calibration location. After a few seconds of riding the powerpod started blinking red and green. Once I arrived at my pairing location ( a flat long stretch with little wind on the local cycling path). I clicked the power button to start the out and back calibration. On the out portion the powerpod immediately read 50 watts and didn't move one way or the other just stayed a constant 50. I rode for a few minutes and stopped turned around and rode back with the watts remaining at 50. Once I returned to my original calibration location, I figured I would retry the calibration. I turned off the powerpod and restarted followed all the steps, but when I started pedaling it seemed as though the first calibration had worked and it was reading the wattage output like it should. So I did roughly a 3 mile out and back. 1.5 miles each way and after returning to the starting point turned off the powerpod, to use that information in Isaac to do a check calibration. Restarted the powerpod and continued on a 44 mile ride with the powerpod seemingly producing accurate numbers for the entire ride. Once I got home I turned off the powerpod connected it to Isaac to review the numbers and do a check calibration but when I connected it to Isaac it said there was no recorded rides. I was a little confused because the calibration process didn't seem to work correctly but it does seem to be putting out correct numbers. Not sure why Isaac isn't seeing ride information. I should note before starting the calibration process I reset the powerpod through Isaac. The device is a powerpod Lite, I bought it approximately 3 years ago and upgraded it. I believe it was upgraded to the V-3. My concern is when i reset the powerpod back to factory specs is that it deleted the upgrade. Any help would be appreciated.