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- Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:11 pm
- Forum: Isaac software
- Topic: How to load firmware, and firmware keys, with Isaac
- Replies: 5
- Views: 25262
Re: How to load firmware and firmware keys with Isaac
My Mac is back up and running after a reinstall of the operating system. Surprisingly easy. (For any others who have this problem in future, note that Catalina OS X does not have “safe mode” like older versions of the Mac OS. What to do if your mac hangs when installing the first file in the sequenc...
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: Isaac software
- Topic: How to load firmware, and firmware keys, with Isaac
- Replies: 5
- Views: 25262
Re: How to load firmware and firmware keys with Isaac
I tried following the instructions to install the new Mac version on my 2018 MacBook Pro 13” version running the latest version of Catalina. When I tried to restart my Mac to complete the installation, it got to the startup screen loading the OS, but when the progress indicator gets fully loaded to ...
- Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Struggling with the PowerPod
- Replies: 36
- Views: 56045
Re: Struggling with the PowerPod
Technically, no. Power meters do not measure watts. They measure strain and convert it to watts. It's just that the conversion formulae are a lot simpler than those the PowerPod uses.darthmonkey wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:36 am my point was that as a DFPM, it doesn't guess at the watts, it knows.
- Sat Sep 08, 2018 12:42 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Struggling with the PowerPod
- Replies: 36
- Views: 56045
Re: Struggling with the PowerPod
I had problems with water, then sealant from a tubeless tire puncture, getting into my PowerPod. Solution: Move the PowerPod out of the spray trajectory. I've simply mounted my K-Edge on the left side of my handlebars adjacent to the stem. This moves the PowerPod out of the water stream coming off t...
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:49 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Tubeless Tires and PowerPod
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2514
Tubeless Tires and PowerPod
If you're using tubeless tires with sealer, I recommend mounting your PowerPod off centre to prevent a front tire puncture from spraying sealer all over your PowerPod. I've been running tubeless for 2+ years. The first 2 years combined moments of bliss (hit glass or metal bits, punctured tire, but i...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:03 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:00 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
Re: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
Got my PP back after sending it in for repairs. I'm very impressed with the support you and your team provide for this product. Thank you! I have attached my first post-calibration ride file. Can you please check it to be sure the calibration is right? I just noted my HR monitor did not pair up. I'l...
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:02 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
Re: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
Positioning the PP in the same place at the start of each ride has been a major pain. I've used the original mount, another Go-Pro mount, and the K-edge. None of them has a positive stop at the end of its rotation on the bolt. If you press a bit harder, you can move it a bit more. And despite my shi...
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
Re: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
Still having a few questions about accuracy. Power fluctuations show up at two places in the first ride file - at the 02:35 mark there's a power surge far about my maximum, and going downhill. Then again at 39:40 to 40:30 there's a peak for about a minute that I thought was out of proportion to peda...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Using PowerPod with Xert
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5513
Re: Using PowerPod with Xert
Update on using Xert with my PowerPod. First, the need to trim power spikes from the start of some rides continues. I put shims into my K-Edge Garmin/PowerPod over/under mount to reduce the potential for misalignment. It's very tight now, very little potential for changing the tilt of the PowerPod i...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:30 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
Re: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
Thanks for your help, John. I think it's working properly now. Unreasonable power fluctuations have stopped, and PowerStroke is working again. It's my fault - I didn't remember that the sensors must be added to the profile and cannot be switched without re-pairing. Here's the file. iBike_07_26_2018_...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:31 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
Re: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
My cadence sensor reads what appears to be accurately on all my rides. No drop outs, apparently no missing data. Same with my speed sensor and HR sensor. All apparently normal on my Garmin 1000. I did a hard reset as you suggested. Now the problems have increased. The power readings are intermittent...
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
- Sun Jul 15, 2018 1:27 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6659
PowerStroke stopped working after latest update
Says it all. After the latest firmware update, powerstroke no longer works. How to get it back working again?
- Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:05 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Using PowerPod with Xert
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5513
Re: Using PowerPod with Xert
I have Xert on a trial subscription. Still haven't decided whether or not to subscribe. I cleaned up my Garmin ride files from this year using FitFile Tools to cut sections with inaccurate power readings in the first few minutes. I then reposted all of them to Xert. Now, the FTP readings and Max Pow...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Power Reading Dropouts between Garmin 1000 and PowerPod
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3612
Re: Power Reading Dropouts between Garmin 1000 and PowerPod
Thanks, John. The merge took care of the discrepancies on that ride.
If there's a repeat of the dropouts on subsequent rides I'll post again. Otherwise, it will have been only a transitory glitch.
If there's a repeat of the dropouts on subsequent rides I'll post again. Otherwise, it will have been only a transitory glitch.
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Power Reading Dropouts between Garmin 1000 and PowerPod
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3612
Power Reading Dropouts between Garmin 1000 and PowerPod
I'm wondering what to do about my latest ride, which had my Garmin 1000 edge showing plenty of zero power readings and occasional disconnection from PowerPod. I started both normally, stopped when I reached the meeting point for a group ride, and my Garmin went to sleep while waiting for others to a...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Using PowerPod with Xert
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5513
Re: Using PowerPod with Xert
I'll try this today. It should be fairly easy and painless. I keep my bike in a locked bike room in the basement parkade of our condo. I could simply ride around in the parkade for 2 minutes with the Garmin on, end the ride after two minutes, and discard the Garmin file for the ride. Then out the ga...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:51 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Using PowerPod with Xert
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5513
Using PowerPod with Xert
I'm trying a subscription to Xert online training app to see if it can improve my training. I've had trouble with my PowerPod positioning as long as I've owned it. From time to time, it doesn't get positioned exactly as it was on the previous ride, and when this happens, the first ~ 8 minutes someti...
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:00 am
- Forum: GPS Tracker for AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton
- Topic: Big discrepancy in climbing data VeloTrack, Isaac, Garmin
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7706
Re: Big discrepancy in climbing data VeloTrack, Isaac, Garmin
Thanks, I'll simply ignore the VeloTrack elevation. There's no need for it with Garmin and PowerPod providing readings. I had thought maybe it was a malfunction, but it's not a problem if VeloTrack isn't accurate for elevation. It's great for post-ride checking of power at specific points on a ride.
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:46 pm
- Forum: GPS Tracker for AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton
- Topic: Big discrepancy in climbing data VeloTrack, Isaac, Garmin
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7706
Big discrepancy in climbing data VeloTrack, Isaac, Garmin
I don't expect identical climbing data from my Garmin Edge 1000 and my PowerPod readout in Isaac, but with the addition of VeloTrack on my iPhone, the discrepancy is too large for me to ignore. On my most recent ride, my Garmin Edge 1000 said I'd climbed 730 meters, while my PowerPod reported it in ...
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:19 pm
- Forum: PowerStroke
- Topic: PowerStroke and New Garmin speed/cadence sensor (no magnets)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 25491
Re: PowerStroke and New Garmin speed/cadence sensor (no magn
Another question about setting up the powerstroke. I have a Garmin cadence sensor that is self-contained - i.e. no magnet mounted on the chainstay. I never turn the pedals to connect up the cadence sensor to my Garmin 1000. It connects up almost instantly upon starting. My typical routine is to spin...
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:51 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerPod and ShockStop Stem by Redshift
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5541
PowerPod and ShockStop Stem by Redshift
Not a question, but thought I'd post about my experience with Shockstop, a new shock absorbing stem I installed on my bike a few weeks ago. This is not a promotion for Shockstop. I added it here because the stem flexes slightly to reduce vibration and shock, and I was concerned that this flexing mig...
- Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:39 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Powerpod Working, but Garmin 1000 Display Drops Out
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3509
- Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:13 am
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Powerpod Working, but Garmin 1000 Display Drops Out
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3509
Powerpod Working, but Garmin 1000 Display Drops Out
My Powerpod has been working well recently, but yesterday after I paired it with my Garmin 1000 the Garmin power reading did not display as usual, but dropped out intermittently, often showing zero watts, but sometimes showing the wattage I would expect for this ride. After the ride, I uploaded the ...
- Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:17 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerPod Suddenly Reads Low Power, Negative Rolling Watts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2387
Re: PowerPod Suddenly Reads Low Power, Negative Rolling Watt
That worked great - thank you for the suggestion. The calibration ride went as described on your Youtube video - easy to follow. One minor question remaining. The calibration ride set the CdA at 0.379 M**2. This is on a cross bike which has the top of the handlebar at the same elevation as the top o...
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 5:13 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: PowerPod Suddenly Reads Low Power, Negative Rolling Watts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2387
PowerPod Suddenly Reads Low Power, Negative Rolling Watts
I've been fine tuning my settings using the Youtube video on how to use the check calibration and settings. Everything seemed about right after my last adjustment - CdA of .420 for my cross bike, Crr of 0.0045 for my Schwalbe Pro One tubeless tires, and my speed/effort is close to the same for out a...
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 1:08 pm
- Forum: Isaac software
- Topic: Isaac Seems to Open, But Is Unresponsive Mac Sierra V 10.12
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2668
Isaac Seems to Open, But Is Unresponsive Mac Sierra V 10.12
I'm running Isaac 4.1.0 on a MacBook Pro Retina running Mac OS Sierra 10.12.5. Sometimes Isaac works flawlessly, but lately it has been opening in an unresponsive form - it appears on the screen but none of the buttons on the screen respond, and the list of operating programs on my Mac don't include...
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:57 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Effort Speed Consistently Shows Speed higher than Effort
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2201
Effort Speed Consistently Shows Speed higher than Effort
My powerpod "Effort Speed" analysis consistently shows my road speed is 1.5 to 2 km higher than my effort speed. Screen Shot 2017-06-04 at 6.51.19 PM.png.pdf All my rides are round trips - some true out-and-backs, but many are circuits that take a different route out vs. back. I'm usually ...
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:45 pm
- Forum: PowerPod
- Topic: Any sense in using GPS Tracker with Garmin 1000?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1602
Any sense in using GPS Tracker with Garmin 1000?
I have a PowerPod working with my Garmin 1000 Edge. I think the GPS Tracker feature might be somewhat redundant when I have the Garmin Connect view of my routes available. Has anyone used a Garmin 1000 with GPS Tracker? If yes, does it provide any useful information I can't get with the PowerPod and...