AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton

Mark - Thanks for working through this little issue. I was very happy to see that this provides a working solution to the calibration phase, too.! The Garmin does not always show the Watts count-up during calibration (it seems to depend on whihc screen I have displayed during this process.) Having a...

Mark - I just fired up the Garmin and opened the screen for the AP/IQ. See attached. I have not run the calibrate as you suggested just the search is showing and the bar progresses across the Botton while doing the search What happens after the AP is found might be a different story and where the si...

Mark - This is on a Garmin Edge 1050. The Aero IQ app is using the entire screen as it is supposed to be setup. I had deleted the previous rendition of the AP IQ app and updated to version 2.x. When the AP is in calibration mode the text explaining the out/back starts out in relatively small text. A...

John - Not surprising that the IQ app does not show any ride data while in calibration. I was really remarking on the fact that it was displaying some basics about the cal process itself. Which, by the way, was actually nice to stumble onto as I had not read about the feature and I have sometimes no...

John - I noticed that if you have the data for this IQ app displayed while running a calibration, the display gives directions about the out and back, reminding to stop at 50% and turn around. During that time the display does not show the wind/slope and so on. There also appears to be a thin bar at...

John -

If I am using a PP, but all options are unlocked and I am also using a DFPM - does the new IQ app enable the details as if it were an AP?

Thanks,

Tom

BLE or ANT+

Is the Garmin picking up both modes of communication from the PP?


Tom

I can offer my own experience with these devices - but I am sure John might have his own experience. The new Velocomp Aero software - when connected to your PP will report your batteries level of charge. If it gets below 30% for example, I would charge it back to 90%. I also refrain from fully charg...

That was what I was hoping for!!

If you have any control on the IQ AeroPad 2.0 app (I am sure that this is coming from the App), perhaps removing what is being sent to the Garmin would be helpful.

Tom

In Garmin Express/Connect one of the Charts is called Time Advantage. I think the data is part of the AeroPod 2.0 IQ app. This does not make any sense to me as the max range on the plot is 5 - MILLION. So something is not getting incorporated. Included is the extract from Garmin Connect for that par...

I like the approach - it is beginning to look like a designed experiment -(DOE)- used in many industries - The basis is to eliminate confounding factors and to understand correlated or dependent factors. The experiments can contain several factors being varied at the same time - which can lead to a ...

You might consider your reproducibility, not the device as a source of variation?

And Garmin can be configured to smooth Power data, too.

Tom

Once again John and his crew meet the calls from the fans!! I also like the new scaling on the PowerStroke graph. Wondering on the time advantage - looking at the ride file in Garmin Connect it does not make a whole lot of sense. I'd upload an example of each, but I forgot while image format the BB ...

Thanks John - not a rush item.

But these results almost make me think that there is something goofy in the PP accelerometers - except I am still getting good correlation with the DFPM and PP values - overall. (Or I am really dialing in my ride mechanics.

Tom

Suggestion - VA application. I would like to see the PowerStroke plot of the boxes for L/R and F/B motion change scale when wasted motion values start getting small - as in the case for me on the attached plot. Would not even require something like auto scaling - for example change the scale when th...

I just checked and am not seeing the issue. My mouse movement is usually fast and I do see the scroll bar highlighted intermittently - but that is due to the mouse position and not the scroll bar interface.

Tom

I decided to remove this series of comments.

John -

I did not find this while searching the features on the new Aero software -

How do I identify which features are unlocked on my PP? GPS, CDA, PowerStroke, etc.?

Hi John -

The one component I do not see yet (in VA 1.0) is the analyze menu in Isaac still remains to be completed.

Did I miss that? I am assuming that these features will be in the next release - otherwise keeping Isaac around a little longer would be advisable.

Tom

Previous rides? Even from 3 months ago. there could be another source to recover PP profiles. Old ride files might also have the profile, if nothing else changed on the bike/rider. Or am I mistaken? The first choice would be the PP NVRAM, then a fall back would be old ride files. NVRAM will not nece...

Fair enough. I would also guess that the overall model - fitting over a range of wind, slope, acceleration, etc. is not a simple linear or quadratic case - this is a multidimensional situation - but I wonder if the wind calibration, alone is a tad more straightforward. Just a math geek's curiosity. ...

John - In statistics, usually when some data is fit to a model, there is an associated figure of merit. For example a least squares fit of data to a straight line, one can find the coefficients that best describe the line fitting that data, but also a figure of merit - usually R^2. So the method der...

John - I suggested that only because he seems to not have any place where he is looking for an out and back in his urban environment. I appreciate that there is a cost to using that kind of facility. Perhaps even the parking lot of the velodrome? Or a parking lot elsewhere? You well know that you do...

Doing you cal ride for profile 4 at the track is not an option?

Just asking...

It is likely that the cadence battery is getting low. Replace it. A new battery will measure around 3.3V and when the voltage gets below 3.0, the PP sometimes starts losing the signal.

The Garmin may still show all is well, but the PP will show dropouts or not even find the sensor at all.

Tom

Same for my Edge 830. In case you do not know: from the Garmin manuals. Viewing Widgets From the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen. The settings widget appears. A flashing icon means the device is searching for a signal. A solid icon means the signal was found or the sensor is conne...

The update to 0.32 ran just fine on my Mac.

Tom

On occasion I have had trouble with my Garmin Cadence sensor. My Garmin Edge bike computer still sees the Cadence sensor. I have taken the battery out and measured a voltage of around 2.9V or a little less than that. A fresh Li battery usually measures around 3.3V. Replacing those batteries does the...

I dowloaded the new Velocomp Aero app. Installed version 10 or the firmware onto my PP - there happened to be two dialogs showing that the firmware could be installed - so I ran both -I think they both were doing the same thing. The interface has been cleaned up a bit and a few more little details a...