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by dexterdom
June 6th, 2016, 11:38 am
Forum: Indoor Rowers
Topic: PM5 Issue
Replies: 13
Views: 10460

Re: PM5 Issue

Hi folks, I just got a USB flash drive from a customer who was having trouble and was kind enough to send the troubled drive to me. What we discovered (again) is that not all flash drives are created equal. This one in particular would work for a few seconds after being powered up, then it became n...
by dexterdom
June 5th, 2016, 7:28 pm
Forum: Indoor Rowers
Topic: PM5 - FIT files
Replies: 14
Views: 13008

Re: PM5 - FIT files

Livio Livius wrote:Use Painsled if you have an iPhone. Easy .FIT upload incl Concept2 logbook (last is beta).
Thanks for the recommendation. Yes I've tried the Painsled iOS app and it seems to export the data fine so I'll likely use this going forward.
by dexterdom
June 5th, 2016, 7:12 pm
Forum: Indoor Rowers
Topic: PM5 - FIT files
Replies: 14
Views: 13008

Re: PM5 - FIT files

Unfortunately that's called backwards compatibility. The utility output hasn't changed since it was first introduced for PM3 with 32KB Logcards. The world has moved on a bit since 2003 but I don't want the standard utility output to change because that would break my old MySQL system built to proce...
by dexterdom
June 4th, 2016, 10:19 am
Forum: Indoor Rowers
Topic: PM5 - FIT files
Replies: 14
Views: 13008

Re: PM5 - FIT files

.FIT files are, I believe, available for all to use. Certainly for Concept2, a member of the ANT Alliance (http://www.thisisant.com) it is. Some of the early plans for the PM5 included saving .FIT files to the USB flash drive, but product launch dates, firmware bugs, and other issues sort of side t...
by dexterdom
June 4th, 2016, 10:09 am
Forum: Indoor Rowers
Topic: DPM5 and Garmin - distance discrepancies wrt intervals
Replies: 3
Views: 4293

Re: DPM5 and Garmin - distance discrepancies wrt intervals

Update: This is also an issue on PM4 when using FR610 (I'd expect it's all compatible Garmins, but the 610 is the only one I have access to). I have found what appears to be a workaround for getting accurate distances per interval: When using interval/rest-function of the PM, make sure to press lap...