PM5 Backlight

[Tyrso]

Yeah but I was calling for a timeout during rowing.

[Carl Watts]

Yeah but I was calling for a timeout during rowing.

I think you want it always on during rowing, thats the whole idea of a backlight its pretty useful in the winter if you forget to put the lights on at the start of the row and it gets dark on you.

You would have to add a light sensor to the PM5 to make it really smart, not that hard but its more expense and I would rather have a temperature and humidity sensor instead so I don't need to manually record it into my logbook from a separate device for every row.

[Tyrso]

Yeah but I was calling for a timeout during rowing.

I think you want it always on during rowing, thats the whole idea of a backlight its pretty useful in the winter if you forget to put the lights on at the start of the row and it gets dark on you.

You would have to add a light sensor to the PM5 to make it really smart, not that hard but its more expense and I would rather have a temperature and humidity sensor instead so I don't need to manually record it into my logbook from a separate device for every row.

What I'm saying is that an editable timeout will be a good idea. Example: turn off the backlight (not the monitor) after 30 seconds, or keep always the backlight on (as it is now).
So no need for sensor or other too complicated stuff. I believe you do not move the rower everyday, so the light is quite always the same.

[Carl Watts]

Concept 2 seem to be reluctant to change the operation of the backlight, I wanted it on ALL THE TIME and never turn off if the monitor was plugged in via USB cable so it had all the power in the world from my PC and was not using the battery at all. May as well have the light on all the time in this case and never time out.

The PM5 probably needs a whole screen in the menu with options like the screen saver options on your PC.

[JaapvanE]

You would have to add a light sensor to the PM5 to make it really smart, not that hard but its more expense and I would rather have a temperature and humidity sensor instead so I don't need to manually record it into my logbook from a separate device for every row.

Is temperature and humidity that important for a row?

[DavidA]

You would have to add a light sensor to the PM5 to make it really smart, not that hard but its more expense and I would rather have a temperature and humidity sensor instead so I don't need to manually record it into my logbook from a separate device for every row.

Is temperature and humidity that important for a row?

I find, that for me at least, it can make a fairly big difference in my times/effort depending upon the temperature and humidity. If it is more hot and humid it is harder to cool the body down from all the heat it is generating.

David

[JaapvanE]

Good point, I'll start recording that too.