Wish List For The Pm4

[[old] rspenger]

Since it is not quite Christmas yet (Pacific Standard Time) there is still time for a note to Santa. <br /><br />I have had a PM3 on my model B for almost three months now and have been very pleased with the many new features that were not on the old PM(1). However, I think that there is a potential for many more improvements so I have started this thread to see what ideas others have. If this is redundant, I apologize ahead of time. I admit that I did not do a thorough “literature search” and that this topic may have been covered before.<br /><br />My own wishes include having an expanded list of workout options. As far as I can tell, it is now limited to 15 different workouts – five each in the three categories, Standard, Custom, and Favorites and it is awkward to add a new one, i.e. it has to be added to Favorites and one of the favorites has to have been previously transferred to Custom – replacing one of the Custom list. Why not have just one list with a scroll function to the whole list which could be extended for much more than 15 items? Another option, still using a scroll function, would be to have three categories: Distances, Times, and Intervals, each with its own list. This is what I would consider to be the optimal arrangement for my own uses.<br /><br />Another place for improvement is accessing the archives. If someone wants to check out old 2k times, it is necessary to go through three steps, all of which take a long time to appear on the screen. It would certainly be nice if this process were speeded up.<br /><br />I also had problems with setting up intervals, but I have done it only once and I think that I still have a learning process to go through, so I shouldn’t be making any suggestions at this time.<br /><br />I have one puzzle with the record. I installed the PM3 on September 29, 2005, and got the first million meters recorded on my log card on December 23, 2005. However, I checked the record today and the logcard reported Lifetime meters as 1,016,954, but in the summary below it reported total meters as 1,012,237. Why is there a difference? Of course, I had a lot of meters on that erg and others long before the card started logging them, but there is no way for the PM3 to know that. I considered that the difference might represent some meters that were done on other machines, where I used the logcard, but I have done considerably more that the difference (4,717m); it should be more like about 12,000.<br /><br />Bob S.<br />

[[old] Citroen]

<!--QuoteBegin-rspenger+Dec 24 2005, 10:33 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(rspenger @ Dec 24 2005, 10:33 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have one puzzle with the record. I installed the PM3 on September 29, 2005, and got the first million meters recorded on my log card on December 23, 2005. However, I checked the record today and the logcard reported Lifetime meters as 1,016,954, but in the summary below it reported total meters as 1,012,237. Why is there a difference? Of course, I had a lot of meters on that erg and others long before the card started logging them, but there is no way for the PM3 to know that. I considered that the difference might represent some meters that were done on other machines, where I used the logcard, but I have done considerably more that the difference (4,717m); it should be more like about 12,000.<br /><br />Bob S. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />If the PM3 is mis-reporting metres then install the latest firmware V90 on it. That new version should solve those struggles.<br /><br />In the gym we had one machine with V61 and one with V82. My friend Gordon currently has a badly screwed up logcard from the V61 machine. <br /><br />It takes about 20mins to download the firmware, hook up the PM3 and run the firmware loader.

[[old] John Rupp]

(1) Have the time start when the rower starts, instead of starting on it's own;<br /><br />(2) Include an optional "beep" with 5 seconds to go in the rest interval, to help avoid missing starts;<br /><br />(3) A optional background light and/or reflective numbers for rowing in low light levels.<br /><br />(4) Instantaneous display of flywheel rpm range for each stroke;<br /><br />(5) Cumulative display of flywheel rpm range deviation from the mean;<br /><br />(6) An even countdown of meters, as occurred with the pm2;<br /><br />(7) Use the pm2 instant and nice looking display.

[[old] TomB722]

<!--QuoteBegin-rspenger+Dec 24 2005, 06:33 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(rspenger @ Dec 24 2005, 06:33 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I have one puzzle with the record. I installed the PM3 on September 29, 2005, and got the first million meters recorded on my log card on December 23, 2005. However, I checked the record today and the logcard reported Lifetime meters as 1,016,954, but in the summary below it reported total meters as 1,012,237. Why is there a difference? Of course, I had a lot of meters on that erg and others long before the card started logging them, but there is no way for the PM3 to know that. I considered that the difference might represent some meters that were done on other machines, where I used the logcard, but I have done considerably more that the difference (4,717m); it should be more like about 12,000. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />1,016,954 is the total meters rowed + interval rest meters<br />1,012,237 is the total meters rowed during the actual rowing intervals<br /><br />even if you dont intentionally row during rests, at the end of each interval when you do interval workouts the flywheel doesnt stop when the time/meters go to 0, so the remaining inertia meters go as rest meters

[[old] rspenger]

<!--QuoteBegin-TomB722+Dec 24 2005, 07:14 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(TomB722 @ Dec 24 2005, 07:14 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br />1,016,954 is the total meters rowed + interval rest meters<br />1,012,237 is the total meters rowed during the actual rowing intervals<br /><br />even if you dont intentionally row during rests, at the end of each interval when you do interval workouts the flywheel doesnt stop when the time/meters go to 0, so the remaining inertia meters go as rest meters <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Thanks, Tom. That is probably it. I just started using set up intervals recently, but I do row during the "rests" and difference lookss to be in the ballpark.<br /><br />regards,<br /><br />Bob S.<br />

[[old] LBusch]

What I would most like to see in an improved monitor would be the ability to control what is displayed on the monitor. I would like to able to select Watts for the upper portion and Pace for the lower portion instead of average watts or avg watts/interval. <br /><br />I would also like control over the time out interval.

[[old] rspenger]

<!--QuoteBegin-LBusch+Dec 25 2005, 06:36 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(LBusch @ Dec 25 2005, 06:36 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->What I would most like to see in an improved monitor would be the ability to control what is displayed on the monitor.  I would like to able to select Watts for the upper portion and Pace for the lower portion instead of average watts or avg watts/interval.  <br /><br />I would also like control over the time out interval. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />That reminds me that I left an item out of that first message: remote control buttons on the handle that would change the display.<br /><br />Bob S.<br />