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Row the Head of the Charles on your Erg
Posted: October 19th, 2006, 8:56 pm
by kdahlhaus
So you won't be in Boston this weekend? Row the race on your erg!
Thinking that
this discussion was a great idea, I've created a program that uses the Model D to control Google Earth.
More details and download are on this page:
http://powertwenty.com/kpd/blog/?p=39
Enjoy!
GoogleErg
Posted: October 20th, 2006, 12:42 pm
by c2scott
Very Cool.
I had it set up and running in our workout room in about 10 minutes.
Notes:
Works with PM3, not PM4. I presume someday an update will be available.
Make sure you attach your PM3 first, set up a workout and then run GoogleErg.
Great Job!
Posted: October 21st, 2006, 2:26 pm
by kdahlhaus
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I do plan to update it for the PM4 as soon as I can. I'll also modify it so that it does not look for a connected PM3 unless you actually intend to erg ( as opposed to playback a tour or record a new one).
Posted: October 22nd, 2006, 6:32 pm
by kdahlhaus
The new setup contains a second map to row - the Head of the Cuyahoga.
Posted: October 26th, 2006, 10:25 pm
by kdahlhaus
My apologies to those that downloaded Version 0.2 and received a generic message saying the time period was over. This problem is fixed in the new installer.
Posted: October 29th, 2006, 9:28 am
by ehagberg
I can't seem to get this working. No matter what command line arguments are used, I get this error:
Code: Select all
C:\Program Files\ergTour>.\ergtour
Erg Tour Version 0.3 (C) 2006 by Kevin Dahlhausen
http://powertwenty.com/kpd/blog
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ergTour.py", line 209, in ?
File "ergTour.py", line 165, in playFile
File "ergTour.py", line 121, in playViaErg
File "win32com\client\__init__.pyc", line 489, in __init__
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147221164, 'Class not registered', None, None)
C:\Program Files\ergTour>
Posted: October 29th, 2006, 8:21 pm
by kdahlhaus
It looks like the problem lies with the COM interface to Google Earth.
Could you post the version information from the Help->About window of Google Earth. The important line is the first one that reads something similar to:
Google Earth 4.0.2091 (beta)
Do you have the free or another version of Google Earth?
I have an idea of where to look to solve this problem. It should be doable.
Posted: October 29th, 2006, 10:42 pm
by ehagberg
Apparently I had an old version of Google Earth installed and that was the problem. Upgrading to the latest one fixed it. I'll have to try actually rowing the course tomorrow.
Thanks,
-Eric
Posted: October 30th, 2006, 6:36 am
by kdahlhaus
Great! That definately leaves the problem a versioning one w/Google Earth. I'm seeing if I can make it less dependent on the Google Earth version. We'll see what develops.
Thanks,
Kevin
New Erg Tour
Posted: November 1st, 2006, 12:00 am
by kdahlhaus
The
Doggett's Coat and Badge course is now available. I had to go with information on the net, so let me know if it is not accurate.
Posted: November 1st, 2006, 6:29 am
by ehagberg
I notice that the course is viewed from the perspective of a cox, moving forward through it, rather than seeing it as a rower would, going backwards. Is there an option to row the course looking backwards, as would be seen by someone rowing the race?
Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 7:26 pm
by kdahlhaus
That would be a good option. I'd have to do some vector math to rotate the camera 180 degrees, or just record the path backwards.
Posted: November 4th, 2006, 12:17 pm
by kdahlhaus
I’ve just uploaded a new version of Erg Tour. Version 0.5 contains the following changes:
* installs three races along with start-menu options to view the races without the erg attached
* documents PM3 firmware requirements and how to upgrade
* adds a new option to show the rower’s perspective
* contains improved recording documentation
* improves the recording function within the program
Links:
updated documentation
updated installer
Erg Tour for PM4
Posted: January 21st, 2007, 7:58 pm
by kdahlhaus
There's a new version of Erg Tour available at
http://powertwenty.com/kpd/blog/index.p ... _available
It should support PM4's now. I don't have one to test on, so I'd be grateful if anyone that runs it a PM4 let me know how it goes.
Posted: January 30th, 2007, 10:27 pm
by atheist
this sounds awesome; will it run on linux?
-steve