Connections

[Reiler]

Hello

Just got my C2 yesterday, and is still learning

One thing that puzzles me, and I hope is not correct, but to me it seems like I have to connect my Garmin pulsestrap and my phone every time I start rowing?

Can this be true, can't the machine remember the devices?

Michael

[Carl Watts]

Its doesn't remember without a USB memory stick in it which brings with it all sorts of potential problems like high battery usage.

I just hit the connect and scan for the ANT+ strap every time I row, its not a big deal and I have a number of straps anyway. ErgData appears to save one strap.

[StevenWayne]

Hi, Michael,

I’ve been rowing for three or four months with a new PM5 and, like Carl, I also connect my iPhone and Polar H10 before each row (and disconnect after each row only after I have synced my data for that single workout to the C2 logbook). Seems there’s not way to automatically link the devices, but I’d hate to miss tracking a workout so I don’t mind doing it manually

Seems necessary to link HRM and phone before entering your workout type (i.e. link devices straight away when you first mount the rower). Like Carl, I have it down so linking both devices takes me 15-20 seconds.

[jamesg]

Same question.. is a "single user" option beyond the pale for some reason? If there's only one PM/Belt on all the lists and they match, what's the problem?

[Robbo__666]

I've been equally frustrated by this over the years, I've stumbled across a solution... more through luck than judgement!

Now I just offer my NFC enabled phone to the PM5, it switches on the PM5, and opens ERGData on the phone, connecting ERGData to the PM5. It then automatically connects the PM5 to my Wahoo TICKR HRM using ANT+.

The whole process that's around 5 seconds

The way I achieved this was to turn off Bluetooth Smart HRM in ERGData.

I then connected the PM5 to ERGData.

I then connected my HRM to the PM5 using ANT+ , a box popped up on ERGData asking if I wanted to store details of the connected HRM, I selected yes.

I can't see any option in the menus of ERGData relating to the stored HRM, but it all just works!

The heart rate is displayed on the PM5 and ERGData.

I connect Bluetooth headphones to my phone to listen to music as well, no issues.

Hope this helps someone out.

I'm running PM5 hardware 634, firmware 169. Google Pixel 3a with ERGData v1.96 and a Wahoo TICKR v1.

Robbo