Riding with Computrainer
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 7:20 am
Hi there!
Just had my first ride with VR and I really enjoyed it! Will definitely buy more videos if not all Brings a new life to my computrainer. RM Real Course Videos quality is bad, and while better with ErgVideos, I like to chose my power output on the fly; Velo Reality combines the best of both worlds
Overall, I had almost no glitches on a 1h45 ride. I do have a few questions..
>CPUTRAINER CALIBRATION Is there anyway to get into a mode to calibrate the computrainer (roll down calibration)? In all other softwares, when the video is paused, we can press F3 to release the trainer and put in calibration mode... F3 again on the controller allows to learn the press down force and get back ready to ride the video.
Right now, I found no way to calibrate the computrainer while connected with VR... had to ride my bike 10' with OEM software to warm up and calibrate, then close and start VR to ride (actually, after that VR does not find the computrainer.. so I had to reboot the PC)
Am I missing something? Calibration is quite important for the computrainer to give realistic output...
> POWER SOURCE When both computrainer and Powertap Power Meter are connected, it seems the VR program goes by (and display) the power provided by the computrainer and not the Powertap. I can tell because the power numbers were not matching the Ptap numbers and there was some drifting happening (which I see when I look at computrainer numbers using other programs).
Any way to force VR to work & display with power from Powertap when both are connected?
Nice job on the program and thanks in advance for your help!
Just had my first ride with VR and I really enjoyed it! Will definitely buy more videos if not all Brings a new life to my computrainer. RM Real Course Videos quality is bad, and while better with ErgVideos, I like to chose my power output on the fly; Velo Reality combines the best of both worlds
Overall, I had almost no glitches on a 1h45 ride. I do have a few questions..
>CPUTRAINER CALIBRATION Is there anyway to get into a mode to calibrate the computrainer (roll down calibration)? In all other softwares, when the video is paused, we can press F3 to release the trainer and put in calibration mode... F3 again on the controller allows to learn the press down force and get back ready to ride the video.
Right now, I found no way to calibrate the computrainer while connected with VR... had to ride my bike 10' with OEM software to warm up and calibrate, then close and start VR to ride (actually, after that VR does not find the computrainer.. so I had to reboot the PC)
Am I missing something? Calibration is quite important for the computrainer to give realistic output...
> POWER SOURCE When both computrainer and Powertap Power Meter are connected, it seems the VR program goes by (and display) the power provided by the computrainer and not the Powertap. I can tell because the power numbers were not matching the Ptap numbers and there was some drifting happening (which I see when I look at computrainer numbers using other programs).
Any way to force VR to work & display with power from Powertap when both are connected?
Nice job on the program and thanks in advance for your help!