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  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    amaferanga wrote:
    Is the software easy enough to set up once you have the virtual machine and linux installed? I've set up VMs at work and it wasn't that much of a headache, but if the Quarqd stuff requires a degree in computer science to set up then I'll be stuffed.

    nah quarqd just runs, as long as you've installed the USB driver under windows (not the garmin one, the one linked in the quarqd conf.) then it's pretty trivial.
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  • magliaceleste
    magliaceleste Posts: 748
    I picked up an cheap PT head unit on ebay, purely to check the calibration of my Powertaps.

    Sadly they were calibrated correctly :lol:
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    magliaceleste wrote:
    I picked up an cheap PT head unit on ebay, purely to check the calibration of my Powertaps.

    Sadly they were calibrated correctly :lol:

    When you say cheap - how cheap?

    Maybe you could hire it out to folk like me and hopper1 that just want one for a couple of days to check our Garmins :wink:
    More problems but still living....
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    amaferanga wrote:
    magliaceleste wrote:
    I picked up an cheap PT head unit on ebay, purely to check the calibration of my Powertaps.

    Sadly they were calibrated correctly :lol:

    When you say cheap - how cheap?

    Maybe you could hire it out to folk like me and hopper1 that just want one for a couple of days to check our Garmins :wink:

    +1 on that. :wink:

    magliaceleste, if you don't mind lending it out, PM me... I'll pay postage for the round trip, minimum... :wink:

    EDIT: Plus one family bag of assorted Haribo sweets...
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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Well, I won my ebay auction for a ANT+ USB stick, it should arrive BNIB.. Along with the Forerunner 50 and HR strap... :roll:
    Sometimes, I just can't help myself!
    Save me taking the 705 offshore, where I don't need GPS, or power readings.
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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Well, it's all arrived now, just need some peace and quiet to install it and try to work it all out.... :?
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  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    what figure are people getting when calibrating with the 705? mine says -891, what the hell does that mean? :)
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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Tghe number that you see when 'calibrating' the 705 is always the same... Some sort of serial number, or something.
    To do a 'proper' calibration, you'd need either the LYC, or an ANT+ USB stick for your Garmin unit to talk to.
    Read back through all this thread...

    I managed to get a USB stick, just not had time to use it yet...
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  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    a_n_t wrote:
    what figure are people getting when calibrating with the 705? mine says -891, what the hell does that mean? :)

    It means your PowerTap has the ANT ID of 64645 (or so) which is just the identifier that it has so you get your power data and not the riders next to you. It'll always be the same, unless you pair to a different powertap, it's just the device you're talking to.
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