Shimano R9100-P Powermeter

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Get an ant+ usb stick off Amazon (i bought the knockoff docooler one, its the same chipset and drivsr), plug into a pc and run golden cheetah, trainer road or similar utility to capture the raw power data. There should be no filtering applied there.

Aside from the giant screen and the "pro" status of a pc8 is there really a compelling reason to choose srm head unit over a comparable garmin or wahoo when not pairing to an SRM power meter? Their response seems to read pretty customer unfriendly.
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kulivontot wrote:Get an ant+ usb stick off Amazon (i bought the knockoff docooler one, its the same chipset and drivsr), plug into a pc and run golden cheetah, trainer road or similar utility to capture the raw power data. There should be no filtering applied there.

Ok, thank you, good idea. I will do this.

kulivontot wrote:Aside from the giant screen and the "pro" status of a pc8 is there really a compelling reason to choose srm head unit over a comparable garmin or wahoo when not pairing to an SRM power meter?

A good question. For some maybe, for most probably no.
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mds wrote:
pantelones wrote:Have you filed a report to SRM?

The following forum is related to SRM PC8 and associated firmware development.
http://www.srmservice.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

Yes. SRM says

"If the PC8 would cause this issue, we would have Power Spikes with all systems transmitting read calculated Power. ... Its more likely that something is rolling over in the DA PowerMeter at a continuous interval, but I could only tell for sure if I could examine the ANT+ Data that is transmitted by the PowerMeter. The PC8 does not do any filtering of the received data, because its ready calculated and should be correct."

Shimano asked me to update R9100-P firmware, which I did, to no improvement.

I am still investigating and soon will be trying different equipment parings (eg PC8/power2Max, Wahoo Bolt/R9100-P, E-TUBE app/R9100-P).


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Another thing to try is the Quark Qollector (https://www.quarq.com/product/quarq-qollector/) if you can get your hands on one.

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mds wrote:
bas wrote:I find power data does not upload to Strava from device agent/PC8 correctly. If i have done intervals the lap power on strava is always way different to actual recorded. Don't use Strava for anything other than the odd bunch ride upload so doesn't matter but interesting to note

Regarding Strava, PC8 GPS sometimes has trouble with accuracy, causing Strava to miss segments occasionally.

Most of the time it is OK.

But here is an example where PC8 GPS is not good. First map is iPhone 7 Plus, second PC8. With PC8, Strava missed segments along this ~5km canyon climb.


Its not the power data of Strava segments that is off, but the interval power data recorded. For example if i did a 5min effort at 300W for example, the lap data on Strava would show 180W or some other number way lower than actual.
As i said i don't particularly care its just unusual that the data doesn't feed through correctly

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kulivontot wrote:Get an ant+ usb stick off Amazon (i bought the knockoff docooler one, its the same chipset and drivsr), plug into a pc and run golden cheetah, trainer road or similar utility to capture the raw power data. There should be no filtering applied there.

Here is a chart comparing ANT+ USB/TrainerRoad and SRM PC8 with my R9100-P. The spikes do not appear in the former, but I don't think I can conclude anything because the data does in fact appear to be filtered. SRM tells me PC8 does not filter, but I am skeptical. I asked TrainerRoad on what filtering they apply, no info yet.

Charts for heart rate and cadence are similar but not identical. Not sure what to make of this.

Update: TrainerRoad replies that they record the exact data sent by the power meter, they don't modify it, filter it, or affect it at all. This is basically what SRM told me regarding the PC8. Assuming both are true, maybe my PC8 unit is defective and is not working as a normal PC8 should. My next test is to pair my PC8 with a power2max Type S.
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mds wrote:
kulivontot wrote:Get an ant+ usb stick off Amazon (i bought the knockoff docooler one, its the same chipset and drivsr), plug into a pc and run golden cheetah, trainer road or similar utility to capture the raw power data. There should be no filtering applied there.

Here is a chart comparing ANT+ USB/TrainerRoad and SRM PC8 with my R9100-P. The spikes do not appear in the former, but I don't think I can conclude anything because the data does in fact appear to be filtered. SRM tells me PC8 does not filter, but I am skeptical. I asked TrainerRoad on what filtering they apply, no info yet.

Charts for heart rate and cadence are similar but not identical. Not sure what to make of this.

Update: TrainerRoad replies that they record the exact data sent by the power meter, they don't modify it, filter it, or affect it at all. This is basically what SRM told me regarding the PC8. Assuming both are true, maybe my PC8 unit is defective and is not working as a normal PC8 should. My next test is to pair my PC8 with a power2max Type S.


So from everything you've learned so far; if I was to get the DA power metre - using a garmin 520, and uploading to Strava - I shouldn't have any issues?

None with the spikes? :shock:
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Conza wrote:So from everything you've learned so far; if I was to get the DA power metre - using a garmin 520, and uploading to Strava - I shouldn't have any issues?

None with the spikes? :shock:

Likely OK, Garmin 500 shows no spikes. So far only pairing that shows spikes is SRM/Shimano.

I just tried SRM/power2max. No spikes.

:noidea:

Update: Just tried 510 - no spikes.

Tests so far:

Garmin 500/Shimano - no spikes
Garmin 510/Shimano - no spikes
TrainerRoad/Shimano - no spikes
E-Tube/Shimano - no spikes
SRM/Shimano - spikes
SRM/power2max - no spikes
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This powermeter 9100 founction with my Suunto spartan Bluetooth capability?

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charmette1261 wrote:This powermeter 9100 founction with my Suunto spartan Bluetooth capability?

No.

Bluetooth LE only with E-Tube Project for smartphones/tablets. Currently use for firmware update and testing.
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mds wrote:
charmette1261 wrote:This powermeter 9100 founction with my Suunto spartan Bluetooth capability?

No.

Bluetooth LE only with E-Tube Project for smartphones/tablets. Currently use for firmware update and testing.


Thanks ! Smartphone App compatible can replace an bike computer ?

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charmette1261 wrote:Thanks ! Smartphone App compatible can replace an bike computer ?

The app can display power and cadence for short tests, see photo. The app/BLE may or may not work for longer rides, I am not sure. I see no option for logging data.
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mds wrote:
Conza wrote:So from everything you've learned so far; if I was to get the DA power metre - using a garmin 520, and uploading to Strava - I shouldn't have any issues?

None with the spikes? :shock:

Likely OK, Garmin 500 shows no spikes. So far only pairing that shows spikes is SRM/Shimano.

I just tried SRM/power2max. No spikes.

:noidea:

Update: Just tried 510 - no spikes.

Tests so far:

Garmin 500/Shimano - no spikes
Garmin 510/Shimano - no spikes
TrainerRoad/Shimano - no spikes
E-Tube/Shimano - no spikes
SRM/Shimano - spikes
SRM/power2max - no spikes


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mds wrote:
Conza wrote:So from everything you've learned so far; if I was to get the DA power metre - using a garmin 520, and uploading to Strava - I shouldn't have any issues?

None with the spikes? :shock:

Likely OK, Garmin 500 shows no spikes. So far only pairing that shows spikes is SRM/Shimano.

I just tried SRM/power2max. No spikes.

:noidea:

Update: Just tried 510 - no spikes.

Tests so far:

Garmin 500/Shimano - no spikes
Garmin 510/Shimano - no spikes
TrainerRoad/Shimano - no spikes
E-Tube/Shimano - no spikes
SRM/Shimano - spikes
SRM/power2max - no spikes


Thanks for the details and time you put into this. This is very helpful!
One question: did you set the garmins to 1 second recording instead of the default "smart" setting? That might influence the recorded data.

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nemeseri wrote:Thanks for the details and time you put into this. This is very helpful!
One question: did you set the garmins to 1 second recording instead of the default "smart" setting? That might influence the recorded data.

Thank you nemeseri. Yes, the Garmins were set to the 1 second recording option.

I also see no evidence of spikes when looking at the Garmin displays. On the other hand, on the SRM display, I do see them.

I like to use a 30s power average on my SRM display, and am worried that the spikes will affect the value. I calculate that if the 30s average included one spike (true ~50% of the time), then the average would be inflated by about ~5 watts at my FTP. I can't claim I can actually see this happening, but it worries me anyway.

I am running out of ideas to help diagnosis this.
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