THE IFEEL LABS DEVICE IS CONNECTED BUT IS SENDING BAD DATA
If you are able to connect to the iFeel device, but you get bad data please check the Port Settings for your
COM port. Open Device Manager (click Start, then type "device manager", then click Device Manager) then
double click the "Standard Serial over Bluetooth" port(s) that the iFeel device is using. Click on the Port
Settings tab and ensure the settings are Bits per second: 9600, Data bits: 8, Parity: None, Stop bits: 1, Flow
control: None.
If you change Port Settings please write down the prior values in case you accidentally modify port
settings for a different device and need to revert the changes.
I OWN ALIVE PIONEER WITH A GP8 AMP – HOW CAN I USE THE IFEEL SENSOR WITH THE GP8 AMP
From the Alive Main Menu open the Heart Rate Source dropdown and select BVP – iFeel Bluetooth.
THE HEART RATE LINE STAYS RED (OR MOSTLY RED) IN ALIVE
– OR – FEW OR NO BEATS ARE DETECTED
Please first check your sensors, then check the Bluetooth connection and adapter.
CHECK SENSORS
:
Place the iFeel Sensor so the red light is on top of your fingernail!
The signal is stronger when the red
light is on top of your fingernail (there is another, infrared light shining from below). If the sensor doesn’t work
when placed with the red light on your fingernail can try rotating it so the red light is under your fingertip.
Make sure the sensor is not too loose or tight on your finger. Try both of your sensors to make sure the
problem is not the sensor.
CHECK BLUETOOTH CONNECTION
: Problems with the Bluetooth connection can result in a red heart rate line,
missing beats, or strange raw Blood Volume Pulse displays.
Try restarting Alive and restarting the iFeel Sensor.
If
restarting doesn’t help, you need to verify your COM settings:
1)
Open Alive with the iFeel Sensor off. Run a graph training session. You will see Waiting for iFeel
heart rate sensor data on COM [x]. Write down that COM port number. Close Alive.
2)
Open Device Manager (click Start, then type "device manager", then click Device Manager). In
Device Manager click the triangle to expand Ports and find Standard Serial over Bluetooth link.
You should see the COM port you wrote down in step 1. For example, if you wrote down 5 look for
"Standard Serial over Bluetooth link (COM5)".
3)
Double click on the "Standard Serial over Bluetooth" port, click on the Port Settings tab and
ensure the settings are Bits per second: 9600, Data bits: 8, Parity: None, Stop bits: 1, Flow control:
None. You may need to also do this for the other Standard Serial over Bluetooth ports. If you
change Port Settings please write down the prior values in case you modify port settings for a
different device and need to revert the changes.
CHECK BLUETOOTH ADAPTER:
If you have never had a good signal in Alive on this computer the Bluetooth
adapter may not be functioning correctly. See the My Computer Doesn’t Have Bluetooth section below.
MY IFEEL SENSOR SHOWS CHARGING EVEN AFTER I REMOVE IT FROM THE CHARGER
Take the USB charging cable and the iFeel Sensor and walk outside or into another room, away from your
Bluetooth computers, tablets, or phones.
With the thin USB side of the charging cable not connected to any charger
plug the charging cable into the iFeel Sensor, wait one second, and then remove the charging cable from the
iFeel Sensor.
