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A. The Oar Impulse
At the bottom of the display, above each
oar
button, are two values
for each active Oar. The lower value is the Oar identifier that matches the
letter/number placed on the Oar shaft and programmed into the Oarpod
(black box on shaft of Oar) at the time of installation. The
Update
program
allows this value to be changed.
The number above the oar identifier is the area under the rowing
curve and is technically called the "impulse". The impulse is the integration
of the
force
of the stroke over the
time
it is occurring. This is not the same
as power. To know the power, one needs to know how far the oar is
moving while the force is applied. smartOar® doesn't measure a rower's
power, i.e., it doesn’t replace the erg. smartOar® does indicate how hard
the rowers are pulling and how long they are pulling as well as how they
match up to each other throughout the stroke. When an Oarpod battery is
low, the impulse number is surrounded by a red box, indicating that the
oar needs to be charged
If a gap in the curve (dropout due to a lost packet of data) occurs, the
impulse value may be less accurate due to the dropout. Move the launch
closer to the shell to reduce the incidence of dropouts.
B. Accelerometer Numbers
When an Accelerometer is present in the
boat
position, an extra set
of boxes appears at the top of the display. The
Acc
box shows the
maximum deceleration (check) of the boat for that stroke. The
Set
box
shows the set of the boat at the catch in degrees with
S
and
P
indicating
