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Accelerometers. These various products are referred to as “devices”. The ninth
(boat) curve is available to display a boat accelerometer or a gate angle sensor.
Multiple boats or combinations of devices in the same boat can be configured
and the coach can switch between boats/configurations. Considerable effort
was spent in providing on-screen instructions to make it easier to use the Tablet
on the water.
The Coaches Tablet communicates with the devices via radio. The
frequencies used to communicate are shared by many other services including
Bluetooth®, ZigBee®, and Wi-Fi™. These interfering signals can reduce the
effective range of the Tablet resulting in dropouts in the curves due to lost data
packets. Since boats move, the effective range of the system can change as the
distance from interfering signals changes. When dropouts begin to increase,
moving closer to the shell can help greatly. These variations in performance are
not a defect in the system, but are due to external sources of interference which
can come and go as boats move down the course. While the Tablet excels at
real-time stroke monitoring, the self-record feature of the oars is a useful tool
for capturing strokes and analyzing performance without the negative effects of
dropouts.
1. Setup
A. Removing the Tablet Cover
The cover of the Tablet is removable, making it easier to hold the
Tablet while using it to observe your rowers’ strokes. To detach the cover,
lift the front latch and remove the two hitch pins on the rear hinges. To
