Erratic power and cadence - recent development

Bugs and Issues
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ideally you can just view my activities but if not:
erratic behavior lasts 2-3 mins ~30mins into workout.

Wahoo kickr v5, garmin genix 6x, single sided crank power meter, garmin hrm dual.

wahoo: power, HR, cadence

hrm duo: hr

bike components: cadence on occasion

garmin: passive

  1. power goes to zero
  2. cadence goes to zero
  3. target power changes to lower or higher numbers
  4. resistance on trainer changes to non-erg behavior.

returns to normal on its own

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We just changed some things, so I have no way to view your data. You can go to the website and send me a link. So if you have your power meter disconnected, does everything work correctly? When you say target power changes, you mean you visually see the numbers changing the targets? And I assume you’re using PowerMatch. And so if your Crank PowerMeter goes to zero, that might do something strange with PowerMatch.

One thing I would do is make sure that your power meter is not directly connected to your Android device, meaning go to the Bluetooth settings in Android and make sure it’s not bound there and say “forget this device.” same with your trainer. If it’s directly bound to your device.

I have a V5 and power meter and don’t have any issues like this, but all this stuff is complex interrelations.

3

Yeah the continuous improvements you all are doing are great ! Its such a good platform.

I’m not sure the power meter is disconnecting because i see it in the devices tab while this is occurring - it just shows zero power. sometimes the target power also doesnt come back to the previous value. Anyway, here are some more details:

I do use powermatch, i will try with it disabled it tonight. I will make sure the trainer isnt connected to my phone.

Here are a couple links:

  1. 32-35min is where the dropouts happens: Trainer Day
  2. same time frame, 32mins onward: Trainer Day

I suspect something happens when i stop pedaling as I have a fenix6 connected to the kickr (and HRM) for tracking. was wondering if there was a logic loop where the looks for other power sources if pre-selected power source (in my case, kickr), shows zero? you did mention powermatch, so this just comes back to that.

the fenix can, but does not control the trainer - ever. the trainer is driven by the TD app. the app has all the devices listed correctly, as in my original post.

in a panic, i switch back and forth between HR and Slope modes (i train in erg). that might be bringing things back, but i’m not sure.

thanks for responding!

4

Do you have the kickr connected to fenix as power meter/sensor or smart trainer? Fenix will try to take control as a smart trainer. We have logic of multiple power sources are connected it will try to connect to one that is outputting power.

5

hmm. the Fenix is passive. maybe I can just disconnect it altogether and see what happens.