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It is fundamental to racing that you can identify each participant correctly during the race and in the results. This requires a method for getting each person onto a specific erg in their specific race, and informing RowPro who is on that erg in that race.
As part of your race planning, you will need to make lists that show which erg each person will be on in each race, and make these visible to race participants, for example by posting the lists on the wall at the venue.
Once the ergs are arranged on the floor and cabled to the RowPro PC, you need to inform RowPro which erg is which, so RowPro will associate the correct person with each onscreen boat and with each race result.
RowPro contains an Indoor Rower Layout utility for this purpose. You must use this utility to map the indoor rower layout into RowPro before you can run a Venue Race.
RowPro will subsequently use this layout map by default every time you start RowPro. If you later want to clear, change or replace this map, you can do so in the Indoor Rower Layout utility.
Before you use this utility you must connect all the PMs you want to map to the RowPro PC.
RowPro will only enable you to connect as many ergs as its license covers. You can see this number by looking at the Title Bar at the very top of the RowPro screen. The number of ergs is also shown as the PM Limit in large font at middle right of the Indoor Rower Layout utility.
To start mapping the ergs, click Start. RowPro takes control of the PMs and puts them into a special mapping mode, where they all display a large question mark (?) on their screen.
Go to the erg you want to make Erg #1 and press the button on that PM. This will show Erg #1 on its screen. Press the button to confirm. Go down the line of ergs repeating this at each PM until they are all done. As you confirm each erg number, that PM is listed in the Indoor Rower Layout utility.
When you're done, click OK.
If you want to change RowPro so it reverts to single-erg use, you can clear the saved erg layout by clicking the Clear button in the Indoor Rower Layout utility. After you clear the erg layout and click OK, RowPro will revert to single-erg use until you map and save another erg layout.
If your erg layout changes, for example you go to a different venue, or set the ergs out differently on the floor, or one PM needs to be replaced, you can change the erg layout by simply creating a new erg layout using the Start button in the Indoor Rower Layout utility.