Connecting your Indoor Rower
RowPro is designed to connect exclusively to a Concept2 Indoor Rower that is equipped with one or more PM5, PM4 or PM3 Performance Monitors, or one PM2+ Performance Monitor.
Connecting one or more PM5s, PM4s or PM3s
Use USB cables to connect your PMs as follows:
| • | Single PM - Connect one end of the USB cable to the socket on the bottom of the PM. Connect the other end of the USB cable to a USB port on your RowPro PC. |
| • | Multiple PMs - Connect one end of each USB cable to the socket on the bottom of each PM. Connect the other end of the USB cables to one or more mains-powered USB hubs (you will need to provide these), then connect the USB hubs to one or more USB ports on your RowPro PC. |
| • | When you start RowPro you will see a PM Connection Indicator on the bottom black frame of the PM twin. |
| • | When the PM Connection Indicator is green, RowPro is successfully communicating with your PM. |
| • | When the PM Connection Indicator is red and shows PM5, PM4 or PM3, your PM firmware needs to be upgraded to the latest version to work with RowPro. Visit www.concept2.com to download the oncept2 Utility and use that to upgrade the firmware in your PM. |
| • | When the PM Connection Indicator is red and says nothing, RowPro has not found your PM. Check that your PM is properly connected, and if the PM Connection Indicator is still red, see the Help Topic Troubleshooting Concept2 PM Connection. |
Note: Whenever you connect or disconnect your PM, wait a few seconds for the connection icon to change color.
Connecting a PM2+
| • | Use the serial cable and serial port adaptor supplied with the PM2+. |
| • | There are two identical sockets on the back of the PM2+. Connect one end of the serial cable to the top socket on the back of the PM2+. The bottom socket is not used with RowPro. |
| • | Connect the other end of the serial cable to the serial port adaptor (9 or 25 pin) provided with the serial cable, and plug the serial port adaptor into a serial port on your PC. |
| • | When you start RowPro you will see a PM Connection Indicator on the bottom black frame of the PM twin. |
| • | When the PM Connection Indicator is green and says PM2+, RowPro is successfully communicating with your PM2+. |
| • | When the PM Connection Indicator is red and shows no text, RowPro has not found your PM2+. Check that your PM2+ is properly connected, and if the PM Connection Indicator is still red, see the Help Topic Troubleshooting Concept2 PM Connection. |
Please note carefully:
| • | By default, RowPro uses serial port COM1 for the PM2+. If you connect the PM2+ to another serial port, you will need to change the COM port setting on the Control Panel / System Settings page. |
| • | The PM2+ will only connect to a serial port. If your PC is not equipped with a serial port, you can potentially use a USB-Serial adaptor. If you wish to do this, you need to acquire, install and configure the USB-Serial adaptor yourself. |
| • | If the serial port you use is also used by other devices (for example a PDA or external modem) then you will normally need to suspend or disable the other devices for RowPro to be able to use the serial port (see the Help Topic Troubleshooting Concept2 PM Connection for more details). |
| • | Whenever you connect or disconnect your PM2+ or change the COM port, wait up to 5 seconds for the connection icon to change color. |
These topics are covered in more detail in the Help Topic Troubleshooting Concept2 PM Connection.
