Setting up on race day

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Setting up on race day

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Connecting the PMs

You should already have set up the venue before race day as set out in the topic Setting up the venue.

Assuming you did that, then on race day you should just be able to plug in the USB cables again to your RowPro PC and start RowPro.

There is no need to go through the Indoor Rower Layout utility again unless there has been a change to the PMs connected.

To confirm all is OK, click the down arrow next to Help on the RowPro main menu and click Indoor Rower Layout.  Check to see that all the PMs are listed there and all their lights are green.  If there are any problems, you'll need to go through the numbering process again.

You should also walk along the line of ergs and look at all the PM screens.  They should all show the pre-race warm-up screen and each PM should show its correct Erg number.  Again, if there are any problems, go through the numbering process again.

Setting the race display

RowPro has both a 2D and a 3D display, and either can be used for Venue Racing.  You can choose which you will use in Control Center / System Settings / Display.

3D display - Some people prefer to use the 3D display for Venue Racing, because it shows a very interesting on-water rowing scene in full 3D, including the ability to show team colors on boats and rowers onscreen.  The 3D Display is best used in Broadcast Camerawork mode for Venue Racing, because the Broadcast Camerawork is similar to what you see in TV coverage of an on-water regatta, and it includes a course radar that is like a mini version of the 2D display.
2D display - Some people prefer to use the 2D display for Venue Racing, because it shows a lot more course length onscreen than the 3D Display, making it easier to keep track of participants that are scattered up or down the course, plus all the boats are seen from a birds-eye view that never changes so it is always very clear exactly who is where in the race.

You can change the display from 2D to 3D or vice-versa at any point between races, but not during a race.

Testing the set-up

You definitely should test the set-up well before the first race.  To do this, set up a test race in each format you'll use on the day (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x) and get some volunteers to row.  Tell each person a specific pace and stroke rate to row at so you can check the ergs and boats are all connected and numbered correctly.  Also have each of them row a few strokes in turn so you can check the correct boat moves.