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While the race is underway, RowPro exchanges information between the participants' Concept2 PM displays to show participants the position of the leader and other nearby boats in real time throughout the race.
This means participants do not need to see the RowPro PC screen. They can just watch their PM display. This is the way venue racing is usually done at major indoor rowing championships, where only the spectators can see the PC display.
RowPro also shows the position of all boats in real time on its 2D or 3D display and on any external display connected to the PC.
In some cases the organizers of the races may want to show the participants the RowPro display on a large screen to add interest and excitement to the racing. The point is this is not essential - the race can be carried out without the participants seeing the big screen.
Participants will notice on the Concept2 PM display the race proceeds just like any other RowPro session, except that the bottom half of their Concept2 PM screen shows four lines of position information relative to other participants.
During the online session these four lines show:
| 1. | The lead boat |
This shows the lane number and name of the boat in the lead, and the number of meters the lead boat is ahead of the participant's boat.
| 2. | The boat ahead |
This shows the lane number and name of the next boat ahead of the participant's boat, and the number of meters ahead. If the participant's boat is the lead boat, this line is blank.
| 3. | Their own boat |
This shows the lane number and name of the participant's boat.
| 4. | The boat behind |
This shows the lane number and name of the next boat behind the participant's boat, and the number of meters behind. If the participant's boat is last, this line is blank.
During the venue race the RowPro 3D display shows the following:
There are up to 16 lanes shown, depending on the number of boats in the race. The boats are in the lanes starting from the far lane (the one nearest the shore) which is Lane 1. The boats are in the lanes they were allocated in Session Setup / Venue.
Boats and rowers are displayed in the colors specified by the race organizer in Session Setup / Venue.
There is a small radar panel at the bottom right of the 3D Display with a triangle representing each boat. The center section of the course radar represents +/- 100m, and the 'slots' to the left and right of the center section represent 100-200m, 200-500m, 500-1000m, and over 1000m ahead or behind.
The course radar therefore covers the entire length of the course, and enables the starter and any audience to see at a glance where any boats are that are not currently in the main 3D view because they are out of camera range. You may prefer to use the 2D display if you want more of the course to be visible onscreen.
On the right of the 3D display is a Pace bar that shows each boat's average pace and their meters behind the lead boat.
Each boat moves according to information about boat positions received by RowPro from the ergs that make up that boat. In a 2x, 4x or 8x race, the position of each boat is the average of the ergs that make up that boat, and the stroke timing and stroke rate of all the rowers in that boat reflect the rowing of the rower who is in the 'stroke seat', which is the lowest-numbered erg in each boat.
During the venue race the RowPro 2D display shows the following:
There are 8 or 16 lanes depending on the number of boats in the venue race. The boats are in the lanes starting from the top lane which is Lane 1. Boats are in the lanes they were allocated in Session Setup / Venue.
On the right of the 3D display is a Pace bar that shows each boat's average pace.
Each boat moves according to information about boat positions received by RowPro from the ergs that make up that boat. The 2D display auto scales from 100m to 1,000m of the rowing course to keep all boats visible. If the separation between boats exceeds 1,000m the slowest boats will move off the screen.