Can anybody provide a Pi SD-card image with a working version?

[abalakov]

Hi,

after hours of unsuccessful attempts to install waterrower-ble application I am wondering if anybody is willing to create a sd-image of his successful installation?

I just want to run the PI as blackbox to connect my Suunto in order to read Power data from the Waterrower and don't not even need the opportunity to log-in to the PI. I am happy to pay or donate an amount to any OpenSource project etc. I am also happy to make download space available for wider audiance. I think that hundreds of users would be benefit from this and start using waterrower-ble if there would an SD-card image and you just need buy a PI, an USB dongle, write the image to SD card and go...

I was really trying hard and had npm installed and all four projects downloaded (ant-plus, ant-cycling-power, ble-cycling-power, waterrower-ble. Finally it was the module USB that gave me error messages that I was not getting around...

Looking forward to get help...

Thanks,
abalakov

[olympum]

The issue for me is lack of time. But your message is very encouraging, and since my son also wants to row on Zwift, I will be getting this done. What's more important to you, Bluetooth or ANT+?

[abalakov]

This would awesome! My preference would be Bluetooth to get the waterrower data into my Suunto watch.

[kwaaak]

You are probably running into the "Connection port..." error: Make sure you start the thing with root privileges, like so:

cd waterrower-ble
sudo node . pm

[sdwd65]

Hi guys,

is this issue solved in the meantime? I´m also struggling like abalakov and I have the same purpose with my Pi. Just rowing...

[abalakov]

A 3rd party company just launched a PowerMeter for the WaterRower for $275.-
https://www.waterrower.com/us/shop/accessories/smartrow.html
There is quite some buzz about it on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WaterRower/posts/1797385143645802

but I think the raspberry solution is so much better:

• it is cheaper
• it can be connected to any watch or smartphone as PowerMeter (no proprietary solution)
• it can be used with Zwift or any other training software

I feel that people are much less interested in the accuracy of the SmartRow solution than the opportunity to connect it to their smartphones.

Still nobody that can provide a raspberry image?