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Table of Contents

  1. How to use
    1. Device Tilt
    2. Distance/Speed precision
    3. Graph Zooming
    4. Graph Switching
    5. Recording/Replaying
      1. Recording
      2. Replaying
      3. Sharing
    6. Real Time Remote Viewing (Experimental)
    7. Stroke analysis graphs
    1. Introduction
    2. Device compatibility
    3. How to use
      1. Device Tilt
      2. Distance/Speed? precision
      3. Graph Zooming
      4. Graph Switching
    4. Recording/Replaying?
      1. Recording
      2. Replaying
  3. Parameters
  4. Split Time Rowing
    1. Activation Modes
      1. Resetting values
      2. Straight Line Mode
    2. Stopping the split timer
    3. Toggling split-time expanded view
  5. Video Sync (experimental)
    1. How to take the video
    2. Editing the video
    3. Merging the video with the Talos Rowing session data

Introduction

RoboStroke is an Android application enabling the monitoring of your stroke rate and boat's speed. The application UI presents the following visuals to the user:

  • Stroke rate
  • Speed
  • Distance
  • Elapsed time
  • Graphs:
    • Current/Stroke/Recovery? roll bar graph
    • Stroke power bar graph
    • Current stroke zoom graph
    • Stroke analysis graph
    • Continuous stroke graph

RoboStroke UI showing 3 graphs
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Device compatibility

Any Android device with accelerometer/orientation and GPS sensors, running Android 2.0 or later may be used. The application has only been tested on the Nexus One, though.

How to use

Device Tilt

The device must be attached to the boat facing the rower, with the screen tilted slightly upwards and back. The application will not work with a forward tilt, nor with a more than 180 degree tilt backward.

Distance/Speed? precision

The application is programmed to update the distance and speed values by increments of 40m. Depending on the GPS reception quality, the figures shown may be anything between 'quite precise' to 'very inprecise'. The colour of the bar underneath the speed display will be coloured green for best precision, red for worst.

Graph Zooming

Due to device screen size limitations, not all graphs may be viewed at the same time. Currently up to 3 graph views may display simultaneously, however, it is possible to zoom to display only one or two graphs by double-tapping on any graph

Graph Switching

An upward 'fling' on a graph will replace it with another graph not currently shown.

Recording/Replaying?

Recording

It is possible to record a rowing session for later replay/analysis. This is achieved from the application context menu. Recorded files are stored on the device SDCard.

Replaying

To replay a previously recorded file, go to the context menu and choose a previously recorded file for replay.