Polar CS600 Power - First on the Block...

J\V

The chainstay would be the best place for it, and it would undoubtedly work just fine.

__________________

'07 S-Works Tarmac SL, Polar CS600+Power
1992 Trek 5200 OCLV (v.1!) w/Dura-Ace 7700 & Mavic Ksyrium Elites

'07 Specialized Epic Marathon w/Crossmax SLRs
CycleOps Pro 300PT Indoor Cycle Trainer (my winter ride)

J\V

I have mine mounted on the bar for road, on the stem for mountain. The latter is a bit hard to get in/out, but works fine, and is a much more 'refined' install. Have had no problems with zip-ties slipping off the mount, though you do need to crank them pretty tight to keep the install from moving when pressing buttons while riding.

__________________

'07 S-Works Tarmac SL, Polar CS600+Power
1992 Trek 5200 OCLV (v.1!) w/Dura-Ace 7700 & Mavic Ksyrium Elites

'07 Specialized Epic Marathon w/Crossmax SLRs
CycleOps Pro 300PT Indoor Cycle Trainer (my winter ride)

robd2

Hi Guys,



Excited new owner of a CS600 here. It looks great. I just can’t get the cadence/power data to transmit. I have all the sensors mounted.



I guess my initial question for anybody with a working setup:

When testing the power sensor I get 1 red blink then the green cadence flashes on the sensor. Is this normal or should I be getting both red and green flashes during the testing?



Thanks in advance

J\V

As I stated last night above, I'd for the most part rely on test riding the bike, using the lights only as a general indication. The more important part of installation requires you to get the power sensor mounted so that wattages are accurate, and only ride testing can ensure that it is mounted properly.

__________________

'07 S-Works Tarmac SL, Polar CS600+Power
1992 Trek 5200 OCLV (v.1!) w/Dura-Ace 7700 & Mavic Ksyrium Elites

'07 Specialized Epic Marathon w/Crossmax SLRs
CycleOps Pro 300PT Indoor Cycle Trainer (my winter ride)

robd2

Thanks for the reply. Up to this point I have only been testing on the trainer. Today will be a test on the road. I don't have a lot of confidence in my setup. I put a lot of time into mounting the sensors correctly but i'm not getting any data for either cadence or power. I'm starting to think the chain speed sensor may be the problem. But there isnt a whole lot that could go wrong with that unless you slice the wire.

Decco

Yes, another excited potential CS 600+power owner here.
What I'm hearing is:
- manual isn't up to standard.
- Installation quirkey!
- 2mm gap on small/small combo NOT critical [unlike per manual]
- skip flashing lights and do a "practice" run
- Cadence sensor redundant if you already have power kit.

Can anyone clarify if power sensor should/must be aligned along plane of chain - per polar photo [which seems logical, that's what's being measured, Yeah?] - rather than chain stay which diverges from chain left/right AND vertically?
Is it sufficient for sensor to be "centred" under chain just at it's mid-point? [in middle gears?] - Do we ignore big/big and small/small combos as improbable?

Polar photos show sensor horizontal/un-shimmed on chain stay - must sensor remain parallel + equidistant from chain along its full length?
Will my 4cm "chain to mid-chainstay" gap [its even greater towards BB as chainstay rises to rear axle] be covered by the shims supplied?

For my own contribution I'd say max chain vibration at mid-point of "suspended" [i.e. sprocket-free] chain which is likely sl. rearward of axle/BB midpoint measured on polar demo. Does it really matter?

Yes, despite all the qeuries I am still keem on CS600 kit -
PS:no answers from any of 5 e-mails to Polar support UK/USA/International etc so far!

Apologies if all covered already.
Decco

Ergoman

Polar CS600 supplied software is installed, as is an after-market IRDA USB adapter. All software and drivers check out OK. Default preferences are set in the Polar software, tried under WinXP and Win2K on two different computers and the CS600 will not communicate with either computer.

Any tricks or suggestions?

Ergoman

OK, for the benefit of others who might have the same problem, I'm going to answer my own post.

I called Polar USA and after pushing a few phone menu buttons and waiting less than 30 seconds I was connected to a technical support rep who solved my problem. The solution is that the CS600 IR window has to be held about one cm from the IRDA adapter. The good news is that Polar tech support was easy to contact and quickly solved my problem. The bad news is that no documentation describes how close the CS600 needs to be. The documentation for my after-market adapter suggests that anywhere within one meter is fine, and the info that comes on the polar CD says something like 4-8 inches. Turns out they were both wrong. I hope this info helps someone else.

impakt

Polar US support is top notch the past year or so. They really turned that point around alot.

I sell Polar products and have been dealing with them for 10 years. The warranty service and customer/tech support has always been slow and sub par. The past year + they have been AMAZING and helped me with everything and then some. Its mainly that reason I keep spending much of my extra money on new units for myself

I love my cs600 btw.. Light years ahead of my s625x/power setup and even that was great for my training the past 3 years.

I would recommend any of their products, and I deal with so many different manufacturers.

Ergoman

Are there any tricks to getting the CS600 to download to Cycling Peaks WKO+? Everything downloads fine to the Polar software, but I can't get it to work with WKO+. Device is set to Polar CS series and connection to Irda in WKO+.

Also, has anyone figured out how to change the odometer?

J\V

Unfortunately, during my third ride on my replacement unit, all of a sudden it started experiencing cadence/power dropouts again. Guess it's time to Call Polar Support and see if they can verify whether or not they can send me a power sensor that is guaranteed to work.

__________________

'07 S-Works Tarmac SL, Polar CS600+Power
1992 Trek 5200 OCLV (v.1!) w/Dura-Ace 7700 & Mavic Ksyrium Elites

'07 Specialized Epic Marathon w/Crossmax SLRs
CycleOps Pro 300PT Indoor Cycle Trainer (my winter ride)

J\V

It's buried in the software, I think under bike settings (in the dialog box where you download the data). I used it when I got my replacement unit, to return the totals to their correct values.

__________________

'07 S-Works Tarmac SL, Polar CS600+Power
1992 Trek 5200 OCLV (v.1!) w/Dura-Ace 7700 & Mavic Ksyrium Elites

'07 Specialized Epic Marathon w/Crossmax SLRs
CycleOps Pro 300PT Indoor Cycle Trainer (my winter ride)

kytyree

Mine has quit working as well, called Polar support and they talked me through the CS600's version of the three finger salute but once I took it back out to the bike still no luck getting cadence or power. It was working great for weeks, quit toward the end of a ride on me and I have not gotten it to work since.

I have every indication from the powermeter that it is working but no signal is being received at all.

MOlenick

How did you get the drivers to install. I have the little baby CD but keep getting a fatal error or some such nonsense. I have been screwing around with Virtual PC and Windoze 98 and about to scream.