Heart-rate

The App can optionally connect to a heart-rate sensor to record heart-rate data alongside speed, stroke-rate and other recorded performance data. The App currently supports only one active heart-rate sensor at a time.

Supported Devices

Rowing in Motion supports any Bluetooth Smart enabled heart-rate sensor. In our experience, chest-straps work much much bettern than wrist-worn devices for rowing.

Your smartphone must support Bluetooth 4.0 and run iOS 8 or later.

Selecting a Heart-rate Sensor

When starting a session click on the heart-rate item to open the scan window. The scan window shows you all available heartrate-sensors and their signal strength.

If you see multiple sensors, try moving your sensor in direct proximity to your smartphone to identify it based on the strongest signal.

Note

Most heart-rate sensors power up only when they detect a valid heart-rate signal. Put on your hear-rate sensor as per the manufacturers instructions and ensure the electrodes are sufficiently wet so that they can make proper contact with your skin.

You can select a heart-rate sensor by clicking on it.

Tip

Select None if you don’t wan’t to use a heart-rate sensor in your session. Otherwise RiM will constantly search for the last-selected hear-rate sensor and potentially drain your battery faster.

Rowing with a Heart-rate Sensor

During your rowing session, the App can display heart-rate data and record it for later analysis in Rowing in Motion Analytics. You can select the Heart-rate metric for display in any slot, see Customizing Data Display.

Tip

If you see a “-“” the App is unable to connect to your heart-rate sensor or it is not transmitting any data. If you see a “0”, the App is receiving data but the sensor is unable to record a proper signal. Try wettening the electrodes so that they can make better contact with your skin.

Should the App loose its connection to the heart-rate sensor it will automatically try to re-establish it.