Elite Direto regulates resistance even if Erg mode is off in Zwift!
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:01 am
Dear Elite community and support.
I am riding on a 2year old Elite Direto since a month. I pair to Zwift via Bluetooth on an Apple iPad Pro.
I read that Elite Direto might have problems with Zwift.
I DO NOT have the problem that there is NO resistance or resistance change during Zwift.
I DO have the problem that Direto over-shoots resistance upon gradient inclines on hills for 1-2 seconds and under-shoots when gradient declines. But I can live with that problem.
This is obviously a communication delay PLUS a misregulated resistance from the trainer.
BUT now I wanted to make an FTP test in Zwift.
While in the beginning of the workout until the FTP section all is fine, during the FTP test, there is an annoying bug.
The FTP session should be without resistance changes, thus without Erg mode. Yet while I pedal smoothly, there is a constant small change in resistance. It is 1-2sec just a bit up, then 1-2sec just a bit down and so on. That is very frustrating during a test. I ride on what I think I can hold for 20min, then the resistance (on same rhythm) drives me over that, giving me pain in my legs. Next is it goes down and my legs get a rest while I do not achieve my threshold value. And so on… I had to stop the test because I cannot hold this for more than 5min…
So I went switched off the trainer, on again, paired new, calibrated both in Zwift and in myETraining app from Elite. I also tried changing the “power smoothening” between 5 and 1. Nothing helped
I then went back to Zwift and switched off the “steerable trainer” to drive it as “dumb trainer” and regulate watts myself.
Strange thing: It happened again! Even in a block before where I should hold wattage for 2min over my FTP, there was a constant change in resistance.
I could see that on the wattage output as well…
Any tipps on what I could try?
Thanks!
I am riding on a 2year old Elite Direto since a month. I pair to Zwift via Bluetooth on an Apple iPad Pro.
I read that Elite Direto might have problems with Zwift.
I DO NOT have the problem that there is NO resistance or resistance change during Zwift.
I DO have the problem that Direto over-shoots resistance upon gradient inclines on hills for 1-2 seconds and under-shoots when gradient declines. But I can live with that problem.
This is obviously a communication delay PLUS a misregulated resistance from the trainer.
BUT now I wanted to make an FTP test in Zwift.
While in the beginning of the workout until the FTP section all is fine, during the FTP test, there is an annoying bug.
The FTP session should be without resistance changes, thus without Erg mode. Yet while I pedal smoothly, there is a constant small change in resistance. It is 1-2sec just a bit up, then 1-2sec just a bit down and so on. That is very frustrating during a test. I ride on what I think I can hold for 20min, then the resistance (on same rhythm) drives me over that, giving me pain in my legs. Next is it goes down and my legs get a rest while I do not achieve my threshold value. And so on… I had to stop the test because I cannot hold this for more than 5min…
So I went switched off the trainer, on again, paired new, calibrated both in Zwift and in myETraining app from Elite. I also tried changing the “power smoothening” between 5 and 1. Nothing helped
I then went back to Zwift and switched off the “steerable trainer” to drive it as “dumb trainer” and regulate watts myself.
Strange thing: It happened again! Even in a block before where I should hold wattage for 2min over my FTP, there was a constant change in resistance.
I could see that on the wattage output as well…
Any tipps on what I could try?
Thanks!