How often should I calibrate Suito-T

[mjv144]

How often should the Suito-T be calibrated?

Should I calibrate it before every ride? every week?

What are some of the conditions that will require to calibrate the Suito-T before a ride?

[red.hell]

How often should the Suito-T be calibrated?

Should I calibrate it before every ride? every week?

What are some of the conditions that will require to calibrate the Suito-T before a ride?

once a month

normally temperature has influence on calibration, but you can feel it only with a double check, so with a powermeter on the bike

[julien.peltier40]

I have done a calibration using the apps but when I double check with the power meters of my bikes there is a difference around +12W in between my Power pro or Assioma and the direto XR one. Direto give -12W compare to the others. How can I adjust it ?

[red.hell]

I have done a calibration using the apps but when I double check with the power meters of my bikes there is a difference around +12W in between my Power pro or Assioma and the direto XR one. Direto give -12W compare to the others. How can I adjust it ?

try to calibrate again, after 10-15 minutes from 100 to 150 W

[stefan_l_01]

Does anybody know what the calibration is actually doing, or what does it influence? What does a difference of 1 in the calibration value means?

[Elite Admin S]

Hi

Calibration impacts on power calculation.

The differences in the calibration values are quite different on the various trainer models.
About Direto, it's considered normal to have a difference up to 5 points (if the difference is higher and you notice other issues like slipping, strange noises or sudden drop in power, contact the support)
About the other trainers, you can have thousands points differences.

Regards

[stefan_l_01]

ok but how do you calibrate?
Im pushing in unknown amount of power. Until I reach 300W 30kmh whatever- but how is it measured? The sense of calibration is to measure power, yet you have to stop at exact power? Thats a contradiction. You can not calibrate to something you cant know.
If I release afterwards, you can measure the drag slowing down the wheel, for sure. But else?

[red.hell]

ok but how do you calibrate?
Im pushing in unknown amount of power. Until I reach 300W 30kmh whatever- but how is it measured? The sense of calibration is to measure power, yet you have to stop at exact power? Thats a contradiction. You can not calibrate to something you cant know.
If I release afterwards, you can measure the drag slowing down the wheel, for sure. But else?

it's a spindown calibration, the program ask you to reach am indicated wheel speed and than stop pedaling

the brake is placed in a specific position

the wheel have an amount of energy, inertia * speed, measuring the time the wheel stop you know the brake torque

and with the brake torque the trainer calibrate the brake position