CycleOps Joule 2.0 User manual

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CycleOpsJoule™2.0
UserGuide

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©2009SarisCyclingGroup,Inc.
5253VeronaRoad
MadisonWI53711USA
Telephone:[phone]or608.274.6550
Fax:[phone]
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transmittedelectronicallyorplacedondigitalmediawithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofSarisCycling
Group,Inc.
Trademarks
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areallregisteredtrademarksofSarisCyclingGroup,Inc.Allotherproduct,brand,ortradenamesusedin
thismanualmaybetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.
Modifications
SarisCyclingGroup,Increservestherighttomakeimprovementsand/orupdatestotheproducts
describedhereinatanytimewithoutnotice.

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TableofContents:Chapters
1.StartingOut....................................................................................................................................5
Compatibility................................................................................................................6
InstallingCycleOpsJoule2.0UsingStandardMount....................................7
CycleOps(ANT+)HeartRateStrap........................................................................9
ChargingBattery.......................................................................................................10
InstallingMicroSDCard..........................................................................................11
2.Navigation....................................................................................................................................12
OverviewofCycleOpsJoule™2.0......................................................................13
3.DataFileManagement.............................................................................................................14
Pausing,Savingand/orDeletingaRide...........................................................15
3.DashboardMode.......................................................................................................................18
Alerts.............................................................................................................................18
UsingDashboard......................................................................................................19
DashboardCategories............................................................................................21
4.Intervals.........................................................................................................................................22
5.ReportsMode..............................................................................................................................23
UsingReports............................................................................................................23
ReportDetails............................................................................................................27
ReportDefinitions....................................................................................................29

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6.Workouts.......................................................................................................................................35
UsingWorkouts.........................................................................................................35
UsingManualWorkoutsonCycleOps400ProIndoorCycle.....................37
UsingManualWorkoutsonCycleOpsPowerBeamProTrainer................39
UsingSavedWorkoutsonCycleOps400ProIndoorCycle........................41
UsingSavedWorkoutsonCycleOps400ProIndoorCycle........................43
Pausing,Savingand/orDeletingaWorkout....................................................45
7.Sensors...........................................................................................................................................46
SettingUp....................................................................................................................46
CalibratingDevices..................................................................................................53
8.SetupCycleOsJoule™2.0......................................................................................................62
9.SetupUser.....................................................................................................................................64
10.History..........................................................................................................................................66
PreviousRides............................................................................................................66
MaximumHistory......................................................................................................67
TotalHistory................................................................................................................68
11.TroubleshootingCycleOpsJoule™2.0.............................................................................69
12.ImportantPrecautions...........................................................................................................70
13.TechnicalSpecificationsforCycleOpsJoule™2.0......................................................73
14.CycleOpsJoule™2.0Warranty............................................................................................74
14.DefinitionofCommonTrainingTerms.............................................................................75
TableofContents:Chapters...continued

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Chapter1:StartingOut
ThankyouforpurchasingCycleOpsJoule2.0,thefirstcyclingcomputerdesignedforcyclistswho
trainwithpower.
ThisuserguideisjustoneoftheresourcestohelpyouunderstandallthefeaturesJoule2.0 hasto
offer.
Pleasevisitwww.cycleops.comto:
LearnmoreaboutJoule2.0 andtheCycleOpssystemofproductsincludingstationary•
trainers,indoorcycles,softwareandpowermeters
RegisterallCycleOpsproductsandactivatewarranty•
Viewinstructionalvideos•
SignupfortheCycleOpsPowernewsletter-yoursourceforthelatestnewsandtechni-•
calupdatesfromCycleOpsPower
WARNING:Alwaysconsultaphysicianbeforebeginningormodifyinganyexerciseprogram.
UnpackingJoule2.0
Removeallpartsfromtheboxtoensurethefollowingcontentsareincluded:
PACKAGECONTENTS:
ItemPartDescription Qty
Joule2.0computer 1•
Heartratestrap 1•
Standardmount 1•
Indoorcyclemount 1•
Mountbolts 2•
Mountknobs 2•
TrainingwithPowerDVD 1•
PowerAgentCD 1•
USBcable 1•
PleasecontactyourlocaldealerorSarisCyclingGroupwithanyquestionsat1-800-783-7257.

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Compatibility
Joule2.0iscompatiblewithanyANT+compatiblepowermeter,speedsensor,cadencesensor
orheartratestrap.FormoreinformationonANT+compatibledevices,pleasevisitwww.thisi-
sant.com. Note:Joule2.0isnotcompatiblewithcombinationspeed/cadencesensors,wired
versionofPowerTapandnon-ANT+PowerTapmodelssuchastheSL2.4.
Inaddition,Joule2.0iscompatiblewiththefollowingCycleOpsproducts:
PowerTap2.4+PowerMeter1.
PowerTapElite+PowerMeter2.
PowerTapPro+PowerMeter3.
PowerTapSL+PowerMeter4.
PowerTapSLC+PowerMeter5.
PowerBeamProTrainer*6.
200ProIndoorCycle7.
300ProIndoorCycle8.
400ProIndoorCycle*9.
CycleOpsPowerAgentSoftware10.
*Important:UnitmustbepluggedintoworkwithJoule.

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Chapter1:StartingOut
3.SlideJoule2.0forwardinto
mountuntilitsnapsintoplace.
5.ToremoveJoule2.0,pressdownon
thereleaseleverandslideJoule2.0
back. Note:additionalstickypadsmay
beusedifreleaseleverisnotacces-
sibleduetostemlengthorangle.
InstallingCycleOpsJoule™2.0UsingStandardMount
Thestandardmountcanbeinstalledineitherstemorhandlebarorientationsforuseonany
handlebarorstem. Themountispreassembledforthestemorientation.
1. Forstemorientationinserttwo
ziptiesthroughbottomofmount
andattachstickypad.Secureto
stem.
2.PositionJoule2.0slightlybehind
mount.
4.BesuretocheckJoule2.0 is
secureinmountbeforeriding.
Pressto
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2.Insertscrewthrewbottomof
mount.
3.Inserttwoziptiesthroughbot-
tomofmount.Applystickypadand
tightenziptiestosecuremount.
1. Removescrewthat holds
bottomofmountandrotate90
degrees.
InstallingCycleOpsJoule™2.0UsingStandardMount
Forhandlebarorientation,changethestandardmountfromthepreassembledstemorientation.
4. Handlebarorientation.Besure
tocheckJoule2.0 issecurein
mountbeforeriding.

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CycleOps(ANT+)HeartRateStrap
Wearingtheheartratestrap,positionitabovetorsoaspictured. The
strapshouldrestjustbeneaththepectoralismusclesofthechest. For
bestresultsslightlymoistentheelectrodeswherecontactismadewith
skin. Theheartratestrapmustbeworntoenabletheheartratefunction.
Itshouldbesnugenoughtostayinplaceduringtheride.
NOTE: Joule2.0iscompatiblewithanyANT+compatibleheartratestrap.
TheCycleOpsheartratestrapcontainsauserreplaceableCR2032bat-
tery;withanexpectedlifeofthreeyears,assumingonehourofuseper
day. Afterreplacingsensorbattery,Joulemustbere-pairedtoheartrate
sensor.SeeSensorsectiononpage39.
Chapter1:StartingOut
Band
FrontofHeartRateStrap
BackofHeartRateStrap
Electrodes
Electrodes BatteryDoor

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ChargingBattery
TheJoule2.0ispoweredbyauserreplaceablelithium-ionbatterythatcanberechargedusing
theincludedUSBcableandacomputer.A5VDC400mAchargercanalsobeused(notincluded).
Afullychargedbatterycanrunforapproximately20hoursbeforeitmustberecharged.Recharg-
ingcompletely,viaUSBcableorACadapterwilltakeapproximatelysixhours. Thebatterylevelis
indicatedinthetitlebar. TheJoule2.0isfullychargedatthefactory,butshippingandhandling
mayinadvertentlyconsumecharge.FormoreinformationseeImportantPrecautionssectionon
page38.
Chapter1:StartingOut
1.Pressinrelease[MODE] buttonor[INTERVAL] buttontoturnonJoule2.0. Note:Pressing[JOYSTICK] willnot
turnJoule2.0on.
2.Plugthemini-USBcableintothemini-USBportonthebackofJoule2.0andplugtheotherendintoanavail-
ableUSBportonacomputer.
3.AstandardACadaptertowalloutletisavailableseparately.
4.OnceconnectedtoacomputerorACadapter,Joule2.0displaystheconnectionandchargescreen(charging
orchargecomplete).Nodatawillbedisplayed.
Connected
FirmwareVersion
14.045
Charging
Mini-
USB
port
FrontofJoule BackofJoule
Battery
cover

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Mini-USB
port
InstallingMicroSDCard
Joule2.0provides4MBofonboardmemoryforstoringactivities,historyandworkouts. Activity
filesizeincreaseswithridetimebutaonehourrideisapproximately150KB,historyfilesare
always1KB(1,000historyfiles=1MB)andworkoutfilesalsoincreasewithworkoutsizebuta
workoutcontaining500segmentswillbeapproximately50KB. AmicroSDcardslotisavailable
underthebatteryforadditionalmemory. OnceamicroSDcardisinstalled,allfilesarestoredon
thecard. FormoreinformationseeDataManagementsectiononpage16.
MicroSD
card
holder
1.RemovethefourscrewsattachingbatterycovertoJoule2.0.
2.Removebatterycover.Removebattery.Note:disconnectingthebatteryisnotnecessary. Becarefulnotto
damagetheo-ring
3.SlidemicroSDcardintomicroSDcardholder,behindbattery.
4.Attachbatterycoverandfourbolts,usingscrewdriver.MakesureredO-ringiscleanandinplacebefore
attachingbatterycover. O-ringsshouldbeinspectedandreplacedifnecessarywheneverthebatterycoveris
removed.Usealightcoatingofgreasewhenre-installingthebatterycoverontheO-rings.
RedO-ring

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[MODE]button [JOYSTICK] [INTERVAL]button
NavigationOverviewCycleOpsJoule™2.0
Therearetwobuttonsandone[JOYSTICK]tonavigateJoule2.0.TohelpnavigateJoule2.0display
andthisuserguidenote; boldletterswillbringspecialattentiontoMenuitemsastheyappear
onthescreen.Lettersappearinginall[CAPs]denoteanactualbutton.
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Button Function
[JOYSTICK] Pressleft/right Movewithinascreenorchangescreens
Pressup/down Movewithinascreenorscrollup/downscreen
Pressinandrelease Changemetricsindashboard,changedate
rangesinreportsorselectsettingsinmenu
Pressandholdfor2seconds Initatelistforchangingdashboardcategorysettings
[MODE] Pressandrelease Changebetweendashboard,reports,activities,
menu
Pressandrelease Navigate“back”inmenumode
Pressandholdfor2seconds Display“RidePaused”screen
[INTERVAL] Pressandrelease Stopcurrentintervalandstartnextinterval
Pressandholdfor2seconds Changedashboardtoandfrom“IntervalMode”
[MODE] Pressandholdfor2seconds Initiatesfindingpreviouslypairedsensors
+
[INTERVAL]
DisplayActions
NavigationOverviewCycleOpsJoule™2.0
[JOYSTICK] Pressleft/right Movewithinascreenorchangescreens
Pressup/down Movewithinascreenorscrollup/downscreen
Pressinandrelease Changemetricsindashboard,changedate
rangesinreportsorselectsettingsinmenu
Pressandholdfor2seconds Initatelistforchangingdashboardcategorysettings
[MODE] Pressandrelease Changebetweendashboard,reports,activities,
menu
Pressandrelease Navigate“back”inmenumode
Pressandholdfor2seconds Display“RidePaused”screen
[INTERVAL] Pressandrelease Stopcurrentintervalandstartnextinterval
Pressandholdfor2seconds Changedashboardtoandfrom“IntervalMode”
[MODE] Pressandholdfor2seconds Initiatesfindingpreviouslypairedsensors
[JOYSTICK] Pressleft/right Movewithinascreenorchangescreens
Pressup/down Movewithinascreenorscrollup/downscreen
Pressinandrelease Changemetricsindashboard,changedate
rangesinreportsorselectsettingsinmenu
Pressandholdfor2seconds Initatelistforchangingdashboardcategorysettings
[MODE] Pressandrelease Changebetweendashboard,reports,activities,
menu
Pressandrelease Navigate“back”inmenumode
Pressandholdfor2seconds Display“RidePaused”screen
[INTERVAL] Pressandrelease Stopcurrentintervalandstartnextinterval
Pressandholdfor2seconds Changedashboardtoandfrom“IntervalMode”
[MODE] Pressandholdfor2seconds Initiatesfindingpreviouslypairedsensors

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DataFileManagement
Joule2.0 savesthreetypesoffilesintomemory,activities,workoutsandhistory. Activitiesfiles
containsecondbysecondridedataforanalysisbyPCorMaconsoftwaresuchasCycleOps
PowerAgent. HistoryfilescontainsummarydataonlyandareusedbyJoule2.0 forcalculating
averages,maximumsandtotalsforReports. WorkoutfilesarecreatedinPowerAgentandsentto
Joule2.0.
Wheneverridetimeisaccumulatedanactivitiesfileiscreatedandsavedautomatically. Ahistory
fileisgeneratedanytimearideisstoppedandsaved. Note:becausehistoryfilesareusedby
Reportsforcalculatingaverages,maximumsandtotalsitisimportanttomanagethemcarefully,
onlysavingridesthatyouwanttocontributetothesecalculations. BecauseJoule2.0 actsasa
massstoragedevice,activitiesandhistoryfilesmayalsobeviewedfromaPCorMacwhencon-
nectedviaUSBcable.
File Type Description Size
Activtiies Second by second complete ride storage 1hr=150K
Workouts Summarized ride data for reports and history 1 ride=1KB
History Created by PowerAgent for training a precise power
output, powerzone or terrain (slope).
500 segments=5KB

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Pausing,Savingand/orDeletingaRide
Aridemaybepausedatanytime.Joule2.0 willturnoffautomaticallyifpausedforlongerthan
thedesignatedsleeptime.Seepage34forhowtochangesleeptime.
1.Pressandhold[MODE] buttonfortwoseconds
toaccessridepausedscreenfromanymode.
2.Press[JOYSTICK] inandreleasetoresumeride.
Dashboar
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>
>
>
>
Stop and Save
>
Stop and Delete
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Pausing,Savingand/orDeletingaRide
Stoppingandsavingaridecreatesahistoryfile.Historyfilesareusedforcalculatingaverages,
maximumsandtotalsforReports.
1.Hold[MODE] buttonfor
twosecondstoaccessride
pausedscreenfromanymode.
2.Press[JOYSTICK] up/down
tohighlightstopandsave.
Press[JOYSTICK] inand
releasetoselect.
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Pausing,Savingand/orDeletingaRide
Aridemaybedeletedatanytime.Ifarideisdeletednohistoryfileiscreated.
1.Pressandhold[MODE]
buttontoaccessridepaused
screenfromanymode.
2.Press[JOYSTICK] up/down
tohighlightstopanddelete.
Press[JOYSTICK] inandre-
leasetoselectstopanddelete.
3.Press[JOYSTICK] inand
releasetoconfirmdeletion.
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Resume rid
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>
Stop and Save
Menu
IN
T
Ride
Stop and Delete
>
>
Are you sure
Are you sure
No
Exit to Main Menu
<
Menu
IN
T
Stop and Delete
Stop and DeleteStop and Delete
Ye
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>
>
<
<
<
<
Back
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Back
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Alerts
NotificationsindicatedinthetitlebaralertinguserstopreparetoactionsteptooptimizeJoule
2.0functionality.
BatteryLow:indicatingJoule2.0batteryislow. NeedtopluginandchargetocomputerorAC
adapter.Ifonebarremainsonthebatteryicon,thereisapproximatelyahalfanhourofuseleft
beforeJoule2.0batterydies.
Connected:indicatingJoule2.0isconnectedtoacomputerorACadapterandisreceivinga
charge.Chargingmaytakethreehourstocomplete.
HubBatteryLow:indicatingtheCycleOpsPowerTaphubbatteryislow.ReferenceCycleOpsPow-
erTapUserGuidetochangebatteryinhub.
Finding:indicatingJoule2.0isattemptingtofindactivatedsensors.
RULost:indicatingtheresistanceunitthatwasactivatedandpairedtoJoule2.0hasbeenlost.
HubLost:indicatingthepowermeterthatwasactivatedandpairedtoJoule2.0hasbeenlost.
MemoryFull:indicatingthememoryontheJoule2.0hasreacheditslimit.InsertnewmicroSD
cardordeletefilestocreatemorememory.
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Titlebar
Chapter2:DashboardMode
Dashboard
Detailed
view
UsingDashboardMode
Joule2.0 hasfourmodesofoperation:dashboard,reports,activitiesandmenuindicatedbythe
titlebar.Note:afterthemodeisdisplayedinthetitlebarforfiveseconds,thetimeofdaywillbe
displayed.Pressandrelease[MODE] buttontochangetodashboardmode.
Selected
metric
Battery
indicator
Interval
On/Off
Modelevel
indicator
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1.Press[JOYSTICK] left/right
orup/downtohighlighta
metric.Note:whenanewmet-
ricishighlighted,thedetailed
viewchangestoshowrelated
metrics.
2.Pressinandrelease[JOY-
STICK] torotatemetricsfrom
detailedviewtodashboard.
(Example:watts,avwatts,mx
watts).
3.Pressinandhold[JOYSTICK]
tochangethemetriccategory
displayedinthedashboard.
Chapter2:DashboardMode
UsingDashboardMode
Dashboardmodeshowscurrentridedata. Itdisplayssixmetrics,outofachoiceofeighteen,
thatcanbeeasilycustomized.Thedetailedviewshowsadditionalmetricsrelatedtotheselected
metricinthedashboard.
Detailedview
Selected
metric
Dashboar
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