Supported_Rowers.md

Known rowers and their support status

Open Rowing Monitor works with a very wide range of rowing machines. It is currently developed and tested with a Sportstech WRX700 water-rower and a Concept2 air-rower. In the past, it was also tested extensively on a NordicTrack RX-800 hybrid air/magnetic rower. But it should run fine with any rowing machine that uses some kind of damping mechanism, as long as you can add something to measure the speed of the flywheel. It has shown to work well with DIY rowing machines like the Openergo, providing the construction is decent.

The following rowers are known to work, or are even actively supported:

Brand	Type	Rower type	Measurement type	HW Modification needed	Support status	Rower profile	Basic Metrics	Advanced Metrics	Limitations	Remarks
Abilica	Winrower 2.0	Air rower	Handle drive wheel	No	Known to work	-	Yes	No	Static distance	see this discussion
Concept 2	Model B, C	Air rower	Flywheel	Modification to electrical signal	In development	-	-	-	-	See this, this and this discussion
	Model D, E	Air rower	Flywheel	Modification to electrical signal	Active support	Concept2_RowErg	Yes	Yes	None	Concept 2 Model D, Model E and RowErg setup
	RowErg	Air rower	Flywheel	Modification to electrical signal	Active support	Concept2_RowErg	Yes	Yes	None	Concept 2 Model D, Model E and RowErg setup
Decathlon	Rower 120	Physical friction	Flywheel	Adding sensor and adding magnets to the flywheel	In development	-	-	-	-	see this discussion
DKN	R-320	Air Rower	Flywheel	No	Full support	DKN_R320	Yes	No	Static drag	-
Domyos	FR120	Air Rower	Flywheel	No	Known to work	DKN_R320	Yes	No	Static drag	see this discussion
FDF	FR-E520	Water rower	Impellor	Sensor replacement	Known to work	-	Yes	-	-	see this discussion
	Neon Pro V	Air rower	Flywheel	Sensor replacement	Known to work	-	Yes	-	-	see this and this discussion
ForceUSA	R3	Air Rower	Flywheel	No	Supported	ForceUSA_R3	Yes	Yes	None	-
ISE	SY-1750	Magnetic	Flywheel	Change placement of the reed switches	Known to work	Manual config	Yes	No	Static drag	see this discussion
JLL	Ventus 2	Hybrid Magnetic and Air rower	Flywheel	Unknown	Known to work	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	see this discussion
Johnson	JAR5100	Air Rower	Flywheel	Yes, add magnets and sensor	Configuration known	-	Yes	Yes	None	this discussion
NOHRD	WaterRower	Water rower	Impellor	Add sensor	Configuration known	Custom profile	Yes	Yes	None	see this discussion
NordicTrack	RX800	Hybrid Magnetic and Air rower	Flywheel	None	Full support	NordicTrack_RX800	Yes	Yes	None	Also known under ProForm brand
Open ergo	-	Air rower	Flywheel	Addition of magnets en sensor	Known to work	-	Yes	Yes	None	Machine specific profile is needed, but is done before, see example 1, example 2 and example 3
Skandika	Nytta	Water rower	Impellor	Add aditional magnets and sensor	Known to work	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	see this discussion
Sportstech	WRX700	Water rower	Impellor	Add one magnet	Active support	Sportstech_WRX700	Yes	Yes	Static drag	see Sportstech WRX700 setup
White label	Air Rower	Air rower	Fywheel	None	Supported	Generic_Air_Rower	Yes	Yes	None	Sold under different brand names
Xebex	Air Rower V2	Air rower	Flywheel	Modification to the source code	Known to work	Default	Yes	Yes	None	See this discussion

If your machine isn't listed, it just means that you need to adjust the software settings following the settings adjustment guide yourself. But don't worry, in the GitHub Discussions there always are friendly people to help you set up your machine and the settings.

Support status

In the table, the support status means the following:

• Active support: These are the testmachines of the developers, these are tested almost on a daily basis. These settings are automatically modified to facilitate updates of the rowing engine;
• Full support: We actively maintain a the configuration, including automatically updating these settings to facilitate chages of the rowing engine, and are part of the automated regression test set. So as a user, you can be assured this setting will keep working;
• Supported: Users have reported a working configuration, and this configuration is part of rowerProfiles.js, but we lack the raw data samples to maintain the rower for future updates. This means that future support isn't guaranteed;
• Configuration known: Users have reported a working configuration, but it isn't actively supported by these users and it isn't on our rader to maintain. You need to add the configuration to your config.js manually and maintain it yourself when there are updates to the engine;
• Known to work: Users have reported that the rower is known to work, but the configuration is not known by us;
• In development: Users are known to be working to get the rower connected, but the configuration is not yet known by us.

Please note: the support status largely depends on the willingness of users to report their settings and provide decent samples of their data. So when you have a machine, please provide this information.

Basic Metrics

With basic metrics we mean:

• Distance rowed,
• Training Duration,
• Power,
• Pace,
• Strokes per Minute,
• Drive time,
• Recovery Time,
• Calories used,
• Total number of strokes,
• Heart Rate

Extended Metrics

With extended metrics, we mean:

• Drag factor,
• Drive length,
• Average handle force,
• Peak handle force,
• Handle force curve,
• Handle velocity curve,
• Handle power curve.

Limitations

With the limitation, we mean:

• None: No limitations, drag calculation and distance per stroke are dynamic based on flywheel behaviour and automatically adapt to environmental conditions;
• Static drag: the drag calculation is fixed, so changes in air/water properties due to temperature or settings are not automatically adjusted;
• Static distance: the distance per impulse is fixed, thus making the measurement of a more forceful stroke impossible. This typically happens when the handle movement is measured, but not its effect on the flywheel.