running rowpro remotely

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running rowpro remotely

Post by pamcnm » December 17th, 2012, 9:54 am

Is it possible to run any of the rowing software on my macbook air remotely from my desktop PC running windows 7?
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Re: running rowpro remotely

Post by Citroen » December 17th, 2012, 10:14 am

The desktop PC needs to be within 15ft of the rower. That's the max length of a USB cable (without using a powered cable extender).

You could then run a TightVNC server on Windows and a TightVNC client on your Mac. But it seems like something very cumbersome.

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Re: running rowpro remotely

Post by pamcnm » December 17th, 2012, 11:48 am

I believe I can set up my mac to run discs playing on my PC, as both devices are on my home network and can be set-up for sharing in this way. I wasn't suggesting using a cable from my desktop to my rower.

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Re: running rowpro remotely

Post by Citroen » December 17th, 2012, 1:47 pm

RowPro runs on Windows ONLY. The Windows machine has to be directly connected to your rowing machine monitor with the 15ft USB-A to USB-B (printer) cable.

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Re: running rowpro remotely

Post by pamcnm » December 21st, 2012, 1:18 pm

Thanks for your response.

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Re: running rowpro remotely

Post by enki » January 2nd, 2013, 1:00 pm

USB can also be done wirelessly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_USB

But I'm guessing you mean running rowpro over remote desktop? It depends on 3d graphics so I think it won't work, but not sure

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