SUUNTO STINGER -- pc interface

Greetings,

I am trying to transfer dive data from my new Stinger to my PC.

The first problem is that the instruction speak of setting up the
interface.....but do not say how the watch/computer is supposed to sit
in the craddle. The craddle has a 3-pin contact face, but nowhere on
the Stinger do I see a similar set of interface. The only thing that
looks remotely similar is a one-dimple point that the user manual
describes as the water contact sensor. No diagram is provided.
Searching online, I found an advertisement with a photo of the watch
siting in the craddle and "appears" to be in an orientation using the
"water contact sensor" as the contact point. But its difficult to
tell.

Question 1: Does anyone know how the watch is supposed to sit in the
craddle??

The next problem is that my PC doesn't seem to even recognize the
craddle is attached to the COM1 serial port....or any port for that
matter. The instruction say to attach it to the serial port without
the watch in the craddle and then press TEST on the interface window
so that the software can direct the computer to search for the
craddle. I get the "Your computer did not find the interface on any
port" error message no matter which of the 4 serial ports I use.

The instructions mention something about needing to short two pins
together for the EON style craddle......but don't say what that is. I
assume since I don't know what it is, I don't have one. But I tried
shorting the pins anyway and still got no positive results.

Question 2: Does anyone know how to get the craddle to be recognized
by a Win200 PC???

I searched online and found a few USENET posts that speak of trouble
with this interface......but unfortunately for me, they were posted in
German and Swedish....

I've been working this problem for a while now and have already lost
info out of the watch from my dives this weekend that are over 36
hours old.

Assitance is GREATLY appreciated!!

Thanks!

voice_of_reason@australia.edu (Quiet Voice) wrote in message news:<9428c6a7.0408081859.758db493@posting.google. com>...
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>
> Question 1: Does anyone know how the watch is supposed to sit in the
> craddle??

3 pins interface from the cradle should sit on the water sensor of the
Stinger.



> Question 2: Does anyone know how to get the craddle to be recognized
> by a Win200 PC???

IIRC put the watch in the cradle and test it. Check with you HW
manager which COM port to use.

> I've been working this problem for a while now and have already lost
> info out of the watch from my dives this weekend that are over 36
> hours old.

That should not be the case.

D.

Quiet Voice wrote:

> I've been working this problem for a while now and have already lost
> info out of the watch from my dives this weekend that are over 36
> hours old.

You misunderstood the instruction manual. It holds 36 hours worth of
data, the memory is life-time. When your computer has been diving more
than 36 hours, it will start overwritting the older dives.

/Marcin

voice_of_reason@australia.edu (Quiet Voice) wrote in message news:<9428c6a7.0408081859.758db493@posting.google. com>...
> Greetings,
>
> I am trying to transfer dive data from my new Stinger to my PC.
>
....
>
> Question 1: Does anyone know how the watch is supposed to sit in the
> craddle??
>
....
>
> Question 2: Does anyone know how to get the craddle to be recognized
> by a Win200 PC???
>
....
>
> Thanks!

Q1 the dimple is the water sensor but it doubles as the connector.
The centre pin connects to the dimple, the other two pins connect to
the case

Q2 The most common reason for the PC not finding the interface is that
something else has control of it. Maybe a Palm or Mobile phone bit of
software. See if there are any clues the icons in the bottom right
of the screen.

HTH
Nick

Quiet Voice <voice_of_reason@australia.edu> skriver:
> Question 1: Does anyone know how the watch is supposed to sit in the
> craddle??

As you have been told, the water contact is the interface. Son in
short the big black thing in the small funny part that you can drag
out with a small hook.

> so that the software can direct the computer to search for the
> craddle. I get the "Your computer did not find the interface on any
> port" error message no matter which of the 4 serial ports I use.

I have seen several reasons for this and othen get it when using the
serial port on the current HP Laptop. In windows try to start the
computer with out having the interface connected. (Sometime Windows
thinks you have a mouse on the serial interface when starting with the
suunto think attached.) Other thinks that sometinmes help, restaert
the suunto appication, recome the cabes to the interface, start suunto
dive manager (SDM) attach cabels and test again.

/ Anders

--
http://anders.arnholm.nu/ Keep on Balping

Marcin Dobrucki <Marcin.Dobrucki@TAKETHISAWAY.nokia.com> wrote in message news:<lIFRc.22140$k4.432667@news1.nokia.com>...
> Quiet Voice wrote:
>
> > I've been working this problem for a while now and have already lost
> > info out of the watch from my dives this weekend that are over 36
> > hours old.
>
> You misunderstood the instruction manual. It holds 36 hours worth of
> data, the memory is life-time. When your computer has been diving more
> than 36 hours, it will start overwritting the older dives.
>
> /Marcin

Thank you for your reply.

Perhaps then there is something else amiss......

I made 3 dives on one day. Checked the log and they were registered as
D1 D2 and D3.

I made two more dives the next day. My log now contains a D3 from the
previous day and D1 and D2 from the 2nd day. I cannot seem to access
D1 and D2 from the previous day. I assumed that this was because more
than 36 hours had passed since the first set of dives. From what I
read in the instructions, I thought that was an odd way to design the
computer. Apparently, that is not the case.

Any suggestions as to what may be happening?

Thnx again!

Hi,

Answering my own post....

I went back and tried again. This time I do see data for *ALL* my
dives. Not sure why I didn't see it the other times. Seemed to me that
I got "end" when I tried to go back from D3 on the first day and then
got "end" again after the last dive for the second day (as would be
expected). This time, I see D1 thru D3 for the first day. So, no
problem there.

But I still can't get my computer to recognize the interface craddle.

Any new suggestions from anyone on this front?

Thnx

voice_of_reason@australia.edu (Quiet Voice) wrote in message news:<9428c6a7.0408090711.5f40eb41@posting.google. com>...
> Marcin Dobrucki <Marcin.Dobrucki@TAKETHISAWAY.nokia.com> wrote in message news:<lIFRc.22140$k4.432667@news1.nokia.com>...
> > Quiet Voice wrote:
> >
> > > I've been working this problem for a while now and have already lost
> > > info out of the watch from my dives this weekend that are over 36
> > > hours old.
> >
> > You misunderstood the instruction manual. It holds 36 hours worth of
> > data, the memory is life-time. When your computer has been diving more
> > than 36 hours, it will start overwritting the older dives.
> >
> > /Marcin
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Perhaps then there is something else amiss......
>
> I made 3 dives on one day. Checked the log and they were registered as
> D1 D2 and D3.
>
> I made two more dives the next day. My log now contains a D3 from the
> previous day and D1 and D2 from the 2nd day. I cannot seem to access
> D1 and D2 from the previous day. I assumed that this was because more
> than 36 hours had passed since the first set of dives. From what I
> read in the instructions, I thought that was an odd way to design the
> computer. Apparently, that is not the case.
>
> Any suggestions as to what may be happening?
>
> Thnx again!

Quiet Voice wrote:

> I went back and tried again. This time I do see data for *ALL* my
> dives. Not sure why I didn't see it the other times. Seemed to me that
> I got "end" when I tried to go back from D3 on the first day and then
> got "end" again after the last dive for the second day (as would be
> expected). This time, I see D1 thru D3 for the first day. So, no
> problem there.

It takes a while to get used to the interface, and how to scroll the
dives. The reason for the markings (again, see the manual) is that
suunto's will restart the dive counter if your no-fly time expires. For
instance, on the first day you make one shallow dive. You computer
will, say, tell you 17hours no-fly. Next day evening you dive and the
time has already expired. The evening dive will be marked as D1 again,
and some new no-fly time will kick in. Then you do a night-dive with
13h of no-fly remaining, and the night dive is written as D2. Now you
have two dives called D1 and one called D2. When you scroll, pay
attention to the date display which tells you which D1 you are looking at.

> But I still can't get my computer to recognize the interface craddle.
> Any new suggestions from anyone on this front?

Chances are it's something to do with your PC, not the Suunto. Did
you verify that the COM port itself works? Like connect a modem or
something... then, as someone pointed out, do you have some PDA
application, or something else listening there? Have you configured the
Suunto software properly?

Please grab the manual, and retrace your steps to see if you got all
of the setup things right.

/Marcin