UWATEC/ScubaPro SmartCom/SmartPro and Windows XP?

On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
>directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I have
>to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to get
>communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom further
>from the IrDA device?

Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.

>#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that

It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf to
get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.

mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
There's a patch:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES

Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.

Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
>directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I have
>to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to get
>communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom further
>from the IrDA device?

Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.

>#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that

It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf to
get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.

mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
There's a patch:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES

Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.

Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
>directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I have
>to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to get
>communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom further
>from the IrDA device?

Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.

>#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that

It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf to
get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.

mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
There's a patch:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES

Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.

Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
>directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I have
>to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to get
>communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom further
>from the IrDA device?

Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.

>#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that

It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf to
get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.

mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
There's a patch:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES

Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.

Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
>directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I have
>to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to get
>communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom further
>from the IrDA device?

Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.

>#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that

It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf to
get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.

mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
There's a patch:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES

Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.

Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
>directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I have
>to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to get
>communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom further
>from the IrDA device?

Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.

>#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that

It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf to
get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.

mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
There's a patch:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES

Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.

Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
>directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I have
>to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to get
>communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom further
>from the IrDA device?

Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.

>#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that

It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf to
get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.

mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
There's a patch:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES

Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.

Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.

safe diving,

bullshark

I started switching to Bit Defender Std Edition (now at 7) after McAfee gave
me no support for Windows 2003 Server - they tried to sell me a corporate
version with 11 "client licenses" and would not allow use of their
subscription service for home users on a "server" OS. The installer failed
on Windows 2003 Server saying "unsupported OS". Cost per server would be
about $500 for a "commercial license" they said...

Bit Defender installs and runs without incident and seems to have similar
virus scan/email/registry/script protection. Works on all flavors of
Windows I've tried.

ScubaPro technical support could probably make a FAQ addition from your
confirmation of this problem. Regardless, google will find it for those who
get hit by it.

Is the SmartCom sample rate 4 seconds per sample? I'm seeing 15 samples per
minute in the dive log in SmartTrak - noticed on another site that the
computer used by the US Navy uses 1 second sample rate. Does Suunto sample
faster or slower than SmartCom?

Is there any way to simulate the behavior of SmartCom at different
microbubble suppression levels (using the dive record produced by SmartCom
and additional software analysis)? I was diving with SmartCom set to L0
(no suppression) but would be interested in what recommendation for level
stops it would have made at each level L1-L5 for each particular sample set
(dive profile).

Thanks in Advance,

CaptPat


"bullshark" <bullshark@scubadiving.com> wrote in message
news:65a790pcdd2h3dln25l4fug2lov0rlb778@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick"
<patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:
>
> >#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
> >directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I
have
> >to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to
get
> >communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom
further
> >from the IrDA device?
>
> Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
> the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.
>
> >#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that
>
> It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf
to
> get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.
>
> mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
> There's a patch:
>
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES
>
> Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
> It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.
>
> Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.
>
> safe diving,
>
> bullshark
>

I started switching to Bit Defender Std Edition (now at 7) after McAfee gave
me no support for Windows 2003 Server - they tried to sell me a corporate
version with 11 "client licenses" and would not allow use of their
subscription service for home users on a "server" OS. The installer failed
on Windows 2003 Server saying "unsupported OS". Cost per server would be
about $500 for a "commercial license" they said...

Bit Defender installs and runs without incident and seems to have similar
virus scan/email/registry/script protection. Works on all flavors of
Windows I've tried.

ScubaPro technical support could probably make a FAQ addition from your
confirmation of this problem. Regardless, google will find it for those who
get hit by it.

Is the SmartCom sample rate 4 seconds per sample? I'm seeing 15 samples per
minute in the dive log in SmartTrak - noticed on another site that the
computer used by the US Navy uses 1 second sample rate. Does Suunto sample
faster or slower than SmartCom?

Is there any way to simulate the behavior of SmartCom at different
microbubble suppression levels (using the dive record produced by SmartCom
and additional software analysis)? I was diving with SmartCom set to L0
(no suppression) but would be interested in what recommendation for level
stops it would have made at each level L1-L5 for each particular sample set
(dive profile).

Thanks in Advance,

CaptPat


"bullshark" <bullshark@scubadiving.com> wrote in message
news:65a790pcdd2h3dln25l4fug2lov0rlb778@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick"
<patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:
>
> >#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
> >directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I
have
> >to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to
get
> >communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom
further
> >from the IrDA device?
>
> Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
> the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.
>
> >#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that
>
> It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf
to
> get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.
>
> mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
> There's a patch:
>
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES
>
> Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
> It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.
>
> Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.
>
> safe diving,
>
> bullshark
>

I started switching to Bit Defender Std Edition (now at 7) after McAfee gave
me no support for Windows 2003 Server - they tried to sell me a corporate
version with 11 "client licenses" and would not allow use of their
subscription service for home users on a "server" OS. The installer failed
on Windows 2003 Server saying "unsupported OS". Cost per server would be
about $500 for a "commercial license" they said...

Bit Defender installs and runs without incident and seems to have similar
virus scan/email/registry/script protection. Works on all flavors of
Windows I've tried.

ScubaPro technical support could probably make a FAQ addition from your
confirmation of this problem. Regardless, google will find it for those who
get hit by it.

Is the SmartCom sample rate 4 seconds per sample? I'm seeing 15 samples per
minute in the dive log in SmartTrak - noticed on another site that the
computer used by the US Navy uses 1 second sample rate. Does Suunto sample
faster or slower than SmartCom?

Is there any way to simulate the behavior of SmartCom at different
microbubble suppression levels (using the dive record produced by SmartCom
and additional software analysis)? I was diving with SmartCom set to L0
(no suppression) but would be interested in what recommendation for level
stops it would have made at each level L1-L5 for each particular sample set
(dive profile).

Thanks in Advance,

CaptPat


"bullshark" <bullshark@scubadiving.com> wrote in message
news:65a790pcdd2h3dln25l4fug2lov0rlb778@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 1 May 2004 03:41:05 -0400, "Patrick"
<patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:
>
> >#1) Hint: Very critical item was to place the IR window of the TP40
> >directly against the SmartCom. The range appears to be under 1/4". I
have
> >to lift up the IBM laptop and place SmartCom underneath the computer to
get
> >communication established. Are others able to place the SmartCom
further
> >from the IrDA device?
>
> Although IrDA is supposed to be good for a meter, we are power limited on
> the dive computer side. I've never gotten more than about three inches.
>
> >#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that
>
> It certainly does break it. I had to go and upgrade to 8.0 on your behalf
to
> get it, but what the heck, I was on 6.1.
>
> mcVSEscan seems to be a problem for lots of applications.
> There's a patch:
>
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displayDoc....Ho tTopic=YES
>
> Don't bother, it doesn't help. There is also an 8.1 release in the works.
> It's a mcafee problem. It's interfering with the IrDA stack in some way.
>
> Not much to do except complain and wait for them to fix it.
>
> safe diving,
>
> bullshark
>