UWATEC/ScubaPro SmartCom/SmartPro and Windows XP?

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
>

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
>

On Sun, 2 May 2004 15:08:28 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>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.

All AV's come to grief with some application sooner or later. It's the
nature of the beast.

It may be a timing problem, or it may be VS out-and-out STOPPING any
IrDA activity it doesn't recognize as possible hijack.

I've put a thread in the VS forum here:
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewforum.php?f=37
<mcVSEscn.exe interfering with Irda>... it might be helpful if
you add to it.

I have also contacted McAfee through chat, opened an incident and have been
promised a patch that will fix the problem. "It's in the (e)mail".

>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.

Best if McAfee fixes the problem.

>Is the SmartCom sample rate 4 seconds per sample?

Yes.

>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.

You mean the cochran? Ignore it. The computer is junk, and truthfully, 15
samples/min is too much. 1/sec is absurd, there is not much utility to that.
The older uwatec models only stored 3 sample per minute and provided plenty of
detail. I wish the new ones could be rolled back. Then I could store about
a years worth of profiles.

The sample rate is for storage only. Decompression status is for all intents
and purposes, continuous.

>Does Suunto sample faster or slower than SmartCom?

It depends on which model, and IIRC, some are selectable.

More samples means less total profile storage. As it is, with the smartCom you have
roughly half (about 50 hours) what a SmartPro can store (100 hrs)

>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)?

No, not that I know of.

>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).

Go ahead and dive L5. You might find it educational. Just remember that
the level-stops are NOT deco-stops. By that I mean don't get excited and
feel pressured to ascend when they come on...They are an invitation to
continue diving, but with instructions for a safe gentle ascent.
If you blow off the level stops, the level just rolls back and there are
no NDL penalties on subsequent dives.

The problem is that with level stops on, the unit no longer tells you
remaining NDL. It tells you time remaining to imposition of level-stops
which is quite different. If you stay long enough you will get deco
stops imposed ON TOP of level stops, and the display-wise, the distinction
is quite subtle. Level stops can still be blown off and if you know what
to look for, you can tell by looking when the deco portion of a stop has
been satisfied (even though the level stop might still have time remaining).

I'm not particularly fond of the feature. Fortunately, I did not buy the
comps for Level-stops. I wanted 100 hours of profiles, IR transfer, continuous
temperature and other features.

Ms bullshark also has SmartPro, so we dived with one on L0 (for NDL) and one
on L5. We did that for a while to get ideas about where our diving style
might be rough. Most of our diving was already L5 compliant.

>Thanks in Advance,

Yer welcome in arrears.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sun, 2 May 2004 15:08:28 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>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.

All AV's come to grief with some application sooner or later. It's the
nature of the beast.

It may be a timing problem, or it may be VS out-and-out STOPPING any
IrDA activity it doesn't recognize as possible hijack.

I've put a thread in the VS forum here:
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewforum.php?f=37
<mcVSEscn.exe interfering with Irda>... it might be helpful if
you add to it.

I have also contacted McAfee through chat, opened an incident and have been
promised a patch that will fix the problem. "It's in the (e)mail".

>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.

Best if McAfee fixes the problem.

>Is the SmartCom sample rate 4 seconds per sample?

Yes.

>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.

You mean the cochran? Ignore it. The computer is junk, and truthfully, 15
samples/min is too much. 1/sec is absurd, there is not much utility to that.
The older uwatec models only stored 3 sample per minute and provided plenty of
detail. I wish the new ones could be rolled back. Then I could store about
a years worth of profiles.

The sample rate is for storage only. Decompression status is for all intents
and purposes, continuous.

>Does Suunto sample faster or slower than SmartCom?

It depends on which model, and IIRC, some are selectable.

More samples means less total profile storage. As it is, with the smartCom you have
roughly half (about 50 hours) what a SmartPro can store (100 hrs)

>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)?

No, not that I know of.

>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).

Go ahead and dive L5. You might find it educational. Just remember that
the level-stops are NOT deco-stops. By that I mean don't get excited and
feel pressured to ascend when they come on...They are an invitation to
continue diving, but with instructions for a safe gentle ascent.
If you blow off the level stops, the level just rolls back and there are
no NDL penalties on subsequent dives.

The problem is that with level stops on, the unit no longer tells you
remaining NDL. It tells you time remaining to imposition of level-stops
which is quite different. If you stay long enough you will get deco
stops imposed ON TOP of level stops, and the display-wise, the distinction
is quite subtle. Level stops can still be blown off and if you know what
to look for, you can tell by looking when the deco portion of a stop has
been satisfied (even though the level stop might still have time remaining).

I'm not particularly fond of the feature. Fortunately, I did not buy the
comps for Level-stops. I wanted 100 hours of profiles, IR transfer, continuous
temperature and other features.

Ms bullshark also has SmartPro, so we dived with one on L0 (for NDL) and one
on L5. We did that for a while to get ideas about where our diving style
might be rough. Most of our diving was already L5 compliant.

>Thanks in Advance,

Yer welcome in arrears.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sun, 2 May 2004 15:08:28 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>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.

All AV's come to grief with some application sooner or later. It's the
nature of the beast.

It may be a timing problem, or it may be VS out-and-out STOPPING any
IrDA activity it doesn't recognize as possible hijack.

I've put a thread in the VS forum here:
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewforum.php?f=37
<mcVSEscn.exe interfering with Irda>... it might be helpful if
you add to it.

I have also contacted McAfee through chat, opened an incident and have been
promised a patch that will fix the problem. "It's in the (e)mail".

>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.

Best if McAfee fixes the problem.

>Is the SmartCom sample rate 4 seconds per sample?

Yes.

>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.

You mean the cochran? Ignore it. The computer is junk, and truthfully, 15
samples/min is too much. 1/sec is absurd, there is not much utility to that.
The older uwatec models only stored 3 sample per minute and provided plenty of
detail. I wish the new ones could be rolled back. Then I could store about
a years worth of profiles.

The sample rate is for storage only. Decompression status is for all intents
and purposes, continuous.

>Does Suunto sample faster or slower than SmartCom?

It depends on which model, and IIRC, some are selectable.

More samples means less total profile storage. As it is, with the smartCom you have
roughly half (about 50 hours) what a SmartPro can store (100 hrs)

>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)?

No, not that I know of.

>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).

Go ahead and dive L5. You might find it educational. Just remember that
the level-stops are NOT deco-stops. By that I mean don't get excited and
feel pressured to ascend when they come on...They are an invitation to
continue diving, but with instructions for a safe gentle ascent.
If you blow off the level stops, the level just rolls back and there are
no NDL penalties on subsequent dives.

The problem is that with level stops on, the unit no longer tells you
remaining NDL. It tells you time remaining to imposition of level-stops
which is quite different. If you stay long enough you will get deco
stops imposed ON TOP of level stops, and the display-wise, the distinction
is quite subtle. Level stops can still be blown off and if you know what
to look for, you can tell by looking when the deco portion of a stop has
been satisfied (even though the level stop might still have time remaining).

I'm not particularly fond of the feature. Fortunately, I did not buy the
comps for Level-stops. I wanted 100 hours of profiles, IR transfer, continuous
temperature and other features.

Ms bullshark also has SmartPro, so we dived with one on L0 (for NDL) and one
on L5. We did that for a while to get ideas about where our diving style
might be rough. Most of our diving was already L5 compliant.

>Thanks in Advance,

Yer welcome in arrears.

safe diving,

bullshark

On Sun, 2 May 2004 15:08:28 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>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.

All AV's come to grief with some application sooner or later. It's the
nature of the beast.

It may be a timing problem, or it may be VS out-and-out STOPPING any
IrDA activity it doesn't recognize as possible hijack.

I've put a thread in the VS forum here:
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewforum.php?f=37
<mcVSEscn.exe interfering with Irda>... it might be helpful if
you add to it.

I have also contacted McAfee through chat, opened an incident and have been
promised a patch that will fix the problem. "It's in the (e)mail".

>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.

Best if McAfee fixes the problem.

>Is the SmartCom sample rate 4 seconds per sample?

Yes.

>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.

You mean the cochran? Ignore it. The computer is junk, and truthfully, 15
samples/min is too much. 1/sec is absurd, there is not much utility to that.
The older uwatec models only stored 3 sample per minute and provided plenty of
detail. I wish the new ones could be rolled back. Then I could store about
a years worth of profiles.

The sample rate is for storage only. Decompression status is for all intents
and purposes, continuous.

>Does Suunto sample faster or slower than SmartCom?

It depends on which model, and IIRC, some are selectable.

More samples means less total profile storage. As it is, with the smartCom you have
roughly half (about 50 hours) what a SmartPro can store (100 hrs)

>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)?

No, not that I know of.

>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).

Go ahead and dive L5. You might find it educational. Just remember that
the level-stops are NOT deco-stops. By that I mean don't get excited and
feel pressured to ascend when they come on...They are an invitation to
continue diving, but with instructions for a safe gentle ascent.
If you blow off the level stops, the level just rolls back and there are
no NDL penalties on subsequent dives.

The problem is that with level stops on, the unit no longer tells you
remaining NDL. It tells you time remaining to imposition of level-stops
which is quite different. If you stay long enough you will get deco
stops imposed ON TOP of level stops, and the display-wise, the distinction
is quite subtle. Level stops can still be blown off and if you know what
to look for, you can tell by looking when the deco portion of a stop has
been satisfied (even though the level stop might still have time remaining).

I'm not particularly fond of the feature. Fortunately, I did not buy the
comps for Level-stops. I wanted 100 hours of profiles, IR transfer, continuous
temperature and other features.

Ms bullshark also has SmartPro, so we dived with one on L0 (for NDL) and one
on L5. We did that for a while to get ideas about where our diving style
might be rough. Most of our diving was already L5 compliant.

>Thanks in Advance,

Yer welcome in arrears.

safe diving,

bullshark