UWATEC/ScubaPro SmartCom/SmartPro and Windows XP?

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

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

I've been unable to get Smart Track 1.013 (latest) to connect to a SmartCom
DC under Windows XP.

Does anyone else have this problem? I called ScubaPro technical support,
but they seem relatively uninterested in getting this working - they did
comment that "several people seem to be calling about this"...

I have an IBM ThinkPad T40 and have tried to use both the integrated
Infrared Port as well as the Uwatec device (at the LDS) without success.
Same Uwatec device and SmartCom DC were able to talk on another laptop
running Win98 (the LDS owners laptop) - so the issue is my software or
hardware on the T40.

On the IBM ThinkPad T40, I have tried using both the IBM Fast Infrared
driver (NSCIRDA.SYS from National Semiconductor), as well as the Microsoft
Built-in Infrared Device driver (IRDA.SYS, SERIAL.SYS). It is not clear
what serial port(s) SmartTrack searches or what API/Interface/Protocol(s)
are used to communicate with the SmartCom DC. In addition, WindowsXP has
several Infrared "services" that handle image transfer from cameras/phones
etc. I use a Treo600 and with infrared services started the ThinkPad T40
can transfer images and programs via infrared and "sees" the Treo600 when it
in proximity to the IR port. I cannot get this type of "active" response
using the SmartCom. The Palm HotSync application is configured to use the
USB interface for all hotsync activity - this seems to work fine regardless
of any IrDA activity.

With either the National or Microsoft drivers the IrDA port seems to be
using I/O 2F8-2FF, IRQ3, DMA3 - there is no configuration for the serial
port mapping, and no way to disable DMA. Data transfer rate can be set -
I've tried values from 2400 baud thru 155K baud as well as the original
4Mbaud default with no change in results. I have also disabled the Agere
Systems AC'97 Modem that was configured on Com2/IRQ3 (shared IRQ). COM1 is
the onboard serial port and is enabled in the BIOS (I/O 3F8, IRQ4) and is
used on the "mini dock" for a dedicated serial device (NMEA Interface).

I have also tried to use a virtual comm driver for IrDA that was supposed to
make the IrDA port available on COM6 but that did not appear to improve the
situation. (www.ircomm2k.de). For grins I also tried COM2 and COM1 with
this driver after disabling the appropriate devices and setting the I/O and
IRQ for the IrDA port in the BIOS.

In all cases SmartTrak puts up an "IrDA Monitor Window", hunts for the
device for about 3 seconds and then reports "Not connected with Smart".

Anyone have this running on Windows XP? Is there an Open Source program
that can talk to a SmartCom via IrDA?

Thanks in Advance,

CaptPat

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:43:59 -0400, "Patrick" <patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:

>I've been unable to get Smart Track 1.013 (latest) to connect to a SmartCom
>DC under Windows XP.


Works fine here.

One tip: Open the cover and make sure that the smartcom is very
close to the IR Xcvr.

Uh. Turn off the freakin HotSync.

>With either the National or Microsoft drivers the IrDA port seems to be

You're screwing with all kinds of stuff you don't understand.

>Systems AC'97 Modem that was configured on Com2/IRQ3 (shared IRQ).

AC'97 modem? AC97 is an audio codec.

Do yourself a favor. Stop screwing with it and reset everything to normal.

Smarttrak works fine on WIN2K, XPHome and XPPro.

safe diving,

bullshark

Ok, I killed all non-essential processes on the system and put the IR window
of the laptop directly against the IR window of the smart com... and it
worked on the second try... then things got more interesting...

#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?

I then began restoring the configuration and quickly got the devices to stop
talking... so reduced the configuration again until they were able to talk
and added in various subsets of the running processes until it broke.

#2) Hint: It appears that McAfee has a process called McVSEscn.exe that
interferes with SmartTrak's ability to communicate with the SmartCom. I am
switching yet another computer to Bit Defender since that seems to work less
intrusively than the McAfee stuff.

The communication, once working, works with either the IBM driver or the
standard Microsoft driver. All the other software seems to run fine without
interfering with the communication. Hotsync is configured here to use USB
and did not change the behavior if running or not. Similarly for IBM
Bluetooth monitor, United Devices agent, and several other programs such as
a vpn client, the vnc server, zone alarm pro, logitech camera monitor,
synaptics touchpad software, microsoft rf mouse, cardscan scanner software,
ibm smbus software, pdanet monitor, essential net tools, manova camera
monitor, and some other stuff (including the other McAfee processes such as
mcagent.exe). Even fired up net meeting (conf.exe) to see if that killed
it, and it works fine with that running too;)

Basically I had 44 running processes when I started, killed most down to
about 12, got the communication going, and then added stuff back until about
29 processes and noticed that killing one of the McAfee processes
(McVSEscn.exe) after restarting the virus scanner caused the problem to
appear and then disappear... did a full reboot, killed just one process
(McVSEscn.exe) and it worked. At various points I swapped the IBM and MS
IrDA drivers, re-enabled the AC97 Modem (wave codec is part of this) that
had been interrupt-sharing with COM2 on IRQ3 (it re-installed on IRQ11, but
it does not appear to be the problem), and finally re-enabled COM1 in the
BIOS and restored IrDA to 2F8/IRQ3 - all of these did not change the
behavior of SmartTrak - just items #1 and #2 above seemed to impact it.

Installed BitDefender Std Edition, and now it runs fine - critical to place
the IrDA port directly over the SmartCom device - it will not work with the
T40 if you try to set it near the laptop - place the laptop on top of the
device (hold the laptop up and slide the SmartCom underneath).

And yes, I know why I wanted a debug mode... I've been doing this for 30
years and monitoring a communication protocol is nothing new. I'd be very
interested in what call failed that terminated SmartTrak's scan for SmartCom
when McVSEscn.exe is running - so would McAfee and ScubaPro;) Pehaps
ScubaPro can enhance SmartTrak so it is less bothered by McAfee's behavior,
or we can all switch to a better virus scanner and McAfee can stop bothering
us...

The suggestion to swap IrDA drivers arose from two other vendor sites for
Palm in which T40 driver issues with the IBM driver were noted as fixed by
using the MS driver - also Sony VIAO users have had to switch the Sony 1394
driver out for the TI OHCI driver to gain back "standard" functions that
Sony chose not to support and certain video editors (Premier) required.
It's nothing new for an OEM to break a driver while adding their own
functionality.

Thanks for the pointers, and Safe Diving,

CaptPat



"bullshark" <bullshark@scubadiving.com> wrote in message
news:05i590lgmjasflf5ofa6gf5dn5kpuokq4u@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:43:59 -0400, "Patrick"
<patrick@northshore.cnchost.com> wrote:
>
> >I've been unable to get Smart Track 1.013 (latest) to connect to a
SmartCom
> >DC under Windows XP.
>
>
> Works fine here.
>
> One tip: Open the cover and make sure that the smartcom is very
> close to the IR Xcvr.
>
> Uh. Turn off the freakin HotSync.
>
> >With either the National or Microsoft drivers the IrDA port seems to be
>
> You're screwing with all kinds of stuff you don't understand.
>
> >Systems AC'97 Modem that was configured on Com2/IRQ3 (shared IRQ).
>
> AC'97 modem? AC97 is an audio codec.
>
> Do yourself a favor. Stop screwing with it and reset everything to normal.
>
> Smarttrak works fine on WIN2K, XPHome and XPPro.
>
> 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
>