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