Palm v - Dive software

Hello,

I am a PPC person, and have lots of dive goodies for the PPC, like Nigel H,
&Chris Jacksons groovy stuff.

A friend has a Palm V and he wants similar stuff for his PDA.

I know nothing about the Palm scene. I can google it, but thought you guys
may be able to point to the "Best of breed" palm software.

He wants:

Dive Log
Cylinder Mix / top off calculator
Decco calculator, pref with SCR

and toys!

Really appreciate it if someone takes the time to give my advice on this,
otherwise I'll just burn to CD what I "google"!

Thanks..


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> He wants:
>
> Dive Log
> Cylinder Mix / top off calculator
> Decco calculator, pref with SCR
>
JPlan is pretty much essential for the Palm - http://www.fly.to/oxford

I also have an old copy of Decoweenie (last free version, you now have
to pay for it).

Mixer - Guy Wittig
nitroxcalc - Karma Divers - Jerm <-- good bloke
rmvcalc - Karma Divers again
signal flag - Nick Banks

I don't use dive log software on the palm, but there is plenty of it about..

lot's of decent games, too many to mention...

rich

mattD <zip@norway.no> skriver:
> I know nothing about the Palm scene. I can google it, but thought you guys
> may be able to point to the "Best of breed" palm software.

Not that I actuallyu use this programs my self but... Main reason no
good software to match the dive log with my PC, OpenBSD or Linux, But
I might get into coding that aftar I have gotten my divelog program to
work. I also prefere having the divelog in the laptop. It's also with
me a almost all trips, I need to sync pictures to it. On longer trips
on shorter trips syncing images and divelogs can wait.

> Dive Log

AuqaDive log,
(http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a95263...g/divelog.html)

> Cylinder Mix / top off calculator

PSIcalc, http://palm.potapeni.cz/psicalc/

> Decco calculator, pref with SCR

No idea, doesn't GUE have one...

/ Balp
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Matt.

I'm not sure what an SCR diver needs in Deco software

I think they need OC software and then just enter the loop gas mix, but I'm
probably wrong.

For calculating loop percentage, I use Phi's Dolphin 1.0A for the Palm
(free) and I use my own program (Jplan, free) for deco.

I do not dive SCR (I did the course and a few extra dives this summer for a
laugh) so I'm not that sure what the need of an experienced SCR user is. (My
conclusion was to continue diving OC !)

If any one has any suggestions of what an SCR user needs in deco software,
I could accomodate it.

Tony

"mattD" <zip@norway.no> wrote in message
news:fzvhb.29562$os2.431704@news2.e.nsc.no...
> Hello,
>
> I am a PPC person, and have lots of dive goodies for the PPC, like Nigel
H,
> &Chris Jacksons groovy stuff.
>
> A friend has a Palm V and he wants similar stuff for his PDA.
>
> I know nothing about the Palm scene. I can google it, but thought you
guys
> may be able to point to the "Best of breed" palm software.
>
> He wants:
>
> Dive Log
> Cylinder Mix / top off calculator
> Decco calculator, pref with SCR
>
> and toys!
>
> Really appreciate it if someone takes the time to give my advice on this,
> otherwise I'll just burn to CD what I "google"!
>
> Thanks..
>
>
> --
> mattD
> ______________________________________
> En alternativ dykkeportal for alle interesserte:
> http://www.diving-in-norway.com
>
>

"Tony Jay" <Tony.Jay@nospam.bsac.com> wrote in message
news:vod72nj3kbguc2@corp.supernews.com...
> Matt.
>
> I'm not sure what an SCR diver needs in Deco software
>
> I think they need OC software and then just enter the loop gas mix, but
I'm
> probably wrong.
>
> For calculating loop percentage, I use Phi's Dolphin 1.0A for the Palm
> (free) and I use my own program (Jplan, free) for deco.
>
> I do not dive SCR (I did the course and a few extra dives this summer for
a
> laugh) so I'm not that sure what the need of an experienced SCR user is.
(My
> conclusion was to continue diving OC !)
>
> If any one has any suggestions of what an SCR user needs in deco
software,
> I could accomodate it.
>
> Tony
>
> "mattD" <zip@norway.no> wrote in message
> news:fzvhb.29562$os2.431704@news2.e.nsc.no...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am a PPC person, and have lots of dive goodies for the PPC, like Nigel
> H,
> > &Chris Jacksons groovy stuff.
> >
> > A friend has a Palm V and he wants similar stuff for his PDA.
> >
> > I know nothing about the Palm scene. I can google it, but thought you
> guys
> > may be able to point to the "Best of breed" palm software.
> >
>

Basically it's the trying to determine what you actually breathing in the
loop that is the bit of interest. Easy to do with a quick calc, but it's
kind of funky if the software does it too.

Next is the gas durations for specific mixes, and flow rates associated, and
your particular cylinder size.

Finally it's the bail out cals which can be interesting, if you plan to
spend a long time at say 30M.

Basic Nitrox calcs are of course OK, but these added features would be a
bonus to him.

Matt

>
> Basically it's the trying to determine what you actually breathing in the
> loop that is the bit of interest. Easy to do with a quick calc, but it's
> kind of funky if the software does it too.
>

> Next is the gas durations for specific mixes, and flow rates associated,
and
> your particular cylinder size.

Phi's dolphin program does that, you can change jets and flow rate o2
metabolisation etc to give you the loop gas.
>
> Finally it's the bail out cals which can be interesting, if you plan to
> spend a long time at say 30M.
>
That is just like the OC calculation surely ?, use loop gas for segment one
and cylinder gas for segment 2. i.e.

> Basic Nitrox calcs are of course OK, but these added features would be a
> bonus to him.

Sounds like reinventing the wheel to just get something done which we can
currently use by using the output of one program into the input of another.

I have just done CCR however as that is important I just have to get the
output verified. Can anyone lend me a YBOD...

Tony



>
> Matt
>
>

"mattD" <zip@norway.no> wrote in message news:<fzvhb.29562$os2.431704@news2.e.nsc.no>...
>
> Dive Log
> Cylinder Mix / top off calculator
> Decco calculator, pref with SCR
>
Aquadivelog is pretty good for the Palm - there's plugins so you can
download off quite a few dive computers. I use the Sensus Pro tho..

Decoweenie does deco stuff, and I believe the ORGasM plugin for it
does the gas blending thing.

As a plus, there's talk of an interface to connect DW and ADL as well
- it's been "coming soon" for quite a while..

"mattD" <zip@norway.no> wrote in message
news:fzvhb.29562$os2.431704@news2.e.nsc.no...
> Hello,
>
> I am a PPC person, and have lots of dive goodies for the PPC, like Nigel
H,
> &Chris Jacksons groovy stuff.
>
> A friend has a Palm V and he wants similar stuff for his PDA.
>
> I know nothing about the Palm scene. I can google it, but thought you
guys
> may be able to point to the "Best of breed" palm software.

DecoWeenie - SCR/CCR & OC - Full Mix, Calcs & GF's or the GUE DecoPlanner OC
PADI Dive log - it's free.

/F

In article <vod72nj3kbguc2@corp.supernews.com>,
Tony Jay <Tony.Jay@nospam.bsac.com> wrote:
>Matt.
>
>I'm not sure what an SCR diver needs in Deco software
>
>I think they need OC software and then just enter the loop gas mix, but I'm
>probably wrong.

Theres the SC "Steady State Equation" which you might be able to find
on the net somewhere - I've got it at home somewhere if you are really
intersted, but you could probably work it out if you were desperate -
it takes drive gas FO2 and RMV and tries to work out the effective loop
FO2 - in theory when you are decoing you can take advantage of this by
using a lower RMV or something like that.

I put most of it into early version of DDPLAN then then took it out as
I couldn't be arsed supporting SCR's.

Gordon

Thanks everyone for the good info.

I have burned teh CD and he is happy.

I also found a Palm emulator, so I have had a play with the software.


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