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User manual: Using CCR equipment with Subsurface.

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This is a first stab at some text detailing the import
and handling of CCR dives within Subsurface. Three figures
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From: willem ferguson <willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 15:50:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update user manual with CCR instructions

This is a first stab at some text detailing the import
and handling of CCR dives within Subsurface. Three figures
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Signed-off-by: willem ferguson <willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za>
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@ -963,14 +963,69 @@ available, as in dialogue *B*, above. Currently these are:
- XML-formatted dive logs (Divinglog 5.0, MacDive and several other dive log systems)
- UDDF-formatted dive logs (e.g. Kenozoooid)
- UDCF-formatted dive logs
- Poseidon CCR logs
- JDiveLog
- Suunto Dive Manager (DM3 and DM4)
- CSV (text-based and spreadsheet-based) dive logs.
- CSV (text-based and spreadsheet-based) dive logs, including APD CCR logs
Selecting the appropriate file in the file list of the dialogue opens
the imported dive log in the _Subsurface_ *Dive List*. Some other formats, not
accessible through the Import dialogue are also supported, as explained below.
==== Importing dive logs from closed circuit rebreather (CCR) systems
[icon="images/APD.jpg"]
[NOTE]
Closed system rebreathers use avanced technology to recirculate
gas that has been breathed while doing two things to maintain a
breathable oxygen concentration:
a) remove carbon dioxide from the gas that has been exhaled
b) regulate the oxygen concentration to remain within safe diving limits.
Currently, within _Subsurface_, the Poseidon MkVI Discovery is the best
supported CCR dive computer. The CCR interface of _Subsurface_ is currently experimental
and under active development. In contrast to a conventional open circuit
dive computer, a CCR system computer does not allow the download of a log
containg multiple dives. Rather, each dive is stored independently. This
means that _Subsurface_ cannot download a dive log directly from a CCR
dive computer, but that it imports CCR dive logs in the same way that it
imports dive log data from other databases.
===== Import a CCR dive
See the section dealing with xref:S_ImportingAlienDiveLogs[Importing dive information from other
digital sources]. From the main menu of _Subsurface_, select _Import->Import
log files_ to bring up the xref:Unified_import[universal import dialogue]. As
explained in the previous section, the bottom right
hand of the import dialogue contains a dropdown list of appropriate devices
that currently includes an option for MkVI files. Having selected the appropriate CCR format and
the directory where the original dive logs have been stored from the CCR dive
computer, one can select a particular dive log file (in the case of the MkVI
it is a file with a .txt extension). After selecting the appropriate dive log,
activate the _Open_ button at the bottom right hand of the universal import dialogue.
===== Displayed information for a dive
_Partial pressures of gases_: The graph of oxygen partial pressure shows the
information from the oxygen sensors of the CCR equipment. In the case of the
Poseidon MKVI, the mean value of the two oxygen sensors are shown. In the case
of the APD equipment, the mean of the three oxygen sensors are shown. If one
sensor shows a very different oxygen PO2 reading compared to the others, the
divergent sensor is ingnored. For CCR dives the graph for oxygen partial pressure
should be fairly flat, reflecting the setpoint settings during the dive.
Partial pressures for nitrogen (and helium,
if applicable) are shown in the usual way as for other dives.
_Cylinder pressures_: CCR dive computers like the Poseidon MkVI record the
pressures of the oxygen and diluent cylinders. The pressure of the oxygen cylinder
is shown on the dive profile. In addition, start and end pressures for both oxygen
and diluent cylinders are shown in the _Equipment Tab_.
_Equipment-specific information_: Equipment-specific information gathered by
_Subsurface_ is shown in the _Extra data_ tab. This may include setup information
or metadata about the dive.
More equipment-specific information for downloading CCR dive logs can be found in xref:S_PoseidonMkVI[Appendix B].
==== Importing from Mares Dive Organiser V2.1
Since Mares utilise proprietary Windows software not compatible with
@ -2901,6 +2956,54 @@ this, but it is reported to be solved sometimes by one of these steps:
* switch to different Bluetooth drivers for the same hardware
* switch off WiFi while using Bluetooth
[[S_PoseidonMkVI]]
=== Importing dive logs from the Poseidon MkVI Discovery
[icon="images/MkVI.jpeg"]
[NOTE]
Download of dive logs from the MkVI is performed using a custom communications
adapter and the _Poseidon PC Configuration Software_, obtained when purchasing
the MKVI equipment. The latter is a Windows application allowing configuration
of equipment and storage of dive logs. Communication between dive computer and
desktop computer utilises the IrDA infra-red protocol. Only data for one dive
can be downloaded at a time, comprising three files:
- Setup configuration for the dive and key dive parameters (file with a .txt
extension)
- Dive log details (file with a .csv extension)
- Redbook format dive log (file with .cvsr extension). This is a compressed
version of the dive log using a propriatary format.
_Subsurface_ accesses the .txt and the .csv files to obtain dive log information.
=== Importing dive logs from the APD Inspiration CCR
[icon="images/APDComputer.jpg"]
[NOTE]
The dive logs of an APD Inspiration or similar CCR dive computer are downloaded using
a communications adapter and _AP Communicator_, obtained when
purchasing the equipment. The dive logs can be viewed using the _AP Log Viewer_,
within Windows or Mac/OS. However, APD logs can be viewed and managed from within
_Subsurface_ (together with dives using many other types of dive computer). The
APD inspiration dive logs are imported into _Subsurface_ as follows:
- Open a dive within the _AP Log Viewer_.
- Select the tab at the top of the screen, entitled "_Data_".
- If the raw dive log data show on the screen, click on "_Copy to Clipboard_".
- Open a text editor, e.g. Notepad (Windows), TextWrangler (Mac).
- Copy the contents of the clipboard into the text editor and save the text file
with a filename extension of .CSV
- Within _Subsurface_, select _Import->Import log files_ to open the xref:Unified_import[universal import dialogue].
- In the dropdown list towards the bottom right of the dialogue, select "_CSV files_".
- On the list of file names select the .CSV file that has been created above. An import
dialogue opens.
- In the dropdown list on the middle right labeled '_Pre-configured imports_",
select _APD Log Viewer_.
- Ensure the other settings for the ADP dive log are appropriate, then select _OK_.
The APD dive log will appear within _Subsurface_.
== APPENDIX C: Exporting Dive log information from external dive log software.