User manual update

1. Add text dealing with multiple dive computers on a dive.
2. Add text dealing with saving the dive plan with a dive.
3. Update main menu descriptions with respect to above

[Dirk Hohndel: small updates for style]

Signed-off-by: Willem Ferguson <willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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Willem Ferguson 2016-11-29 21:59:26 +02:00 committed by Dirk Hohndel
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@ -591,7 +591,6 @@ gets stuck and the _Download_ process fails repeatedly,
information for manually setting up and inspecting the Bluetooth connection
with _Subsurface_.
[[S_DeviceNames]]
==== Changing the name of a dive computer
@ -610,6 +609,19 @@ field for the appropriate dive computer. After saving the Nickname, the dive log
show the nickname for that particular device instead of the model name,
allowing easy identification of devices.
[[S_MultipleDiveComputers]]
==== Uploading data for a specific dive from more than one dive computer
Some divers use more than one dive computer at the same time, e.g. during technical diving.
If you import the dive profiles from these different dive computers into _Subsurface_, the
profiles can be viewed independently. During upload the data from the dive computers are automatically
merged into a single dive. The different profiles are presented on the _Profile_ panel with
the name of each dive computer indicated at the bottom left.
*While the dive is highlighted in the _Dive List_*, switch between the profiles of the
different dive computers by using either the left/right arrow keyboard keys or
by selecting _View -> Previous DC_ or _View -> Next DC_. The data in the _Notes_ panel
are not affected by the specific dive computer that is selected.
[[S_EditDiveInfo]]
==== Updating the dive information imported from the dive computer.
@ -3586,6 +3598,27 @@ accessed in the same way as during the planning process. The only way to print t
dive plan is to use the _File -> Print_ function on the main menu in the
same way as for dive logs or by copy and paste to a word processor.
[[S_MergeDivePlan]]
=== Saving a dive with its dive plan
In the section dealing with <<S_MultipleDiveComputers, dives using more than one dive computer>>
we discussed the way in which multiple profiles for a single dive can be viewed using the
left-arrow and right-arrow keyboard keys. A similar method can be used for saving a dive plan
with the profile of the actual dive, once this has been uploaded into _Subsurface_.
In order to do this:
- Do the dive planning and save the final plan in the _Dive List_.
- After diving, upload the dive data from the dive computer.
- Change the date and time of the _dive plan_ to coincide with that of the
real-life dive from the _dive computer_.
- In the _Dive List_, highlight the dive plan as well as the data for the real dive
and merge the two dives, making use of the Dive List Context Menu
(available by righ-clicking a dive).
The text version of the dive plan is appended to the Notes in the _Notes Tab_. With this
merged dive highlighted in the _Dive List_, switch
between the planned profile and the real-life profile using the righ-arrow/left-arrow keyboard keys.
== Description of the Subsurface Main Menu items
This section describes the functions and operation of the items in the Main Menu
@ -3652,6 +3685,8 @@ dealing with the appropriate operations.
- _Yearly Statistics_ - Display summary statistics about dives during this and past
years.
- _Prev DC_ - Switch to data from previous dive computer, if a single dive was logged from more than one.
See the sections on <<S_MultipleDiveComputers,using multiple dive computers for the same dive>> and <<S_MergeDivePlan,
Saving an uploaded dive with its dive plan>>.
- _Next DC_ - Switch to next dive computer.
- _Full Screen_ - Toggles Full Screen mode.