Dive Manager
My Notebook computer didn't have serial port. Can I install Dive Manager without it? Can I use converter form serial port to USB?
Yes, you can do so by purchasing an adapter (serial to USB ports) anywhere in the computer accessories shop. Please note that the adapters are not compatible with Windows Vista and cannot be used with newer diving computers such as the Cobra2, Cobra3, Hel02, Vyper2 and Vyper Air. A USB data cable is available for all newer Suunto Diving computers.
On my last dive, I got within 1 minute of Deco so I ascended to get some time back. No unusual warnings or indications appeared during the dive. When I transferred the dives to my PC, the profile for this particular dive reflected a Deco situation with Ceiling and Asc Time indications. Why does my software reflect this when the Cobra gave me no such indications during the actual dive?
Remember that the software is using a 20-second sampling rate (or 10, 30 or 60 secs.), whereas the Cobra makes nitrogen calculations every second during the dive. Since you came so close to decompression, the software used 20 seconds at depth instead of 1-second. This can make a big difference when calculating decompression I normally dive near the deco limit.
When I transfer the dives with the interface to my laptop, I always see deco dives in the diving profile, so the profile shows a different display as I had during the dive on the computer. What is wrong?
This is because the dive computer stores the dive profile as single points (according to sampling rate). The SDM then uses these values to recreate a dive profile, and it rounds up a bit more conservative, and can then show a no-dec dive as a deco-dive in the Dive Manager. The smaller you set the sampling rate, the smaller the difference gets.
Is SDM compatible with Macintosh?
No, unfortunately Suunto software is not Mac compatible at this time.
The transmission repeatedly breaks during uploading over the PC interface.
Please make sure that you are not running any other programs that may interfere with the serial port and cause an interruption of the transfer. Network cards may also sometimes cause a problem. Also check the transfer-PC transfer setup-COM Delay setting. Increasing the COM Delay value usually solves “transfer timed out” problems.
I keep receiving the following error every time I try to download my information. "The transfer of the memory timed out” Ensure that your dive computer is in its transfer mode, clean the contacts and try again."
Please check your port settings:
Go to Port settings and make sure that the speed is 9600 and buffers are set to low (both receive and transmit). In order to do this go to:
Start > Control > System > Device Manager > Com Port > Right click >Properties > Port Settings > Advanced > Scroll Buffers to Low on both the Receive and Transmit Buffer.
The COM port number used can also be changed here, selecting a different COM port may resolve the connection issue.
Make sure that you have remembered to press "Select" in the TR-PC mode. The optimum COM-delay value is 20-30, over that usally does not work at all.
Check that no other software is using the connection. If you have a mobile phone or similar device that uses the same port or another port this may cause interference.
Is it possible to have two different identities (several user) on the same software?
You multiple users can be created in the software, each with different passwords.
Where does Dive Manager track your cumulative bottom time?
You can see the cumulative bottom time in: File-Print-Statistics.
Is it possible to import data from another “brand” dive computer into Suunto Dive Manager.
Unfortunately it's only possible to import data from a Suunto dive computer into Suunto Dive Manager.
Why are some dives are not transfered from my diving computer?
Please check that the dive logs set to be 'ignored' in the 'Dive Computer' window.
Why can transferred dives differ from real dives?
Suunto Dive Manager sometimes over or under estimates the decompression required for a dive. Use the Dive graph window to study dives transferred into your logbook through a PC interface. You will notice that some dives show tissue saturation over 100% on the tissue saturation graph, meaning that decompression was required. But during the dive your dive computer remained in no-decompression mode the entire dive. Dive Manager sometimes reports that you surfaced too soon, when you know that you did not.
This happens because your dive computer breaks the dive time into equal segments called samples. It records dive information in its memory once during each sample. The information recorded is valid for one instant of the time, not necessarily for the interval as a whole. The longer the interval, the less likely that this accurately represents the whole sample.
Dive Manager can only know the information for one instant during each sample, and it guesses what happened during the remainder of the time. For example, your dive computer records the maximum depth reached during each sample. If you change depth, that number misrepresents the whole of the interval. Dive Manager can only assume you spent the entire interval at the recorded depth.
During a playback, Dive Manager reconstructs the dive computer's math model using information for each sample. It cannot download the exact status of the dive computer's decompression model because the dive computer does not keep that information in its memory. Dive Manager estimates what the calculations must have been based on the information recorded for each sample. The closer it represents the interval as a whole, the closer Dive Manager reconstructs the dive computer's math model.
For answers to other Dive Manager queries please see the 'Help' document which can be accessed from the Dive Manager software.