problems downloading from predator in ubuntu 12.10

[Jef Driesen]

On 07-03-13 17:38, Jan Schubert wrote:
> On 07.03.2013 17:06, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
>> On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Jan Schubert wrote:
>>
>>> On 07.03.2013 13:39, Jef Driesen wrote:
>>>> On 2013-03-07 13:29, Diego Mainou wrote:
>>>>> Followed the manual  to pair the computer with no joy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tried with the original blue tooth dongle and another two with no joy.
>>>>>
>>>>> I get: Slip RX: unexp. SLIP END
>>>>>
>>>>> Also have tried with the wifi  off. Haven't tried other drivers as I
>>>>> wouldn't even know where to find them.
>>>> I already received another report with a similar error, but I haven't
>>>> found the problem yet.
>>> Yeah this is common issue and is also seen in Windows some times. And
>>> I've also seen this when trying JDiveLog on the same box where
>>> ldc/subsurface worked fine, so the issue might be indeed on the software
>>> side.
>> Actually, the current assumption is that there is some oddity in the Firmware.
>> Of course, libdivecomputer should be able to work around that (as the
>> Shearwater app works fine), but I have not been able to get this to work, yet.
>
> Dirk, is this the same error you face when downloading from Petrel
> firmware 11?
> As said, I've seen this several times using my Predator and if you
> search for it you find it happen also with Shearwater desktop.

The Petrel error is a different one. I get "ISO 14229: Dwnld. Wrong Seq" when 
trying to download my Petrel. The Petrel error is also a predictable one. You 
also get the failure, and at exactly the same packet. That's clearly different 
from the Predator error.

Jef