Aeris freediving computers (F10/F11)?

[Gabriel Rossetti]

Thank you Jef. I have a better idea how to proceed now.

Cheers,
Gabriel
On Sep 25, 2013 10:45 AM, "Jef Driesen" <jefdriesen at telenet.be> wrote:

> On 2013-09-25 10:08, Gabriel Rossetti wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a Freediving watch computer which I can hook up to my PC
>> (Linux). I read good reviews on the ones Aeris has, specifically I'm
>> interested in the F10 v2.
>>
>> This is my first dive computer so please excuse any dumb questions I may
>> ask :-). I was wondering how well Subsurface works with freediving
>> computers (since they are missing the scuba specific functions)?
>>
>
> I'll leave the subsurface part of the question to others...
>
>  I saw that Aeris is supported but didn't see those computers specifically
>> listed. That could either mean nobody has tested, that is isn't supported
>> or that they all use the same protocol so they are all supported. The
>> "..."
>> Make me think the later.
>>
>
> The Aeris F10 is a supported device, which means it has been tested at
> least once. Although there is no guarantee, it will probably work fine for
> you too.
>
> Under the hood, all recent Oceanic (and related brands like Aeris) devices
> use the same protocol. But the memory layout and data format is usually
> slightly different for every model. Thus the low level communication will
> typically work out of the box for a new device, but the parsing will likely
> fail. So the chances that a new device will just work, without any changes
> to the code, is quite low.
>
> Jef
>
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