[PATCH] CCR Import from CSV: Calculate correct nitrogen and helium gas pressures

[Davide DB]

Let me see if I can grab a shearwater file coming from a SF2 used in MCCR
mode :)

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Willem Ferguson <
willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:

> On 03/11/2014 11:59, Paul Sargent wrote:
>
>> On 3 Nov 2014 08:35, Robert Helling <helling at atdotde.de> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 03.11.2014, at 09:26, Willem Ferguson <willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.
>>> za> wrote:
>>>
>>>  You guys have the experience. Please advise??  Robert, your opinion?
>>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO having special, hardcoded meanings for 0 and 1 is bad and also for
>>> the future having symbolic names is much better even if at the moment they
>>> always have the values 0 and 1.
>>>
>> I would agree. If someone is planning a dive or entering gases manually
>> then fixed indices well be a total pain.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> Paul,
> Currently, when CCR data files are imported, cylinder 0 is used for oxygen
> because that is probably the single least variable among different CCR
> systems. Then cylinder 1 is used for the diluent gas because all CCR
> systems require a diluent gas. When it comes to other additional cylinders
> I agree that almost unlimited freedom should exist. But as far as the
> cylinders are concerned that are monitored by the CCR computer(s),
> cylinders 0 and 1 are dedicated because that is with what one has to start
> off with. Does this bring about any specific difficulty, even in using the
> planner? How would a Shearwater diver think about these issues?
>
> Now please do not deduce that I am trying to make a case for hard coding.
> Not at all. I am trying to discover how other CCR divers think that have a
> totally different frame of mind from what I am thinking about, because this
> might bring me new insights. Please comment, will you?
> Kind regards,
> willem
>
>
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