[PATCH] Add Bluetooth download to FAQ

Dirk Hohndel dirk at hohndel.org
Sat May 23 10:05:30 PDT 2015


Rick,

On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 08:17:31PM +1000, Rick Walsh wrote:
> Attached is a patch adding Bluetooth downloading to the FAQ, based
> around my experiences with the Shearwater Petrel 2.  Can you please
> check it makes sense, and does not make any silly suggestions?

this looks outstanding to me. I have added it to the FAQ online and pushed
it to master.

> In particular, I have said that RFCOMM channel 0 is used by the Petrel
> 1 (based on Rodrigo's script
> http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/pipermail/subsurface/2015-April/018862.html)
> and OSTC Sport (Anton's advice).  I haven't tested these.  It'd be
> great if anyone can add more dive computers to the list. Predator?
> Other OSTCs?

It seems to be the default channel they all use. Unless they don't.
:-)

> I tried to use reasonable formatting and markup, but I don't know how
> to test a Wordpress page, so I probably missed something.

It looks good to me. Please look for yourself and let me know if you want
something changed.

http://subsurface-divelog.org/faq/

I'll admit that the entry is a bit long for an FAQ entry, but heck it's
one of the most challenging issues right now and it is truly "frequently
asked". So this is much appreciated.

I should have time later this weekend to try this with the BT dive
computers that I have access to.

/D


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