Bluetooth interface questions and a UI suggestion

Willem Ferguson willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za
Thu Sep 10 00:29:04 PDT 2015


I have a question about the Bluetooth download interface.

When selecting import -> Import from dive computer, there are two 
possibilities:

1) In the MountPoint textbox of the Download panel,  the address of the 
Bluetooth device is shown. It looks like this happens automatically when 
selecting Shearwater and Petrel from the list of supported DCs. Then one 
needs to check the checkbox marked "Choose Bluetooth" and hit the 
Download button to start downloading.

2) When selecting the "Choose Bluetooth" check box, a new panel opens 
with the full details of the Bluetooth interface, allowing activation of 
local Bluetooth and scanning for remote Bluetooth devices.

What determines which of these two routes of action is taken? I suspect 
it is determined, amongst others, by the state of the local Bluetooth 
interface. If it is switched on, then the Bluetooth address is shown in 
the MountPoint text box. is this correct? Is it also determined by the 
DC selected? I suspect some of this information is also stored so that 
when a download is done, the previous Bluetooth connection device names 
and setting are used?

Here is a suggestion: In the dropdown list of mount points, add a 
Bluetooth item. If the Bluetooth item is selected from this dropdown 
box, it switches on the local Bluetooth device and opens the Bluetooth 
panel referred to in 2) above. This allows one to do away with the 
checkbox "Choose Bleutooth".

Kind regards,
willem



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