Received my Mares Puck Pro with USB Link. What now?1

[Dirk Hohndel]

Hi Simon,

I don't use a Puck Pro, nor am I usually a Windows user, but I'll try to help you get started:

1. the USB link appears to need a driver under Windows. According to the Mares website, you should be able to download it here: http://computer.mares.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/73/1/cp210x-driver-xp-s2k3-vista-windows-7-8-and-10 <http://computer.mares.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/73/1/cp210x-driver-xp-s2k3-vista-windows-7-8-and-10>
2. the Puck Pro needs to be switched into PC mode. With the single button menu structure this is non-trivial, especially when not able to see the screen. This PDF has all the information, but I'm not sure how well you can parse this with a screen reader: https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/downloads/computer-manuals/Mares_Puck_Pro.pdf <https://www.scubadoctor.com.au/downloads/computer-manuals/Mares_Puck_Pro.pdf>
From standard surface mode, five button presses should get you to PC mode
In that mode, a download initiated from Subsurface should work.

I hope others with access to such a dive computer can give you more detailed information 

All the best

/D

> On Oct 30, 2018, at 4:08 PM, Simon Eigeldinger <simon.eigeldinger at vol.at> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just received my Mares Puck Pro with a USB Link.
> How do i connect it to my pc and how to use it with subsurface?
> Remember i am blind and can't see whats on the dive computers display.
> so unfortunately i can't use some screenshots on a website.
> I use Win 10 and Subsurface 4.8.3.
> Do i need some drivers?
> i just found the dive organizer on the mares website which seems also not to be very accessible using screenreaders.
> Do i need to switch the dive computer on and select something when i want to connect it to the pc?
> how do i do that?
> 
> maybe someone has a little bit of time to write something together?
> We also can do that privately if people wouldn't be happy to see the conversations on the list.
> 
> This dive computer is completely new so it just comes freshly out of the box.
> 
> Greetings and thanks very much for helping,
> Simon
> 
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