Manual data entry

Sol Chrom sol.chrom at gmail.com
Thu Jun 27 13:40:11 PDT 2019


Will do. I think your suggestion about tank sizes worked, although it was a
real pain getting the fields to accept the values I input. Same thing:
enter value in Field 1. Save. Enter Value in Field 2. Save. Field 1 changes
to something else all on its own ...

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On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 13:00, Willem Ferguson <
willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:

> If I understand you correctly this is a bug. Please record the version
> number by going Help-> about Subsurface, send a few screenshots to
> https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/issues and log a bug. I
> have no problems with my version. Perhaps its worth seeing if you have the
> very latest .dmg of Subsurface. Unfortunately I cannot replicate this
> problem.
> Kind regards,
> willem
>
>
> On 2019/06/26 16:00, Sol Chrom wrote:
>
> Thanks Willem:
>
> I'm running 4.8.6 on MacOS 10.14.5. I've been trying to enter the duration
> by typing 36:00. I tried entering just 36 as well, but no matter what I do,
> it just pops back to 12 minutes the instant I try to save, or hit enter, or
> tab over to the next field. It simply will not let me save a dive time of
> 36 minutes.
>
> I'll try your suggestion about the double AL80s.
>
> I haven't had a problem entering the date, for whatever that's worth. I
> guess the dropdown calendar menu helps with that.
>
> Sol
>
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> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 09:50, Willem Ferguson <
> willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:
>
>> I am running the latest master of Subsurface 4.8.4-647 on Linux Ubuntu.
>>
>> I merely type the Duration (in minutes) and then hit ENTER.
>> If I type 70 it automatically converts 70 min to 1:10.
>> It should work flawlessly.
>>
>> Be careful. There was a problem with specifying the date and time of the
>> dive. As far as I am aware that has been fixed but I do not know if this
>> his been done to the Win version  as well.
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> willem
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2019/06/26 14:18, Sol Chrom wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Willem, I'll try that. Any ideas about it not letting me save a
>> dive time of 36 minutes? Hopefully you can see these two images.
>>
>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-06-25 at 7.08.11 PM.png]
>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-06-25 at 7.07.56 PM.png]
>>
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>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 04:27, Willem Ferguson <
>> willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2019/06/26 01:08, Sol Chrom wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Willem:
>>>
>>> I'm attaching a whole bunch of screen shots to illustrate what's going
>>> on. I'm trying to enter a tank volume of 160 cu ft (to reflect the fact
>>> that I'm diving double AL80s). Working pressure 3000psi. Starting pressure
>>> 3000psi. Ending pressure 1700psi.
>>>
>>> The screen shots should show you what's going on. Every time I save the
>>> data in one field and/or tab over to the next field, the data in other
>>> fields changes for no apparent reason. I certainly don't carry tanks with a
>>> volume of 159,879 cu ft! Makes it impossible to enter and save data
>>> accurately.
>>>
>>> Sol
>>>
>>> Hi Sol,
>>>
>>> Unfortunately your images are at a low resolution that I cannot read
>>> them. In general go like this:
>>>
>>> 1) Create a new double cylinder type. It is not good practice to define
>>> a single, large undefined cylinder. If you look down the list of
>>> pre-defined cylinders you will see several with a 'D' prefix. For instance,
>>> D12 232 bar =a manifolded twinset with two 12 litre 232 bar cylinders. Now
>>> create a new definition , lets call it DAL80 207 bar. This is for a twinset
>>> with two AL80 cylinders. Select any existing cylinder name from the Type
>>> column. The topmost cylinder name on my machine is AL40. Now overtype that
>>> name with "DAL80 207 bar" *and then hit the ENTER key* before moving
>>> the cursor anywhere else. That will save the new cylinder name.
>>>
>>> 2) Having done that, specify the size (probably 22 liters) and the
>>> working pressure (probably 207 bar). Then select "Apply changes".
>>> Unfortunately I do not know what the imperial equivalents are. Maybe 3000
>>> psi? But you will know that.
>>>
>>> Now you should be able to select this new definition while working with
>>> any of your dives.
>>>
>>> I work with Linux, but it should work exactly the same in Win.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> willem
>>>
>>>
>>>
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