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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/05/2015 19:44, Salvador Cuñat
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Willem.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2015-05-01 17:23 GMT+02:00 Willem
Ferguson <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za"
target="_blank">willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za</a>></span>:<br>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">When we
say Subsurface supports OSTC Tools, what exactly does this
mean? Is OTC Tools the regular download<br>
software for OSTC? I see its divided into 3 parts with
separate functions, some of it overlapping with
Subsurface.<br>
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<div>OSTCTools is a set of tools windows based. H&W
didn't developed software for their devices, except a
little bootloader for firmware updates. While Subsurface
and other softwares which support OSTC devices tend to be
universal, OSTCTools only supports OSTC computers.<br>
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<div>One of the tools is used download dives from the
computer and store them in individual files one dive per
file. It just do that, almost raw downloaded data, no
gear, no notes ... It's not a true diving log.<br>
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<div>What Subsurface does is just import this files into its
own regular format, so a user can import to subsurface
any dive he had previously downloaded with this software,
but, off course, the user will need to add data to the
import as the OSTCTools files only have computer related
data.<br>
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<div>In the manual, I think, this should only be mentioned
as another file format supported for import with a warning
about the information limitations, and, may be, a
recomendation about selecting every file to import in a
single operation instead of picking them one by one.<br>
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Is there anyone with an OSTC who can help?<br>
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<div>Well, I'm proud owner of a OSTC-2N };-)<br>
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<div>If you want to try it, there are two samples in the
dives directory the *.dive files.<br>
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<div>Regards.<br>
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<div>Salva.<br>
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Salva,<br>
Thank you for your kind response. I know nothing at all about the HW
dive computers.<br>
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It looks like the OSTC2 has a miniUSB port. I would assume, with
Subsurface, as with other dive computers, one selects Import ->
Import from dive computer. Then, in the download panel, one selects
Heinrichs Weikamp and (in your case) OSTC 2N. I am not sure if
Subsurface automatically sets the correct mount point. Then, If one
selects Download, the profile is loaded into Subsurface. Until here,
it is more or less the standard procedure with most dive computers.
The profile is shown. <br>
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Now, if you say there are more than one file that needs downloading,
exactly what do you mean? Are there many files, one for each dive?
What do you mean by "import in a single operation"?. Or do you mean
importing the dive files NOT from the OSTC2 but from a file on disk
or some other media? When I import the sample file, there is no HW
option in the dropdown list at the left bottom of the import
dialogue. I need to select "All file formats" and then I can see the
file and the import goes smoothly. The imported file has a lable
"Imported from OSCTS Tools". <br>
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A few specific questions:<br>
1) I assume one can download dives directly from the OSTC without
involving OSTC Tools. Is this correct?<br>
2) Is it normal to import dives from OSTC Tools? It looks to me that
the OSCTC tools route becomes relevant if one wants to import a
whole dive log comprising many dives that were downloaded from the
dive computer onto some other disk or computer. Is this correct?<br>
3) Then I deduce that the OSTC Tools divelog on disk comprises mare
than one file? Is this correct?<br>
4) If so, do they represent different dives? Or do they represent
different data (perhaps profile on one file, other dive information
in another file?)<br>
5) How does one tell Subsurface to load all the files in a single
option? With a simple selection of several files in the file
selection panel using Ctl-click or Shift-click?<br>
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I tried opening one of the OSTC dive logs with a text editor and it
appears to be binary data. But it looks like Subsurface immediately
recognises the file as OCTC. <br>
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We really need a OSTC item on the dropdown list of the file import
panel.<br>
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I apologise I sound so really stupid, but I am not close to anyone
with this equipment.<br>
Kind regards, and thank you again for your time.<br>
willem<br>
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