Chromebook Dive log

[Frackingawesome]

Sorry if this has been asked before but a friend of mine is just taking his OW and wanted to know how to sync his dive computer with a chromebook...

he is using an old Suunto Cobra so it has that stupid USB cable... i know i can get DSM5 but it looks like that is only Windows and Mac.

 

[Marie13]

Interesting question. I don’t really know.

 

[dfcliff]

I haven't done this, but my understanding is that you can install Android apps on the Chromebook. Have him try using the Google Play store to find Subsurface or DiveMate android apps.

 

[d^2b]

Another idea might be to try running the desktop version of Subsurface. I don't know the details, but there are ways to run "real" linux applications on a chromebook.

 

[kelemvor]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.subsurfacedivelog.mobile&hl=en_US

Most chromebooks have a USB port. I'm not sure if subsurface mobile supports syncing over usb or not.

 

[BlueTrin]

Unless someone has written usb support in the last two years it looks like that it won’t work with the mobile version of subsurface:

Subsurface Mobile + Chromebook?

Google Groups

Try to install Subsurface mobile regardless and see if you can get it to work ?

If not, try to install a linux on the chrome book then subsurface (full version, not mobile) on Linux

Chromebook Developer Toolbox

(or you can request for subsurface mobile to support it but you’ll rely on someone to write it for you)

 

[dmaziuk]

It should be trivial, but 100% USB to BT converters I've seen are for streaming audio; I would not expect them to work for serial port data transfer. (Presumably that's what Suunto does.)

 

[Tom Wanikiba]

I don't think so, I have a Suunto DX and the DM5 software is only Mac or Windows.

 

[TMHeimer]

Ha Ha. Any other old people here finding this at all Greek?

 

[BlueTrin]

Ha Ha. Any other old people here finding this at all Greek?

I have to say it’s not a trivial issue.

The problem is that the Chromebook is supposed to be used more like a mobile for apps (from my understanding) and mobile apps are not written with USB support usually.

So it looks like nobody added USB support for the dive computers in subsurface mobile ?

Subsurface is an open source app, one of the main contributors is Linus Torvalds (who wrote Linux) so you can kindly ask the contributors to add support for USB computers (or write it yourself and ask them to add it to the source code)