I'm going to reply in line, because I'm afraid I may not be fully understanding your questions.
Thanks for your responses Ron. I have what I hope is one last question. In the older version of firmware and software I was able to print out a nice page that showed the dive profile showing whichever features I wanted to on the dive graph. Under that it also printed out the dive information including the gas used, beginning and end pressure, etc. Basically it used to allow me to print out the entire information on one nice page including the dive graph showing PSI left and temperature throughout the dive for example. Under that it simply printed all the information I see under the dive information tab all on one nice sheet. Now I see no place that allows for such printing. The most I can get to print is a tiny version of the dive graph on top of the page without any of the dive information displayed under that tab. The old software printed this out just fine. Am I missing something? Is there a way to print out the individual dive graph with the dive information like under the older software?
I'm assuming what you are asking about here is the Windows dive log software, rather than anything on the Cobalt? The Cobalt passes all of the dive log information to the desktop software, but how it is displayed, what is displayed, and what printing capabilities it gives you are up to the software developer. Nothing has changed in the Cobalt's firmware that would alter what the dive log software sees. I'm not aware of it if there has been any degradation in function for later version of the Windows dive log software from Atomic, but I don't use it either, so I'm definitely not a good source of information. I would pose questions about the desktop software functions to Atomic directly, via email or phone.
I am at the point to where I need to delete most of the dives as I have been sampling every second or something iike that. Without being able to print out this information I will be be unable to log anymore dives or they will likely get written over (not sure what the computer actually does in that situation). Please help me find a way to print all the dive information on one page so that I can show instructors my dives.
You shouldn't ever need to delete dives from the Cobalt, if that is what you are suggesting. If you have the sample storage rate set at 5 seconds- which is the highest frequency available- you will fill up the Cobalt's memory much faster than if you use the default 30 second storage rate- about 6X as fast. I should make it clear that this sample storage rate has nothing at all to do with how frequently the Cobalt samples and calculates your decompression info during diving. It does that every two seconds. It is only setting how frequently the Cobalt saves a "snapshot" of the dive data in the log. For most values, we store an average over the time selected, that is if you have a 30 second rate set, we average the depth over that 30 second period, and that's what gets saved. For NDL, however, we store the lowest value in the segment. At a 30 second storage rate, your Cobalt 1 will store about 856 hours of diving (I know the manual says 600 hours, but it's actually more). At a 5 second rate, you would get about 150 hours- some header information is only saved per each dive. The Cobalt 2 will save about 1212 hours of diving at the same 30 second sample rate. Unless you have a very specific reason, I wouldn't use the 5 second storage rate.
The Cobalt's internal memory is divided into segments. If it fills up, the oldest segment will be deleted and used for new dives- this will happen without any intervention on the user's part. If you have saved the dives to some external source, such as dive log software, then you will still have them there even if a segment is removed from the Cobalt. Different dive log software packages have different functions for making paper log books- see which fits your needs.And the Cobalt's log, with all the details and profiles, is always available to look at. But maybe I'm not understanding your question?
Thanks for all your help. I would love if I could just go back to the older interface. I don't use the compass so the update didn't really help much although I'm sure other users likely love the update.
I'm not sure which interface you are referring to- the Cobalt's interface hasn't changed much, though a new one coming will make the timer at stops much easier to read. Maybe the update you are referring to is the one where we added additional compass navigation functions? But most of the firmware changes are "under the hood" and none have anything to do with the desktop logging software.
Let me know if I'm not understanding some part of your question.
Ron
