divePAL Windows: Releases Log

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July 16, 2012 - Beta v0.15
Major Changes: Import Logs from the Shearwater Predator via Bluetooth
Installer: divepal_installer_r20120716.exe available HERE.

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New Features
- Dive Computer PC Download Support: Added support for the following dive computers through the "Download Log from Dive Computer" interface:
- Shearwater Predator (requires Bluetooth adapter)
- Aeris AtmosAI and Manta
- Oceanic Geo, Veo 2.0, and Veo 3.0
- Suunto Zoop and Vyper

Bug Fixes
- Fixed a display bug when viewing dives including a Trimix gas with less than 21% oxygen by users who have any license level besides Tech.
- Fixed a display bug when viewing dives including a Trimix gas with exatly 21% oxygen that caused the gas to show as standard air.
- Fixed a potential bug that might affect logs with no tank attached to them, making it difficult to modify the tank.
- Fixed a few typos.

Misc
- Increased maximum sequential dive time for Tech license level to 100 hours (over 4 days).

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September 6, 2012 - Beta v0.16
Major Changes: Added support for the Predator Mobile Log Manager - Android App
Installer: divepal_installer_r20120906aa.exe available HERE.

Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash bug when importing some Shearwater Desktop databases.
- Fixed a bug with Sheartwater Desktop databse importer that caused it to read incorrect values for dive start times.
- Fixed a bug in the Shearwater Desktop database importer that could misidentify some dives as CCR when they were not.
- Fixed a bug with Shearwater Predator Bluetooth downloader that caused it to fail to import most tank switches in multi-gas dives.
- Fixed a crash bug when attempting to view some multi-gas dives uploaded from the Predator Log Manager Android app.
- Fixed a bug that caused End Pressure value to be reset to 0 when switching between preset tank types.
- Fixed the order that fields are edited in the Tank Settings dialog when using Tab to cycle through them.
- Fixed a display bug when analyzing a graph where two tank switches occured at the same time, or the dive did not start with the first defined tank.

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April 4, 2013 - 1.0
Major Changes: Local logbook, support for bluebuddy / Tech Buddy, local dive sites
Installer: divepal_installer_r20130404.exe available HERE.

New Features
Local Logbook
- divePAL now allows you to maintain a completely local logbook.
- When creating or importing a new dive log, it will be a local log.
- You can see the status of a log based on the icon in the top right corner on the log list.
- Blue ((*)) means "Stored on divePAL server.
- Blue \/ means "Local log"
- Green ( ) means "Syncronized log"
- Orange (/) means "Syncronized log out of sync"
- To share a log with others or synchronize it with other devices through our severs, upload it using the "Share" button in the bottom right corner.
- Changes made to the log will remain local until you synchronize it using the same share menu.
Local sites support
- You may now define sites and use sites locally on your computer without proposing them to the divePAL server.
- Sites that you use from the divePAL server will be cached locally for faster searching and retrieving.
bluebuddy / Tech Buddy Support
- requires Windows 8 and Bluetooth 4 adapter
- DiveNav's bluebuddy dive logger is now available as a device in the "Download from Computer" log menu.
- Windows 8 users will have the option to download and install bluebuddy drivers during installation. These drivers are also available seperately from http://www.divecomputertraining.com/red ... nstall.exe
- The menu for downloading from this device works the same as any other device.
- Ensure that the bluebuddy is paired with your computer through the Windows Settings "Devices" menu before downloading.
Other
- Added the ability to comment on other users logs and see comments others have made. Only available for logs shared through divePAL.
- New and changed data fields available for logs.
- Logs may now have an icon associated with them. Select any image from your computer to use as the icon.
- Icons will also appear on the log list on the left side bar.
- Icons must be less than 100kb to upload to divePAL servers.
- 48x48 is the recommended image dimensions for icons.
- Equipment section now contains fields for Wetsuit, BCD, and weights.
- The way of inputing tank information has been changed.
- Previously: Volume, Max pressure, final pressure
- Now: Type (ex: AL80), Start pressure, final pressure
- divePAL will attempt to automatically determine the type of tanks entered in the old format (though accuracy is not 100% guaranteed).
- Added "Surface Temperature" field to conditions section.
- Dive sites now have a "Water Type" and "Rating" field. Water type indicates salt or fresh water, and rating allows users to share their opinion on a site.
- Double clicking on the GPS coordinates of a dive site will open a Google Maps tab in your browser showing you the location of that dive site.
- GPS coorinates are underlined when the mouse hovers over them to highlight this feature.
- The "Air Mix" field in the dive summary panel now has a general overview of what type of air mix was used (nitrox, air, trimix, or multi-gas) instead of specific details.
- Sequences are now determined based on dive start and end times instead of users setting them up manually.
- When you open a log and divePAL determines that other logs may have occured in sequence before it, you will be prompted if you want to open those logs as well for analysis.
- You may open as many logs as your license level allows.

Bug Fixes
- Predator support
- Fixed a bug with SendMessage operation by flushing the output buffer to the device. Sometimes, it would not fully send and could hang or cause unexpected responses.
- Fixed some dives being misrecorded as CCR for one or two minor PPO2 mismatches in predator database importer. (Note: this is not a fix for a similar issue when importing from a Petrel).
- Changed analysis mode sidebar readout to "N/A" when air time is zero, or when air pressure is not available.
- Fixed a crash bug when attempting to analyze a dive with multiple tanks used if one or more had been deleted.

Misc
- divePAL now requires Microsoft .Net 4.0 and the Microsoft Visual C 2012 Redistributable. These will automatically be downloaded and installed during update or installation if they are not already present on your computer.
- As a result of these requirement changes, divePAL now requires Windows XP SP3 (previously any version of Windows XP would work).
- Icons for dive type increased in resolution and size(most noticable on log list).
- Made some changes to license levels. See post

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April 5, 2013 - 1.0
Major Changes: none
Installer: divepal_installer_r20130405.exe available HERE.

Bug Fixes
- Fixed several bugs related to local logs:
- Fixed a bug that prevented manually created local logs and plans from being shared through divePAL.
- Removed the share button from the creation screen. Logs must be saved locally before they can be shared.
- Improved GUI flow when creating a new manual log or plan.
- Fixed a bug that would cause a log encountering a server error while sharing for the first time to become unshareable in the future.
- Fixed a bug that prevented synchronized logs from being shown in the log list when divePAL is in offline mode.
- Fixed a bug that could cause synchronized logs to show as "Out of sync" in some cases.
 
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