Dear Zak,
does Mares have any plans to publish a multigas Firmware for the Nemo Air, as they did for the Nemo Wide? I guess the two computers operate with nearly the same hardware and it shouldnt be too hard to implement the changes the Nemo Wide received to the Nemo Air.
Additionally, would you comment on how far user input is considered when it comes to firmware updates please? There are a few things I have found while using my Mares Nemo Air on 500+ dives as an instructor within the last 12 months that would greatly improve the product. I mean, how hard is it to add a few functions to a great platform like the Mares Nemo Air, where you have the multi-dot matrix section available for all kinds of dive-details...
If ranges could be widened (like high/low-gas-warning settings) and a time and depth-alarm implemented, perhaps average depth displayed and one or two Eanx-gasses switched - that would make the product surpass many other air-integrated solutions out there ... and all of this could be done by simply uploading new firmware.
It is sad to see that such a great product is not taken to its full potential by Mares. I am sure that if such little things, that one only starts missing when using to computer on a daily basis, would be added, the computer would be used by a lot more divers,- even those that go on low tech-level dives, requiring one or two gas switches for extended no stop diving...
If Mares would release the industry firmware-maker or raw data itself, people like me, fairly fluent in programming, could even add the functions themselves.
I wrote an exel-converter, for example, that makes it possible to print out dive-logs with information I can specify about my dives. They can now be filtered and conditioned to display only certain information and I can make the dive logs look neat by changing the colors of the numbers, according to certain rules I can set.
Dive logs with deco-stops appear with a reddish-background and are hereby easily identified when going through my binder. My consumption-rate changes color when I go over certain values, making it easy to see when I was breathing harder on a dive (usually the DSDs :]).
Well, these are a few suggestions for you, perhaps Mares is willing to listen to their pro-users for once, as they are the people that can really improve the products and make them reach their full potential.
Thanx
does Mares have any plans to publish a multigas Firmware for the Nemo Air, as they did for the Nemo Wide? I guess the two computers operate with nearly the same hardware and it shouldnt be too hard to implement the changes the Nemo Wide received to the Nemo Air.
Additionally, would you comment on how far user input is considered when it comes to firmware updates please? There are a few things I have found while using my Mares Nemo Air on 500+ dives as an instructor within the last 12 months that would greatly improve the product. I mean, how hard is it to add a few functions to a great platform like the Mares Nemo Air, where you have the multi-dot matrix section available for all kinds of dive-details...
If ranges could be widened (like high/low-gas-warning settings) and a time and depth-alarm implemented, perhaps average depth displayed and one or two Eanx-gasses switched - that would make the product surpass many other air-integrated solutions out there ... and all of this could be done by simply uploading new firmware.
It is sad to see that such a great product is not taken to its full potential by Mares. I am sure that if such little things, that one only starts missing when using to computer on a daily basis, would be added, the computer would be used by a lot more divers,- even those that go on low tech-level dives, requiring one or two gas switches for extended no stop diving...
If Mares would release the industry firmware-maker or raw data itself, people like me, fairly fluent in programming, could even add the functions themselves.
I wrote an exel-converter, for example, that makes it possible to print out dive-logs with information I can specify about my dives. They can now be filtered and conditioned to display only certain information and I can make the dive logs look neat by changing the colors of the numbers, according to certain rules I can set.
Dive logs with deco-stops appear with a reddish-background and are hereby easily identified when going through my binder. My consumption-rate changes color when I go over certain values, making it easy to see when I was breathing harder on a dive (usually the DSDs :]).
Well, these are a few suggestions for you, perhaps Mares is willing to listen to their pro-users for once, as they are the people that can really improve the products and make them reach their full potential.
Thanx
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