Really confused about computers

[tursiops]

Doesn't it work with Subsurface?

Not to my knowledge.

 

[Shabaday]

Why not get the Shearwater Peregrine? It will be with you if you do tec or rec? If you sell it you will get 75-80% of your money back if you don't trash it. It should cost about $500 or so new and if you go with a Perdix AI later it will still make an incredible back up computer

 

[VikingDives]

SubSurface and the new Deep6 Excursion firmware

Is there any initiative or timeline for the new deep6 Excursion (firmware re-write) to be included in SubSurface supported devices? I've delayed upgrading from the current firmware due to wanting logging support. Thanks.

scubaboard.com

Support should be coming.

 

[L13]

Does the Decent's GPS, function while diving? Never heard of people using them that way.

Anyone who claims that any GPS works during a dive is lying. The GPS signal can not penetrate more than a few inches of sea water.

 

[azstinger11]

Anyone who claims that any GPS works during a dive is lying. The GPS signal can not penetrate more than a few inches of sea water.

Navimate GPS for Divers

Revolutionary underwater navigation for divers

www.navimate.com

 

[L13]

Navimate GPS for Divers

Revolutionary underwater navigation for divers

www.navimate.com

Notice, they do not claim to receive the GPS signal under water. They use ultrasonics to determine your position relative to buoys which have GPS receivers on them. The make the same statement I do on their front page: the GPS signal can not be received under water.

 

[azstinger11]

Notice, they do not claim to receive the GPS signal under water. They use ultrasonics to determine your position relative to buoys which have GPS receivers on them. The make the same statement I do on their front page: the GPS signal can not be received under water.

Oh fully agree, just thought it was cool.

 

[Justin Phillips]

Not to my knowledge.

It looks like its listed now on the app for support:

Divecomputers

GitHub page for mostly our announcements and increasingly larger parts of our website

subsurface.github.io

 

[Justin Phillips]

Anyone who claims that any GPS works during a dive is lying. The GPS signal can not penetrate more than a few inches of sea water.

I dont want to go too crazy with the GPS stuff. I was just looking for a quick GPS tag when I start a dive but I can do that with the compass app on my phone. But also I am very familiar of what wireless will work underwater and what wont.

 

[L13]

Oh fully agree, just thought it was cool.

Also, it is probably vaporware. Although it is theoretically very doable, they have been promising a product would be on the market first in 2016, and last in 2022, but it still isn't available. I've been thinking about making a prototype based on the same principles myself as a hobby(my professional experience lends to this).

EDIT:
Oops, just found a reference to a product being available in 2009. So 14 years of vaporware.