Sampling rate for Aeris Atmos Elite?

[somno]

What is the best sampling rate to choose for this computer? Does the sampling rate affect the amount of dives/dive time that can be recorded?

 

[Scuba]

General comments on log sampling rate.

A more frequent rate will show your dive profile in more detail. It allows you to observe depth changes in greater detail. Changes which, and/or the extent of which, someone may not be fully aware of during the dive. This information can aid in improving buoyancy control and developing safe dive habits by providing feedback that can be calmly analyzed at a later time. Greater detail is also useful in observing how different conditions affect our dive. Calm, surge, currents, up/down swells.

Someone not fairly competent in buoyancy control and safe dive habits, no yoyo up/down bouncing, may be better off with a faster sampling rate. See more, observe improvement by comparing samples as one progresses. You don't fall in that category, give a try anyways. You never know what you're going to see.

Bottom line there is no best sample rate. Try different ones, use whichever one you like the best after considering your need to view detail with your need to store X number of dives.

Answer to your second question is yes. More detail takes more memory space leaving less available memory for dive storage. Maximum stored dives is 255 on slowest rate. Thats a lot of diving. What dive length was used to reach this figure? How do faster settings affect it? Read manual and experiment. Hopefully someone else can help you here.

 

[somno]

I could not find anyware in the manual that it can store 255 dives at the slowest sampling rate of 60 seconds. It does say in the manual (page 117) that after the 24th dive, then 25th dive then takes the place of the first dive (in dive log mode). I am not sure if this is the same as the total dives stored for downloading??

At the factory setting of 15 sec., that would mean storage of about 63 dives and only 8 dives at the lowest sampling rate of 2 seconds assuming the 255 dives is correct??

 

[Scuba]

On diveaeris.com they show " PC downloadable, up to 255 dives
• Variable sampling rates for downloading". This would have to be at the slowest sampling rate of 60 sec. Then, you still need to know the length of dives used to reach this figure. Don't you love those manuals.

You may have to call or e-mail them for answers to your questions. Hopefully someone else can help here.

 

[somno]

I just looked on the Aeris website and did find that information but as to what it really means is up in the air.

I wonder if any Aeris or Oceanic users can help me understand this better.