Shearwater Teric and Transmitter Questions

[afieldofblue]

When I placed the computer on opposite side of transmitter, I used to get at least 4-5 "communications lost" errors every dive that I noticed (I don't watch the computer continuously). Then I'd have to raise my hand diagonally to get close to transmitter and reestablish coms.

Eventually I got annoyed and being the lazy diver that I am, placed the transmitter in the same side with the computer. No comm lost errors ever since, problem solved.

So the answer to your question is yes, there can be com problem. And it can be solved by bringing thr arm/computer closer to transmitter to reestablish connection or mount both on the same side to begin with. Not really a problem whatever you choose both are ok. It is not that one is going to die because of lost AI connection for a few seconds anyway

Wow, thanks - now that's completely different feedback, and what I was hoping to avoid. I really don't want to move my mechanical SPG to the other side as it would complicate a lot of things, and really not keen on switching the arm for the primary computer location...

I wonder if this difference in user experience is a legacy transmitter vs. new Swift transmitter issue?

 

[Jai Bar]

Wow, thanks - now that's completely different feedback, and what I was hoping to avoid. I really don't want to move my mechanical SPG to the other side as it would complicate a lot of things, and really not keen on switching the arm for the primary computer location...

I wonder if this difference in user experience is a legacy transmitter vs. new Swift transmitter issue?

Mine is a new swift transmitter.

I don't have a Teric, though, but a Peregrine and Tern Tx . Both may vibrate to let you know of com lost, but with my 5mm wetsuit I don't always feel the vibration, and haven’t found any setting to change vibration intensity. Don't think Teric is any different in this aspect- I doubt that it got a better antenna.

Like you, I did not want to change SPG to the other side, nor move the computer. But after some hundred dives without ever looking at SPG I accepted the reality that it is not needed and ditched it altogether. Now transmitter and computer on same side, all good.

I do keep the SPG in the car (or bag when traveling) as backup in case battery dies prematurely. There is no way to check battery percentage, or at least I couldn't find one.

 

[Bjparris1990]

I get a lost comms every now and then but it usually picks back up. No issue on the Teric or my perdix using some old oceanic transmitters.

 

[TooCold]

When I first got my Teric I wore it on the left wrist, which is the side my SPG has always been on. I had some drop-outs with the transmitter on the other side, so I ran the SPG and transmitter from the same HP port via a Y adapter (transmitter on 6" hose).

The bonus was that the transmitter was no longer a convenient handle for picking up the tank - which was a frequent problem with helpful crew when vacation diving.

 

[Brett Hatch]

I've dived with the transmitter on both sides of my 1st stage, and never had a disconnect. I don't log dives, but I've done at least 100 dives this way

I keep my hands folded most of the time while diving, so my other hand would only be a couple of inches apart most of the time. Maybe the problem is more prevalent with divers who keep their hands at their hips, I dunno

Here's an idea. I have seen some people use a short high-pressure hose between the 1st stage and the transmitter, like 3-12 inches. The purpose of this is to protect the transmitter by encouraging people not to use it as a handle. But you could do the same thing to move the transmitter to the other side of your 1st stage