Suunto Gekko - Dive Download ????

[Rocketmahn]

If I plan a dive in SDM 3.0.0 will I be able to transfer it to the Gekko???

 

[guggie]

Good question. I have never tried to transfer a dive to my Vyper either.

 

[hdugan]

If I plan a dive in SDM 3.0.0 will I be able to transfer it to the Gekko???

No, but then you can't download a "plan" to any of the suuntos.

 

[guggie]

That explains why I never tried that "feature" or even found it!

 

[Rocketmahn]

No, but then you can't download a "plan" to any of the suuntos.

Umm... Ok...

I was test driving SDM Ver. 3.0.0.

Under the "actions" menu there is a "Dive Planner" option (F11).

Open the dive planner.

On the left hand side of the Dive Planner the 6th button down, there is a function called "Transfer Data To Dive Computer".

So I looked at the help function for the Dive Planner and it states:

"You can transfer data from Suunto Dive Planner to your dive computer (DC). When the DC is connected, Suunto Dive Planner shows information about the data to be transferred. Primary gases, alarms, and dive time values are from the plan. Gases that are already set in the DC are shown as Secondary. Personal mode and Altitude mode are always transferred"



I'm not sure what the definition of a "Plan" is - are the depths transferred too??

I didn't know if the Dive Plan Transfer applied to the Gekko or if you needed a Vyper/Cobra/D9 etc... hence my initial question!

Anybody want to try it? - (I don't have the cable).

 

[hdugan]

That feature is new to SDM 3.0, I believe,it certainly isn't in V2.7. It has been impossible to set the options from Suunto's program in the past. The same person who wrote the Gekko hack also wrote a program to set those variables, It's nice to see Suunto has validated that idea!

I guess if you want to call settiing timers and alarms as a "Dive Plan" then I'd say yes. The Gekko IS a vyper with disabled features but the up/down loading isn't one of those.

 

[DEEPLOU]

No, but then you can't download a "plan" to any of the suuntos.

Not true! You can download a plan to the HELO2. It will set your gas, depth alarm and dive time alarm.

 

[parrothead600]

OK, after sorting thru the past 337 posts, I think that i have it figured out. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
If I want to download the dives in my logbook from my Gekko to my PC, I will need: the USB cable & drivers from Ebay, Suunto Dive Manager downloaded, gekko2vyper software downloaded. Am I on track so far? Also, If I understand correctly, the Suunto Dive Manager program & gekko2vyper program are both free downloads. Am I still on track?
One last question; What version of Suunto Dive Manager would you reccomend? What are the differences between the different versions? (OK, that was 2 last questions, but who's counting?)

 

[guggie]

parrothead600, you've got it all correct. I'm using SDM ver 2.6.0 with no problem. I can't comment on the newest version.

 

[moab_b2]

So if the Gekko was to be sent back in to Suunto, how would you change the memory fix back to gekko setting and not the vyper?