Tech Diving Limited proudly launches NAUTILUS DIVE PLANNER an advanced tool for decompression planning featuring the Hamilton-Kenyon decompression model
Currently technical divers use dive planning programs that run a single algorithm. While this is not a bad thing, no one has had the ability to easily compare different algorithms in a single program, stated Joel Silverstein, Vice President of Tech Diving Limited. However with the launch of NAUTILUS, this is all going to change.
The NAUTILUS dive planning and decompression software program is special because it gives the diver the choice of not one, but five different decompression models. But what makes NAUTILUS unique is that the Hamilton Research algorithm is included. This is incredibly exciting as the Hamiltons tables (DCAP) are the ones that have been used by the majority of the deep diving expeditions over the years, due to their high level of reliability. Until now, only those who were able to afford the services of Hamilton Research were able to use these highly sought tables. Hence there just wasnt a package on the street, that could do what we needed on diving projects, that utilized Hamiltons decompression algorithms. Creating this software product was the logical step to take, and it was only natural I should work with Dan Nafe. Dan was the developer of MigPlan Mac, the first graphical user interface decompression software in the early 1990s and so his expertise in decompression modelling and programming for Windows, Macintosh and Unix systems was vital when it came to creating NAUTILUS.
Making NAUTILUS available on multiple platforms was critical to the development of this product, stated Dan Nafe, Lead Developer of NAUTILUS. Users who have invested in Macintosh and Linux systems can now have the best decompression program without having to use PC emulators on their machines as NAUTILUS runs on Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems.
Weve built flexibility into this package across the board. For when it comes to planning, divers running NAUTILUS may use one or multiple gases, open or closed circuit scuba or any combination of gas mixture(s) and scuba types. The beauty of this software system is that it was developed to allow the user to quickly navigate to the area that they want to work in, and easily select key components. Once the dive data has been input the user can then easily swap from one algorithm to another to compare the results. (The models being Hamilton-Kenyon (DCAP), the new Hamilton-Kenyon Bubble Model (HKBM), Buhlmann, VPM (Varying Permeability Model), and the Workman US Navy algorithm). Other features include allowing the user to make adjustments to the outputs of algorithms, avoiding stops at different depths, choosing stop time or run time, and inserting micro-bubble minimization deep stops.
Divers have different abilities and desires, stated Joel Silverstein, therefore NAUTILUS is available in different depth limits allowing divers to purchase the one that fits their diving mode best. We felt it important that as divers develop they want their software program to be able to support them, and this package does just that, making it good value and a valuable tool. The boundaries of diving planning have now been extended, thanks to NAUTILUS.
For further information check out www.nautilusdiveplanner.com
Notes to Editors:
The principal designers and authors behind Nautilus Dive Planner have an established history in the decompression and technical diving fields. Over the past 40 years, the work they have done individually and collectively, has set the tone for how decompression dive planning has been accomplished world wide. The team consists of;
Joel D Silverstein
Technical diver, educator, author, equipment designer, and decompression operations specialist.
Co- Developer of Nautilus, Joel Silverstein, has been involved with the technical diving field for more than 15 years. During the 1990s Silverstein published the Sub Aqua Journal, going on to write a number of books on Nitrox and Technical Diving, and is one of the major contributors to the NOAA Diving Manual 4th. (Decompression, Nitrox and Mixed Gas). Joel is no stranger to decompression software, as he served as VP of Marketing and Product Development for Abyss Dive Systems from 2000 2003. Today he is the VP and COO of Tech Diving Limited, a subsidiary of Scuba Training and Technology Inc.
Dan Nafe
Technical diver, educator, programmer and decompression specialist.
Nafe, the principle designer of Nautilus, originally created the now historically significant decompression program MigPlan.Mac back in the early 1990s, when technical diving was first taking shape. At that time MigPlan.Mac was revolutionary because it was the only program that would compute multi-level decompression schedules based on the user's chosen decompression algorithm. As a result MigPlan became a cult product, used by thousands of divers world wide, and in fact is still used today.
Dan's work in decompression and diving education is centered on computer systems programming. He is the founder of Scuba-Training.net the world's leading system for on-line interactive education for scuba divers. Scuba-Training.net is also the firm behind the SDI On-line training programs and dozens of Internet and intranet diving manufacturers web site ordering systems.
R.W. Bill Hamilton, PhD
Hamilton Research Ltd, the Worlds foremost decompression physiologist.
Hamilton, who has been a physiologist for more than four decades, specializes in diving, aerospace, and environmental physiology, which reflects his particular interests in decompression, breathing gases, and the effects of pressure. He spent 10 years as a researcher in commercial diving with Union Carbide Corp. and its affiliate Ocean Systems Inc., before becoming a consultant and independent physiologist. Hamilton is the leader in development of nitrogen-oxygen (nitrox) saturation-excursion decompression procedures, and was responsible for most of NOAAs development work in this field. His Repex procedures for repetitive saturation-excursion diving serendipitously led to a highly effective method for managing exposure to oxygen.
Dr. Hamilton works with Scuba Training and Technology Inc., in the development and research associated with the Nautilus Dive Planner Software, its algorithms and models.
David Kenyon
Hamilton Research Ltd, lead developer and programmer of decompression software (DCAP).
Features of NAUTILUS
Open and Closed Circuit Decompression
Infinite Gas Selections
Imperial or Metric
Repetitive dives
Repetitive dives OC-CCR / CCR-OC
Air Breaks
Deep Stops
Oxygen Management
Variable Ascent Rates
Stop or Run Time
Bail out from Closed Circuit
Compare Feature
Profile Manager
Gas Supply Calculations
Multiple Schedule Table Output
PDF Manual
For a full demonstration of Nautilus Dive Planner, please visit Tech Diving Limiteds booth #1751 at DEMA 2005. Alternatively you can download a free demonstration version of NAUTILUS by logging onto www.nautilusdiveplanner.com
Currently technical divers use dive planning programs that run a single algorithm. While this is not a bad thing, no one has had the ability to easily compare different algorithms in a single program, stated Joel Silverstein, Vice President of Tech Diving Limited. However with the launch of NAUTILUS, this is all going to change.
The NAUTILUS dive planning and decompression software program is special because it gives the diver the choice of not one, but five different decompression models. But what makes NAUTILUS unique is that the Hamilton Research algorithm is included. This is incredibly exciting as the Hamiltons tables (DCAP) are the ones that have been used by the majority of the deep diving expeditions over the years, due to their high level of reliability. Until now, only those who were able to afford the services of Hamilton Research were able to use these highly sought tables. Hence there just wasnt a package on the street, that could do what we needed on diving projects, that utilized Hamiltons decompression algorithms. Creating this software product was the logical step to take, and it was only natural I should work with Dan Nafe. Dan was the developer of MigPlan Mac, the first graphical user interface decompression software in the early 1990s and so his expertise in decompression modelling and programming for Windows, Macintosh and Unix systems was vital when it came to creating NAUTILUS.
Making NAUTILUS available on multiple platforms was critical to the development of this product, stated Dan Nafe, Lead Developer of NAUTILUS. Users who have invested in Macintosh and Linux systems can now have the best decompression program without having to use PC emulators on their machines as NAUTILUS runs on Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems.
Weve built flexibility into this package across the board. For when it comes to planning, divers running NAUTILUS may use one or multiple gases, open or closed circuit scuba or any combination of gas mixture(s) and scuba types. The beauty of this software system is that it was developed to allow the user to quickly navigate to the area that they want to work in, and easily select key components. Once the dive data has been input the user can then easily swap from one algorithm to another to compare the results. (The models being Hamilton-Kenyon (DCAP), the new Hamilton-Kenyon Bubble Model (HKBM), Buhlmann, VPM (Varying Permeability Model), and the Workman US Navy algorithm). Other features include allowing the user to make adjustments to the outputs of algorithms, avoiding stops at different depths, choosing stop time or run time, and inserting micro-bubble minimization deep stops.
Divers have different abilities and desires, stated Joel Silverstein, therefore NAUTILUS is available in different depth limits allowing divers to purchase the one that fits their diving mode best. We felt it important that as divers develop they want their software program to be able to support them, and this package does just that, making it good value and a valuable tool. The boundaries of diving planning have now been extended, thanks to NAUTILUS.
For further information check out www.nautilusdiveplanner.com
Notes to Editors:
The principal designers and authors behind Nautilus Dive Planner have an established history in the decompression and technical diving fields. Over the past 40 years, the work they have done individually and collectively, has set the tone for how decompression dive planning has been accomplished world wide. The team consists of;
Joel D Silverstein
Technical diver, educator, author, equipment designer, and decompression operations specialist.
Co- Developer of Nautilus, Joel Silverstein, has been involved with the technical diving field for more than 15 years. During the 1990s Silverstein published the Sub Aqua Journal, going on to write a number of books on Nitrox and Technical Diving, and is one of the major contributors to the NOAA Diving Manual 4th. (Decompression, Nitrox and Mixed Gas). Joel is no stranger to decompression software, as he served as VP of Marketing and Product Development for Abyss Dive Systems from 2000 2003. Today he is the VP and COO of Tech Diving Limited, a subsidiary of Scuba Training and Technology Inc.
Dan Nafe
Technical diver, educator, programmer and decompression specialist.
Nafe, the principle designer of Nautilus, originally created the now historically significant decompression program MigPlan.Mac back in the early 1990s, when technical diving was first taking shape. At that time MigPlan.Mac was revolutionary because it was the only program that would compute multi-level decompression schedules based on the user's chosen decompression algorithm. As a result MigPlan became a cult product, used by thousands of divers world wide, and in fact is still used today.
Dan's work in decompression and diving education is centered on computer systems programming. He is the founder of Scuba-Training.net the world's leading system for on-line interactive education for scuba divers. Scuba-Training.net is also the firm behind the SDI On-line training programs and dozens of Internet and intranet diving manufacturers web site ordering systems.
R.W. Bill Hamilton, PhD
Hamilton Research Ltd, the Worlds foremost decompression physiologist.
Hamilton, who has been a physiologist for more than four decades, specializes in diving, aerospace, and environmental physiology, which reflects his particular interests in decompression, breathing gases, and the effects of pressure. He spent 10 years as a researcher in commercial diving with Union Carbide Corp. and its affiliate Ocean Systems Inc., before becoming a consultant and independent physiologist. Hamilton is the leader in development of nitrogen-oxygen (nitrox) saturation-excursion decompression procedures, and was responsible for most of NOAAs development work in this field. His Repex procedures for repetitive saturation-excursion diving serendipitously led to a highly effective method for managing exposure to oxygen.
Dr. Hamilton works with Scuba Training and Technology Inc., in the development and research associated with the Nautilus Dive Planner Software, its algorithms and models.
David Kenyon
Hamilton Research Ltd, lead developer and programmer of decompression software (DCAP).
Features of NAUTILUS
Open and Closed Circuit Decompression
Infinite Gas Selections
Imperial or Metric
Repetitive dives
Repetitive dives OC-CCR / CCR-OC
Air Breaks
Deep Stops
Oxygen Management
Variable Ascent Rates
Stop or Run Time
Bail out from Closed Circuit
Compare Feature
Profile Manager
Gas Supply Calculations
Multiple Schedule Table Output
PDF Manual
For a full demonstration of Nautilus Dive Planner, please visit Tech Diving Limiteds booth #1751 at DEMA 2005. Alternatively you can download a free demonstration version of NAUTILUS by logging onto www.nautilusdiveplanner.com
