I finally got around to tinkering with my Vyper interface kit that I recently bought from Athens Home Solutions .
Anyway, Jamie was a pleasure to deal with, payment was easy, shipping was fast, and the kit looked as promised when I opened it. I am not an electronics wiz, so I must admit it looked a little daunting at first. To give you some background, I had not had my soldering iron out (other than to burn a hole in a wetsuit hood) in a few years. At any rate, the directions are straightforward and easy to follow and the circuit board is nicely labeled. All the pieces come on an easy to follow sheet with the corresponding part taped under its number. After getting used to soldering again, I was in business...
I was able to muddle through it and in an evening have a working Vyper interface for $30 + shipping. Not bad... If you are horribly frightened by soldering, then order the complete unit for $45 + shipping.
I have never owned a PC interface, but it seems that the computer is limited in the number of dives you can download. It looks like it chopped at least a hundred off the front of the thing and only uploaded 50 to the computer. Is this normal? I thought I remembered reading somewhere that it only saved 36 hours of dive info or something and that is why I cannot download the other dives...any truth to that?
Anyway, Jamie was a pleasure to deal with, payment was easy, shipping was fast, and the kit looked as promised when I opened it. I am not an electronics wiz, so I must admit it looked a little daunting at first. To give you some background, I had not had my soldering iron out (other than to burn a hole in a wetsuit hood) in a few years. At any rate, the directions are straightforward and easy to follow and the circuit board is nicely labeled. All the pieces come on an easy to follow sheet with the corresponding part taped under its number. After getting used to soldering again, I was in business...
I was able to muddle through it and in an evening have a working Vyper interface for $30 + shipping. Not bad... If you are horribly frightened by soldering, then order the complete unit for $45 + shipping.
I have never owned a PC interface, but it seems that the computer is limited in the number of dives you can download. It looks like it chopped at least a hundred off the front of the thing and only uploaded 50 to the computer. Is this normal? I thought I remembered reading somewhere that it only saved 36 hours of dive info or something and that is why I cannot download the other dives...any truth to that?