Mares Nemo

[MelC]

This is probably a stupid question that anyone with a more techie brain than I could answer quickly but I have been researching dive computers and among others I was looking at the Mares Nemo. I noticed a great deal of angst being caused by the Iris infrared connection/download process which to me is a nice to have but not a deciding factor. My question, however, is if my laptop has a built in infrared port (which it does and which I have never had occasion to use so I am only presuming it works and has some sort of useful function), would I really need the Iris cable hookup?

I haven't found any mention of this in the Nemo manual or in a basic google search and I haven't looked at the IRIS specs or manual but my impression is that the watch talks via infrared and the IRIS translates the infrared communication and feeds it directly into your computer via cable. Presumably this heretofor useless infrared port on my laptop does the same thing? Obviously I would still need the software at a minimum.

Anyone able to satisfy my curiosity?

Mel

 

[DuboisP]

My question, however, is if my laptop has a built in infrared port (which it does and which I have never had occasion to use so I am only presuming it works and has some sort of useful function), would I really need the Iris cable hookup?

I have a M1 RGBM.
You definitively need the Iris interface.
The Mares are not Irda compatible and cannot talk to computers.

 

[MelC]

I have a M1 RGBM.
You definitively need the Iris interface.
The Mares are not Irda compatible and cannot talk to computers.

So, to translate for my slightly slow brain...whatever IR language the Nemo speaks won't be the same as the IR language my computer speaks? Am I even close?

Mel

 

[DuboisP]

So, to translate for my slightly slow brain...whatever IR language the Nemo speaks won't be the same as the IR language my computer speaks?

yes, they don't speak the same English ! ( I'm french )

 

[MelC]

yes, they don't speak the same English ! ( I'm french )

Thanks for your help. Moi je suis canadienne, alors je parle un petit peu de francais et un plus petit peu d'espagnol aussi. Mais je ne peux pas parle avec mon ordinateur.

Mel

 

[DuboisP]

Thanks for your help. Moi je suis canadienne, alors je parle un petit peu de francais et un plus petit peu d'espagnol aussi. Mais je ne peux pas parle avec mon ordinateur.

Mel

Canadians and French people don't speak the same French, anyway !

 

[MelC]

Canadians and French people don't speak the same French, anyway !

Quebecois and French people don't speak the same French but almost half of them don't consider themselves Canadian anyway. Those of us taught in other parts of the country are required to study parisian french so I don't understand a word that they are saying either.

Mel

 

[DuboisP]

Quebecois and French people don't speak the same French but almost half of them don't consider themselves Canadian anyway. Those of us taught in other parts of the country are required to study parisian french so I don't understand a word that they are saying either.

Mel

Even in France, some people don't understand Parisian French !