Ok, third try is the charm. I finally was able to get the PDC (PP2.1) to talk to Oceanlog 2.x. BTW, the support telephone number goes straight to a voice mailbox, which is full.
Turns out my biggest problem is that the cable was upside down. :doh:
Why in the world would anyone in the 21st century manufacture a cable interface that was bi-directional if the feature would not function in both positions????
After all that effort I have to say I'm not terribly impressed with Oceanlog. Does anyone know how to change the initial "Life Time Dive #" so the printed pages will be sequential with your current log? And the total down time?
The whole "right click to ADD" for field entry is lame and non-intuitive also.
And a rhetorical question: Why do they show SAC when they are actually calculating RMV?
EDIT: Ron at Oceanic returned my email within 3 hours. He sent additional documentation and offered to talk me through it. Of course, it's fixed now. But wanted to give Oceanic credit for responding.
Addendum: Once I successfully installed Oceanlog it finally allowed me to change my Life Time Dives on the Personal Info area. The the dives were numbered accordingly. Still haven't figured out how to change or input initial Total Dive Time.
Turns out my biggest problem is that the cable was upside down. :doh:
Why in the world would anyone in the 21st century manufacture a cable interface that was bi-directional if the feature would not function in both positions????
After all that effort I have to say I'm not terribly impressed with Oceanlog. Does anyone know how to change the initial "Life Time Dive #" so the printed pages will be sequential with your current log? And the total down time?
The whole "right click to ADD" for field entry is lame and non-intuitive also.
And a rhetorical question: Why do they show SAC when they are actually calculating RMV?
EDIT: Ron at Oceanic returned my email within 3 hours. He sent additional documentation and offered to talk me through it. Of course, it's fixed now. But wanted to give Oceanic credit for responding.
Addendum: Once I successfully installed Oceanlog it finally allowed me to change my Life Time Dives on the Personal Info area. The the dives were numbered accordingly. Still haven't figured out how to change or input initial Total Dive Time.
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