JonAustin
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Suunto has released DM 2.3. I haven't gotten to play with it yet. Does anybody see any real improvements, or is the old software merely compatible with their new D6?
Suunto Dive Manager 2.3
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JonAustin:
I tried that one (I currently have 1.6) and hated it. I think the 1.6 has much more functionality and is a lot more user friendly. Thats my opinion though.
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I got a copy of this version a couple of weeks ago. It looks like it only supports the new D6 interface. They say it fixed some bugs, but for the things I was looking for nothing changed.
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rockjock3:
same opinion here. I have both but only use 1.6. I like the file format (.sdm files) instead of the other one you dont know where or how your info is saved.
I like the logbook style of 1.6 and graphs. I like it's rapidity.
I hate 2.3
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wardric:
v2.x stores all the data in an MS-Access database. It is password protected, but easy to get around. I have the password (at home) if anyone wants it. In theory it is easy to pull the information out of the database in whatever format you want to (eg, make a custom report to print your logs how you want them. In practice, it's a rather convaluted database design, and may take some fiddling to get you head around it. I have plans to do this. But I also have plans to do a lot of other things too...
My mistake, I dont have 2.3 but 2.1.3 so I dont know if I should hate 2.3 or not. It seems though that 2.3 is not much different than 2.1.3 in it's conception. I'll try it and will be back with my evaluation.
Transfering info from 1.6 to 2.X was a bad experience. All my data got mixed up and some was lost. Also, the order of my dives was all mixed up. Some were named after dive # and some by date but even dates were in different format (D/M/Y and some in Y/M/D). Very annoying.
Transfering info from 1.6 to 2.X was a bad experience. All my data got mixed up and some was lost. Also, the order of my dives was all mixed up. Some were named after dive # and some by date but even dates were in different format (D/M/Y and some in Y/M/D). Very annoying.
Bigger Al:
Yea, all my dives were reading 32 degrees F. Yea, in Hawaii.
The lousy software is the primary reason I got rid of my suunto computers. They haven't improved nearly enough to make it worth changing back. I've gone to Uwatec and love their software.
I've been using v2.2 for a couple of months now for my cobra ... if 2.3 is a bug fix ... can we pull down a bug fix list in english? Now if only Cochran would make their software as easy to obtain.
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