mstevens
Toadfish. Splendid is implied but not guaranteed.
My family has 3 Aeris computers, 2 Atmos Elites and an Atmos II. The computers are fine in themselves, but the software is about to drive me nuts.
The original software that came with them was basic to the point of being crude, but it downloaded most of what was on the computer to a file format that I could use with real software for logging and analysis.
The most recent 2.0.3 version (which has remained stagnant since February 2006 despite some significant issues) is rubbish. For one thing, while it purports to compute a SAC, for some reason it's only capable of doing so on dives downloaded into the current version - it won't compute a SAC on a dive downloaded into a previous version even if all the relevant data is there. That doesn't matter much, though, because the purported SAC it does compute has no relationship to reality. The number reported does not match to any SAC formula I have ever seen. It's also in PSI/min, which to me is silly and useless. I want volume over time, not pressure change over time. I recognize there are those who think of SAC in terms of PSI/min, but this sort of thing should be a non-issue with software, which should be easily capable of reporting whatever units a user prefers. To add insult to injury, the database is now password-locked so I can't access MY OWN DIVE DATA using alternate software. Since the older software version is no longer available on the Aeris website, owners who didn't get it with their computers are stuck with this clunker unless 3rd-party developers come up with direct downloading.
Aeris is definitely aware of these issues, and indicated a fix was on the way ages ago. I'm trying to be patient, but this is starting to seem irresponsible on their part.
The original software that came with them was basic to the point of being crude, but it downloaded most of what was on the computer to a file format that I could use with real software for logging and analysis.
The most recent 2.0.3 version (which has remained stagnant since February 2006 despite some significant issues) is rubbish. For one thing, while it purports to compute a SAC, for some reason it's only capable of doing so on dives downloaded into the current version - it won't compute a SAC on a dive downloaded into a previous version even if all the relevant data is there. That doesn't matter much, though, because the purported SAC it does compute has no relationship to reality. The number reported does not match to any SAC formula I have ever seen. It's also in PSI/min, which to me is silly and useless. I want volume over time, not pressure change over time. I recognize there are those who think of SAC in terms of PSI/min, but this sort of thing should be a non-issue with software, which should be easily capable of reporting whatever units a user prefers. To add insult to injury, the database is now password-locked so I can't access MY OWN DIVE DATA using alternate software. Since the older software version is no longer available on the Aeris website, owners who didn't get it with their computers are stuck with this clunker unless 3rd-party developers come up with direct downloading.
Aeris is definitely aware of these issues, and indicated a fix was on the way ages ago. I'm trying to be patient, but this is starting to seem irresponsible on their part.
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