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I had posted that a LDS had informed me that the Vyper Air had a problem that would cause it to go into Gauge Mode from Air mode mid dive and would not let you go back into Air mode.
No one here nor Suunto's support knew anything about it.
I just ran into it but this should never normally happen.
We were doing our first pool dives and my watch was on channel 20 (remember this). We were doing our out of air exercises. My instructor closed my tank valve and I depleted the pressure in the lines. At this point the watch reports FAIL. After re pressurizing the lines, the watch continued to read FAIL. I think I know why:
The transmitter is turned on by pressure, off in the absence of it. When the instructor killed my air and the pressure was released, the transmitter turned off. When she reopened the tank, the transmitter changed channels as I was able to (after the dive) reconnect to it but it was on channel 2.
Normally, I don't think most ppl will allow their tanks to go that low to have it reset on them mid-dive. However, this is an issue in that the transmitter is switching channels. It should stay the same, IMO.
I guess it's just Suunto's way of allowing you to change the transmit channel.
JMTC
No one here nor Suunto's support knew anything about it.
I just ran into it but this should never normally happen.
We were doing our first pool dives and my watch was on channel 20 (remember this). We were doing our out of air exercises. My instructor closed my tank valve and I depleted the pressure in the lines. At this point the watch reports FAIL. After re pressurizing the lines, the watch continued to read FAIL. I think I know why:
The transmitter is turned on by pressure, off in the absence of it. When the instructor killed my air and the pressure was released, the transmitter turned off. When she reopened the tank, the transmitter changed channels as I was able to (after the dive) reconnect to it but it was on channel 2.
Normally, I don't think most ppl will allow their tanks to go that low to have it reset on them mid-dive. However, this is an issue in that the transmitter is switching channels. It should stay the same, IMO.
I guess it's just Suunto's way of allowing you to change the transmit channel.
JMTC