I didn't know this until after I got my Perdix AI (yesterday). I don't think this is going to stop anybody from buying one, but I still figured I'd post a mention of it here, since I never saw any mention of this before.
The Shearwater Desktop software runs on Windows 7, but it will only connect to the older SW computers. SW Desktop will NOT connect to a Perdix AI if you are running it on Windows 7.
The Shearwater explanation is that the Perdix AI uses Bluetooth Low Energy. The regular Perdix and all previous SW computers use regular Bluetooth (not Low Energy). SW says Bluetooth LE is not supported by Windows 7, so the Desktop cannot connect from Win7 to the Perdix AI.
If you are like me and your only Windows computer(s) is Windows 7, then the only way you can update firmware or download dives from a Perdix AI is by either upgrading to Windows 8 or 10, or by using a Mac - and even then the Mac has to have MacOS 10.10.0 or later.
SW did tell me that their Cloud-based app for mobile devices (e.g. iPhones and Android phones/tablets) is in beta testing right now and it will support updating the Perdix AI firmware and downloading dive data.
In the meantime, Subsurface also does not yet support the Perdix AI. So, if you don't have Windows 8 or later or MacOS 10.10 or later, you will not even be able to download dives from a Perdix AI.
Just an FYI. Like I said, I don't expect this info would stop anybody from buying one.
The Shearwater Desktop software runs on Windows 7, but it will only connect to the older SW computers. SW Desktop will NOT connect to a Perdix AI if you are running it on Windows 7.
The Shearwater explanation is that the Perdix AI uses Bluetooth Low Energy. The regular Perdix and all previous SW computers use regular Bluetooth (not Low Energy). SW says Bluetooth LE is not supported by Windows 7, so the Desktop cannot connect from Win7 to the Perdix AI.
If you are like me and your only Windows computer(s) is Windows 7, then the only way you can update firmware or download dives from a Perdix AI is by either upgrading to Windows 8 or 10, or by using a Mac - and even then the Mac has to have MacOS 10.10.0 or later.
SW did tell me that their Cloud-based app for mobile devices (e.g. iPhones and Android phones/tablets) is in beta testing right now and it will support updating the Perdix AI firmware and downloading dive data.
In the meantime, Subsurface also does not yet support the Perdix AI. So, if you don't have Windows 8 or later or MacOS 10.10 or later, you will not even be able to download dives from a Perdix AI.
Just an FYI. Like I said, I don't expect this info would stop anybody from buying one.