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The title may be a bit specific and this method may apply to other dive computers and mobile devices but that’s what I tried, feel free to contribute your own experience...or questions.
Given weight restrictions when travelling and resilience of computers with moving parts, an iPad is the ideal travel computer. Logging is possible wirelessly with apps such as Dive Log, but what about uploading a file to the dive computer such as an image or firmware update?
Neat little hub devices are available that will connect wirelessly to your iPad and in turn connect via USB to your dive computer. I used the following combination:
- Scubapro Galileo G2
- RavPower FileHub Plus (RAVPower FileHub Plus, Wireless Travel Router, SD Card Reader USB Portable Hard Drive Companion, DLNA NAS Sharing Media Streamer 6700mAh External Battery Pack https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TI3WQJS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_jF8WBb09ZVNMZ)
Typically, you would create (map drawing for example) or download (firmware update for example) the file you need to transfer to your dive computer and send it to the FileHub Plus app for storage on the iPad. The FileHub Plus device is then connected to the iPad via Wi-fi and the Galileo G2 connected to the FileHub Plus device using the standard USB cable. The Galileo G2 is set to “disk” and after a few seconds it appears as a new drive in the FileHub Plus app in the iPad. At that stage you simply copy the file(s) over to the dive computer!
This specific hub device can charge the dive computer at the same time and is itself battery powered so you can even imagine doing this on a boat or by the pool!
Sorry for the length but this nerdy topic does need some details!
Given weight restrictions when travelling and resilience of computers with moving parts, an iPad is the ideal travel computer. Logging is possible wirelessly with apps such as Dive Log, but what about uploading a file to the dive computer such as an image or firmware update?
Neat little hub devices are available that will connect wirelessly to your iPad and in turn connect via USB to your dive computer. I used the following combination:
- Scubapro Galileo G2
- RavPower FileHub Plus (RAVPower FileHub Plus, Wireless Travel Router, SD Card Reader USB Portable Hard Drive Companion, DLNA NAS Sharing Media Streamer 6700mAh External Battery Pack https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00TI3WQJS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_jF8WBb09ZVNMZ)
Typically, you would create (map drawing for example) or download (firmware update for example) the file you need to transfer to your dive computer and send it to the FileHub Plus app for storage on the iPad. The FileHub Plus device is then connected to the iPad via Wi-fi and the Galileo G2 connected to the FileHub Plus device using the standard USB cable. The Galileo G2 is set to “disk” and after a few seconds it appears as a new drive in the FileHub Plus app in the iPad. At that stage you simply copy the file(s) over to the dive computer!
This specific hub device can charge the dive computer at the same time and is itself battery powered so you can even imagine doing this on a boat or by the pool!
Sorry for the length but this nerdy topic does need some details!