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| author |  Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com> | 2013-03-05 07:10:39 +0200 |
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| committer |  Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2013-03-04 22:08:03 -0800 |
| commit | a94f7807f8eb99b5387d7f9cd973571d9f44f904 (patch) | |
| tree | 851b2643648b0267b4b1d4ef8e9daf530815ec75 /Documentation | |
| parent | a6a487306e5606cb49351c23e3eb2527cd0a79d3 (diff) | |
| download | subsurface-a94f7807f8eb99b5387d7f9cd973571d9f44f904.tar.gz | |
Limited support for Suunto DM4 import
Basic functionality is implemented but at least support for multiple
cylinders is missing. Event/alarm support is only partial.
Signed-off-by: Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/user-manual.txt | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 322107647..8284d63a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -785,6 +785,41 @@ The file Divelogs.SDE can now be opened (or imported) in Subsurface. Different from earlier versions of Subsurface, no manual unpacking of the .SDE file is needed anymore. +[[S_ImportingDivesSuuntoDM4]] +Importing dives from Suunto DM4 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To import divelog from Suunto DM4, you need to locate the DM4 database +where the dives are stored. You can either look for the original +database or take a backup of the dives. We recommend the backup method +as the directory path to the main database is partly random. + +Backing up Suunto DM4 +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + + - Start Suunto DM4 + - Select 'File - Create backup' + - From the file menu select the location and name for the backup, we'll + use DM4 in here with the default suffix .bak + - Click 'Save' + - Your dives are now exported to the file DM4.bak + +Reading Suunto DM4 backup in Subsurface +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Importing the logs from DM4 does not require any special steps. You just +do the following: + + - Open the following menu 'File - Import XML Files(s)' + - Browse your directories to the location where your DM4 backup is + stored + - Select the backup file you want to import and click 'Open' + +It is also possible to do the importing from command line just like with +JDiveLog (see <<S_ImportingDivesJDiveLog, chapter Importing Dives from JDiveLog>>): + + subsurface MyDives.xml --import DM4.bak + [[S_ImportingMacDive]] Importing Dives from MacDive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -861,6 +896,7 @@ button). Then do the following: - Open the 'File - Export - XML' menu - Select the dives that you want to export - Click on the export button and select the filename + - Rename the backup file to extension .db This file can now be opened in Subsurface (as described in the previous sections). |