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diff --git a/Documentation/images/icons/divingloglogo.jpg b/Documentation/images/icons/divingloglogo.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..3864d7364 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/images/icons/divingloglogo.jpg diff --git a/Documentation/images/icons/mareslogo.jpg b/Documentation/images/icons/mareslogo.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..349ba7879 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/images/icons/mareslogo.jpg diff --git a/Documentation/images/icons/suuntologo.jpg b/Documentation/images/icons/suuntologo.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..16fe7b0fa --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/images/icons/suuntologo.jpg diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 5d2508a16..c75a48fee 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -720,16 +720,18 @@ accessible through the Import dialogue are also supported, as explained below. ==== Importing from Mares Dive Organiser V2.1 -Mares dive logs need to be imported using a three-step process, +Since Mares utilise proprietory Microsoft software not compatible with multi-platform +software, these dive logs cannot be directly imported into _Subsurface_. Mares dive +logs need to be imported using a three-step process, using _www.divelogs.de_ as a mechanism to extract the dive information from the file. - - Export dive log data from Mares Dive Organiser to your desktop. See -xref:Mares_Export[Appendix C] for more information. + - Export dive log data from Mares Dive Organiser to your desktop, using + a _.sdf_ file name extension. See xref:Mares_Export[Appendix C] for more information. - Import the data into _www.divelogs.de_. Create a user account in _www.divelogs.de_, log into that web site, then select _Import Logbook -> Dive Organiser_ from the menu on the left hand side. -Follow the instructions carefully to transfer the dive information from the +Follow the instructions carefully to transfer the dive information (in _.sdf_ format) from the Dive Organiser data base to _www.divelogs.de_. - Then follow the instructions below to import dives from _divelogs.de_ to _Subsurface_. @@ -745,7 +747,7 @@ user-ID and password for _divelogs.de_ into the appropriate fields. Then select the _Download_ button. Download from _divelogs.de_ starts immediately, evident on a progress bar in the dialogue box. At the and of the download, the successful status is indicated (see figure on the right [*B*], below). Select the -_Apply_ button. The imported dives appear in the *Dive List* panel. +_Apply_ button. The imported dives appear in the _Subsurface_ *Dive List* panel. image::images/Divelogs1.jpg["FIGURE:Download from Divelogs.de",align="center"] @@ -1220,8 +1222,8 @@ If you dive regularly, the dive list can rapidly become very long. _Subsurface_ can group dives into _trips_. It performs this by grouping dives that have date/times that are not separated in time by more than two days, thus creating a single heading for each diving trip represented in the dive log. Below is an -ungrouped dive list (A, on the left) as well as a grouped dive list with -several trips (B, on the right): +ungrouped dive list (*A*, on the left) as well as the corresponding grouped dive +list comprising five dive trips (*B*, on the right): image::images/Group2.jpg["Figure: Grouping dives",align="center"] @@ -1531,9 +1533,8 @@ the selected dives in the logbook) in UDDF format. === Import - <<S_ImportDiveComputer,_Import from dive computer_>> - Import dive information from a dive computer. -- <<S_ImportingUDDF,_Import Files_>> - Import dive information from a file in -UDDF or in another _Subsurface_-compatible format. -- _Import CSV_ - Import dive information from a data file in CSV format. +- <<Unified_import,_Import Files_>> - Import dive information from a file in +in a _Subsurface_-compatible format. - <<S_Companion,_Import GPS data from Subsurface Service_>> - Load GPS coordinates from the _Subsurface_ mobile phone app. - <<S_ImportingDivelogsDe,_Import from Divelogs.de_>> - Import dive information @@ -1833,9 +1834,17 @@ This appendix provides some information about approaches to export dive log data dive log software. The procedures below mostly apply to Linux and/or Windows. [[S_ImportingDivesSuunto]] -=== Exporting dives from *Suunto Divemanager 3 (DM3)* +=== Exporting dives from *Suunto Divemanager (DM3 and DM4)* +[icon="images/icons/suuntologo.jpg"] +[NOTE] +Divemanager 3 (DM3) is an older version of the Suunto software. More recent +Suunto dive computers use Divemanager 4 (DM4). The +two versions of Divemanager use different methods and different file naming +conventions to export dive log data. + +*Divemanager 3 (DM3):* - - Start 'Suunto Divemanager' and log in with the name containing the logs + - Start 'Suunto Divemanager 3' and log in with the name containing the logs - Do not start the import wizard to import dives from your computer. - In the navigation tree on the left side of the program-window, select your dives. @@ -1854,9 +1863,7 @@ last dive * You are back in the Export pop-up. Press the button 'Export' - Your dives are now exported to the file Divelogs.SDE. - -[[S_ImportingDivesSuuntoDM4]] -=== Exporting dives from *Suunto Divemanager 4 (DM4)* +*Divemanager 4 (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 @@ -1884,13 +1891,13 @@ Backing up Suunto DM4: === Exporting from Mares Dive Organiser V2.1 [[Mares_Export]] -Mares Dive Organiser is a Windows application. The dive log is kept as a +[icon="images/icons/mareslogo.jpg"] +[NOTE] +Mares Dive Organiser is a Microsoft application. The dive log is kept as a Microsoft SQL Compact Edition data base with a .SDF filename extension. The data base includes all Dive Organiser-registered divers on the particular -computer and all Mares dive computers used. Since -Mares utilise proprietory Windows software not compatible with multi-platform software, -these dive logs cannot be directly imported into _Subsurface_. The safest way to obtain a copy -these dive data base is to export the information to another compatibale format +computer and all Mares dive computers used. The safest way to obtain a copy +of the dive data base is to export the information to another compatibale format which can be imported into _Subsurface_. - Within Dive Organiser, select @@ -1898,11 +1905,13 @@ _Database -> Backup_ from the main menu and back up the data base to the desk to This creates a zipped file DiveOrganiserxxxxx.dbf. - Rename the file to DiveOrganiserxxxxx.zip. Inside the zipped directory is a file _DiveOrganiser.sdf_. - - Extract it from the zipped folder to your Desktop. + - Extract the _.sdf_ file from the zipped folder to your Desktop. [[S_ImportingDivinglog]] === Exporting dives from *DivingLog 5.0* +[icon="images/icons/divingloglogo.jpg"] +[NOTE] Unfortunately DivingLog XML files give us no indication on the preferences set on your system. So in order for _Subsurface_ to be able to successfully import XML files from DivingLog |