And every time someone buys the CD, I get a little tiny royaltie for some
pictures.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Crusty Russ" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] "Diver's Black Box"


> Yer' most welcome!  :-)
>
> However, don't wait, but buy and see their fish ID CD...it really is
> quite excellent if you're in the market for such!
>
> Best regards,
> Russ
>
>
> Ed wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Crusty - This is the kinda info I was lookin
> > for. I think I'll take a wait & see posture with them.
> > Ed
> >
> > --- Crusty Russ <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Hi Ed,
> > >
> > > I almost ordered three of these to act as simple,
> > > automatic logging
> > > devices for trips.  Hook 'em to the BC and forget
> > > about 'em.  The owners
> > > of the company (a family affair) seem to be very
> > > helpful and friendly
> > > and the product appears to be robust.
> > >
> > > They also make a fairly nice dive log program, but
> > > for some storage
> > > reason, the Sensus (their own product) is not on the
> > > list of approved
> > > devices.  That was supposed to be addressed almost a
> > > year ago...still no
> > > action.  However, the units come with a rudimentary
> > > logging program, but
> > > I'm not impressed.  ...and the only output from this
> > > program is a BMP
> > > file of the profile, no text dump for use in other
> > > logging programs.
> > >
> > > The Sensus units have a nice feature in their
> > > ability to vary the
> > > logging frequency.  They think 10 seconds is
> > > reasonable and I think that
> > > a lot can happen in 10 seconds, particularly in the
> > > upper water column!
> > > A 1 second sample (a choice I feel is appropriate)
> > > severely limits the
> > > overall logging time.  They spoke of a new unit soon
> > > to be released with
> > > more memory to allow greater resolution and longer
> > > recording times.
> > > ...that was June of 2001.
> > >
> > > The good news is that they are very busy working on
> > > updates for their
> > > most excellent fish ID product on CD rom.  The bad
> > > news is that they are
> > > almost constantly away from the office traveling to
> > > photograph, and
> > > catalog 'fishies'.  Hence further development of the
> > > Sensus languishes.
> > >
> > > my 2 cents
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Russ
> > >
> > >
> > > Ed wrote:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.reefnet.on.ca/sensus.html
> > > >
> > > > Anyone heard of this one before?
> > > > Comments?
> > > >
> > > > Ed
> > > >
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