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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