Dive Computer Application and Use

Use and Application

In our Under-Water Microbiome research we are using the Cressi Dive Computer, Leonardo Addition. Our motivation for using this dive computer is that it will allow us to receive information from the dive in a format that we can work with. This is necessary because the Fifish V6 Expert Drone that we use relays data such as time, depth, and temperature in the form as a watermark on the video captured, essentially whenever you are not recording you have no access to this information. Not only that but it doesn't save this data, it is only available through the images produced by the drones camera interface. The current computer and drone setup has the dive computer on top of the drone strapped down by wires hugging the side motors. This allows us to receive data from both the drone and dive computer without interfering with the performance of either.

Through the use of this dive computer and software program we are able to look at the data from the dive of the drone in a text format that will allow us to create graphs and quickly look through the data to see what temperature and depth the drone was at for any given moment recorded. This specific tab will also display the mode you were in (ex. air or nitride mix), pressure, and decompression information (information involving rising to the surface). The software along with this allows you to put a location on a map as to where a dive took place and write down notes involving the dive including weather and water conditions, visibility, and wind. You can take images taken from the drone and attach them to the specific dive and dive folder within the Cressi PC Interface.

Installation and Manual

Download of Cressi PC Interface- https://www.cressi.com/software

Dive computer manual- https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/cressielettronica/software/CressiPcInterface_2_0_1_ManualeUtente_ENG.pdf