Error message when importing .bak file from Suunto DM4
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:17 pm
Hi, I am struggling to get my dives properly moved over from Suunto DM4 into MacDive. These dives have already been overwritten on the dive computer so it's not just a matter of re-importing straight from the d6i.
- On my old MBP I have Suunto DM4 with around 75 dives
- On my new MBP I have MacDive and now Suunto DM5.
When I create a backup from Suunto DM4 on the old MBP and move the .bak file over to the new MBP and import into MacDive I get the following error message:
"Uh-Oh! Failed To Query Database: no such column: SerialNumber"
Here's what I have tried with limited success
Attempt 1
- I installed the MacDive trial directly onto the old MBP and tried to a) to import the DM4.db.bak file into MacDive and then after no success b) also tried to drag and drop the DM4.db file that sits within the hidden .config folder into MacDive. Both procedures yielded the same error message above.
Attempt 2
- I exported a sample of 12 dives from the old mac into .XML format and then re-imported these into MacDive on the new MBP. The dives came in seamlessly but the alarms or other annotations are not retained (guessing this is because the Suunto DM4 software doesn't export this data into the .XML file). All of the items under "View" are checked so they don't appear to be hidden by MacDive.
Attempt 3
- I installed DM5 on the new MBP. I then moved the DM4.db from my old MBP to the new MBP as suggested by another forum for trying to move dives between Macs when using DM4/DM5. The dives are viewable in DM5 but many of the Ascent Warnings are missing. The 20s samples no longer appear to be listed out in the "Profile" tab on DM5 but the graph appears to include all of the samples. I then created a .bak file from DM5 and imported this into MacDive on the new MBP. No error message and import fully completed however what I got was a mix of either a) dives successfully imported with all data/alarms/annotations b) dives with all data but some alarms missing or in the wrong spot or random "unknown" alarms which are not showing up in DM4 or DM5 c) some with the alarm issues AND depth information missing/corrupt (so the dive profile looks like I tried to self-induce DCS doing 0-100-0ft about 12 times during the dive).
Attempt 4
- Downloaded DM5 on the old MBP, created a backup in DM5 which I imported into MacDive on the old MBP and got same issues at Attempt 3.
All of the original information looks just fine in DM4 on the old MBP so does not look like the data is corrupt.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
- On my old MBP I have Suunto DM4 with around 75 dives
- On my new MBP I have MacDive and now Suunto DM5.
When I create a backup from Suunto DM4 on the old MBP and move the .bak file over to the new MBP and import into MacDive I get the following error message:
"Uh-Oh! Failed To Query Database: no such column: SerialNumber"
Here's what I have tried with limited success
Attempt 1
- I installed the MacDive trial directly onto the old MBP and tried to a) to import the DM4.db.bak file into MacDive and then after no success b) also tried to drag and drop the DM4.db file that sits within the hidden .config folder into MacDive. Both procedures yielded the same error message above.
Attempt 2
- I exported a sample of 12 dives from the old mac into .XML format and then re-imported these into MacDive on the new MBP. The dives came in seamlessly but the alarms or other annotations are not retained (guessing this is because the Suunto DM4 software doesn't export this data into the .XML file). All of the items under "View" are checked so they don't appear to be hidden by MacDive.
Attempt 3
- I installed DM5 on the new MBP. I then moved the DM4.db from my old MBP to the new MBP as suggested by another forum for trying to move dives between Macs when using DM4/DM5. The dives are viewable in DM5 but many of the Ascent Warnings are missing. The 20s samples no longer appear to be listed out in the "Profile" tab on DM5 but the graph appears to include all of the samples. I then created a .bak file from DM5 and imported this into MacDive on the new MBP. No error message and import fully completed however what I got was a mix of either a) dives successfully imported with all data/alarms/annotations b) dives with all data but some alarms missing or in the wrong spot or random "unknown" alarms which are not showing up in DM4 or DM5 c) some with the alarm issues AND depth information missing/corrupt (so the dive profile looks like I tried to self-induce DCS doing 0-100-0ft about 12 times during the dive).
Attempt 4
- Downloaded DM5 on the old MBP, created a backup in DM5 which I imported into MacDive on the old MBP and got same issues at Attempt 3.
All of the original information looks just fine in DM4 on the old MBP so does not look like the data is corrupt.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.