Galileo Support.

[Riger]

Hi there,

Firstly - Good luck with the new Forum, I hope it is a huge success for you and the MacDive software.

I would like to request support for the Galileo Sol. If there is anything that I can do to get you the data you need, please let me know.

I know this request was made on the ScubaBoard forum, I look forward to any progress you may make for this support.

Very Best Regards

Richard
(Riger)

[nick]

I would like to request support for the Galileo Sol.

I could have guessed this would be the very first question

Unfortunately for now Uwatec support is off the cards, at Uwatecs request. They would prefer Mac users stick with JTrak.

[Riger]

Nick,

Thanks for the response.

Wow, Uwatec's request !!

That is almost reason enough to tell Uwatec to stick their product and to switch to another computer!!

Sound harsh? I know, but that seems extreme to block 3rd party, read only interface.

Regards

Richard

[nick]

I've never used their windows software, but does it have any export options ?

[egon]

Interestingly, JTrak works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. It's a java application, and it's packaged for each of the three platforms, but I imagine the core of the application doesn't differ drastically for that reason.

The Mac version does have an export, but it's "Microsoft Excel" only.

I exported the default dives that it comes with, and it looks like it exports only Time, Depth, Temp.
It also appears to export only a single dive at a time, no matter how many are selected.

:-/

[nick]

I'm going to look in to reading the access DB, which will be better than nothing for now. I'll see how I go though - depending on time, it may or may not be in the first release.

[egon]

On the Mac, it uses the HSQL Database engine, with a memory table type.

Under ~/Library/Preferences/jtrak/DB_V3, the file jtrak.script is simply a set of SQL statements. I've tested a little, and when I create a new logbook, or new dives, it adds those statements to that file.

It looks like it creates a memory based logbook on the fly, from SQL statements.

[nick]

Do you have a sample file I could look at?

[egon]

Sure.. I can email them, or if there's a place to put files for the forums, I can upload them there. Since I have blank devices, I was thinking of posting dumps somewhere, and maybe port sniff logs as well.

[nick]

For now just drop me a mail - I'll look at setting something more convenient up later.