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Need help Syncing my Oceanic VT 4.1
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:15 am
by kschoewe
Can someone walk me through this, please? I've downloaded and licensed MacDive and installed driver FTDI USB Serial Driver _10_4_10_5_10_6_10_7. I am running MAC OS 10.7.3 on my MacBook Pro. I can find no serial ports listed in Preferences for MacDive. When I attach my computer to my laptop, using the USB cable it came with, all I see is "Use Oceanlog PC Program to download your info."
Any help is greatly appreciated!
kschoewe
Re: Need help Syncing my Oceanic VT 4.1
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:58 am
by nick
If you have installed the driver and find no serial ports under Preferences -> Advanced -> Scan for serial port, then one of two things is happening: You didn't actually install the driver, or the cable is not plugged in.
Steps:
1. Download Driver
2. Install Driver (follow the on screen instructions)
3. Plug in dive comp
4. Click Download Dives -> Oceanic -> VT4.1
You may need 3a, scan for serial port, if it is not detected by default.
Re: Need help Syncing my Oceanic VT 4.1
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:10 pm
by kschoewe
Thank you. Can you tell from my information if I even downloaded the correct driver?
kschoewe
Re: Need help Syncing my Oceanic VT 4.1
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:42 am
by nick
The FTDI driver is correct for the VT 4.1.
Re: Need help Syncing my Oceanic VT 4.1
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:34 pm
by kschoewe
Thanks again, Nick. Sorry to be such a pain. I can now see the driver in Preferences, so that's good. Still, when I plug in my VT 4.1, I get "PC Comm in * seconds" and then nothing after the countdown completes. I'm not really sure what to expect. Shouldn't MacDive recognize the computer or something? Maybe it's because I don't have a completed dive yet?
kschoewe
Re: Need help Syncing my Oceanic VT 4.1
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:48 am
by nick
You need to File -> Download Dives -> Oceanic -> VT4.1
But if you haven't done any dives, then there isn't much point..