Please can someone enlighten me on Deco Software?

[Roobydoo]

Greetings all

I am about to take possession of my VR3, and having read up on some of the manual, it appears that it runs off ProPlanner. After following a number of threads on this, it also appears that V-Planner is a firm favourite with many of you guys.

Honest and simple (multi-part) question here: - How similar is V-Planner to ProPlanner? If you are diving off a VR3, would you still potentially use V-Planner in the planning stage of a dive or not? Why? What are people's views on this?

I know that there is a similar thread running at the moment on "What Software", and before anyone says that "computers are a back up", I am aware of this, and I do use my tables to plan my dives. (At the moment, I have just entered the world of accelerated deco dives using air/nitrox, but want to further my understanding of this subject as I develop my experience.)

Thanks in advance of your advice

Steve

[Fathoms Down]

The VR3 actually uses the same model as ProPlanner, not DecoPlanner. If you buy the download kit for the VR3 (which is very handy if you dive different mixes regularly) you get a copy of ProPlanner as well. Taking tables in with you is very important as they act as a simple, break-proof lifeline should anything happen to your computer (i.e. it fails, falls off, etc.). I memorize my planned bottom time and refer to them whilst doing my ascent as a backup to the computer. If the computer gives me off results then the tables take over.

Personally I use ProPlanner for cutting my tables and compare them with ddPlan for a quick sanity check.

[Roobydoo]

Originally Posted by Nick Bown

The VR3 actually uses the same model as ProPlanner.

Thanks for the revision Nick - knew I was getting confused. :o I have changed my original querstion accordingly. Thank you for your quick response.

Steve

[wreckweasel]

Originally Posted by Nick Bown

The VR3 actually uses the same model as ProPlanner.

Only if you use the hetol switch!

/Z

[Mark Chase]

Originally Posted by zaksherlock

Only if you use the hetol switch!

/Z

Eh??

Proplanner is pants and has exactly the same problems as all other land based dive planning systems in that it doesn’t actually know what the dive is it just takes the info you provide verbatim.

A very square or fixed multi level dive will look the same but a 'normal' dive will look totally different so don’t worry about what you use as long as its Buhlmann based. Decoplanner is great to use and very simple to set up so I would recommend it. Vplanner is a far more powerful package with many more ways to tweak the dive but its VPM based so will give conflicting data to the Buhlmann based VR3

ATB

Mark Chase

[wreckweasel]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

A very square or fixed multi level dive will look the same but a 'normal' dive will look totally different so don’t worry about what you use as long as its Buhlmann based. Decoplanner is great to use and very simple to set up so I would recommend it. Vplanner is a far more powerful package with many more ways to tweak the dive but its VPM based so will give conflicting data to the Buhlmann based VR3

Yep.. but the comment was related to getting a desktop computer profile to match the VR3 model. the only way to do it with trimix is to use proplanner with the hetol switch.

So mark.... in response to your comment... Eh?

[Mark Chase]

Originally Posted by zaksherlock

Yep.. but the comment was related to getting a desktop computer profile to match the VR3 model. the only way to do it with trimix is to use proplanner with the hetol switch.

So mark.... in response to your comment... Eh?

OK OK call me thick I dont know what a hetol switch is thats why I said Eh? I tryed to up load my copy of Proplanner to look for one but it wouldent boot up properly

ATB

Mark Chase

[Pierre Farrugia]

I do use Proplanner and find it great, also for the first dive with Vr3, profile was identical. It was a square dive.

Regards

Pierre

[wreckweasel]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

OK OK call me thick I dont know what a hetol switch is thats why I said Eh? I tryed to up load my copy of Proplanner to look for one but it wouldent boot up properly

ATB

Mark Chase

Ya see, thats the kind of info that passes hands after the bribery known as "guinness"

[RichClark]

Originally Posted by zaksherlock

Ya see, thats the kind of info that passes hands after the bribery known as "guinness"

So are you gonna share.... I'll give you some good rep

Rich