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Revision NEW
APECS™ 2.7
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Date: 10 July 2008
APECS
™ OPERATIONAL
INSTRUCTIONS (v. 2.7)
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Selectable
oxygen dosage. May be adjusted on the fly to allow user to set to personal
settings according to work effort and depth of dive, this may be used to
minimize oxygen spikes. This is accomplished in two ways, by the Adaptive
Injection Algorithm which controls the amount of time the solenoid is open
and by the user selectable oxygen off time menu which increments in
intervals of 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 seconds off.
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No wet sensors.
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Two minute start up timeout for calibration, and altitude PO2 adjustment.
The Megalodon strengths come from a practical approach based off of designer
experience and the application of design principles that closely follows function
leading to form. Regarding the functions of the APECS™ electronics, it is
encouraged that the diver feels free to punch the buttons on the handsets to
see what they do, starting with the
Menu/Confirm
buttons.
DANGER! The Megalodon operates by using batteries, the diver must
insure that the batteries are fresh enough to conduct the planned diving
operation or the batteries must be replaced if they are in question on
reliability. Also, the power switches must be turned on prior to the diving
operation. The extreme Maximum allowed supply voltage is 10.0 volts,
and minimum voltage is 5.2 under load volts See pre dive check sheet.
Software System Configurations
The APECS 2.7 software comes in four configurations, each specific for the
targeted use of the electronics. These are:
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SOLHUD – Solenoid and HUD controller on one board – used when an
Isolator board is installed to support the OEM Shearwater Pursuit dive
computer or other approved external dive computers in the future. This
software version allows the electronics board to support both the oxygen
injection solenoid and the heads up display.
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SOL – Solenoid controller, also known as the Primary Controller. This is
the traditional setpoint controller.
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HUD – Heads Up controller, also known as the Secondary Controller. This
is the traditional HUD controller software.
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COPIS – The COPIS 2.70 software version is very similar to the HUD
version. It sports the water temperature support as its primary difference
from that of the HUD controller, along with, of course, a name change
displaying COPIS 2.70.
These various software items are appropriately loaded to the electronics
module at time of manufacture for the intended use of the APECS 2.7
Megalodon head assembly.
