Dive Computer
User Manual
Liquivision Products, Inc
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Revision 1.9 Software 1.17
This menu works in the same manner as the previous menu – the Ascent Rate menu. In this case,
though, a rule is in effect once you're
deeper
than your specified start depth, and first rule will apply
from surface downward, until you reach you next rule's start depth.
4.6.5. Descent Rate
This menu item displays a screen with your current saturation:
4.7. Your Saturation (only in Rec & Tec modes)
Your Saturation screen after a period of no diving
Your Saturation screen after a deep dive
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Your current CNS (Central Nervous System) oxygen saturation (refer to
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OTU (Oxygen Toxicity Units) left for today (refer to
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Time to full desaturation from inert gases
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Your theoretical allowed pressure, and the altitude to which it corresponds
WARNING
The theoretical allowed pressure refers to tolerated ambient pressure, calculated with the Bühlmann
ZH-L16C algorithm
. It is a strictly theoretical calculation, and you should not use it as a definite way
to figure out when is it OK to fly or drive into the mountains. It is provided as an additional point of
reference for your decision about going into higher altitude. Use your training agency’s and/or DAN
guidelines about flying after diving. The corresponding altitude is yet another theoretical calculation,
based on average pressures at altitudes.
This item is here so you can experiment with ascent schedule calculations, gas switches, emergency
modes, etc., without getting yourself or your KAON wet. When you enter “Simulation”, it will open
sub-menu asking you for depth and time of the dive, its speed (whether it’s normal – 1x, or faster – 2x,
up to 4x faster than normal), and then you can select “Start”.
4.8. Simulate Dive
A few things to note about the KAON simulator:
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The simulator follows descent and ascent rate limits
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It takes a moment to turn on, since the simulation starts at 0m / 0ft but the KAON considers a dive
to start after divers descends below 1.6m / 5.2ft
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If the time you set is too short to reach the specified depth, the simulator will just keep descending
for the allotted time, and then start ascending without reaching the depth you specified
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Please note that the Auto Dim option is not available during a simulation
