Hallo Robert, Excellent work! What is the minimum specs required for the Pi? There are many Pi models available these days. One of the issues I am concerned with is the availability of IrDA dive downoads which is slowly disappearing from most OSs. With a downloader one could maintain an IrDA stack, although it might have an effect on the kernel version used. Kind regards, Willem.
On Fri, 04 Dec 2020, 23:25 Robert Helling via subsurface, < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > yesterday, we merged the Subsurface downloader branch and I would like to > hear peoples comments and suggestions for improvement. > > So what is it? > > Subsurface downloader is a command line version of Subsurface that can > read a local git repository, download dives from a dive computer and add > those to the repository. In addition, there is a web interface (in terms of > a CGI script) to drive it. > > What is the intended use? > > The iOS-Version of Subsurface in particular can only talk to Bluetooth LE > devices, in particular there is not much hope to ever directly speak to > dive computers over USB. I don’t know what is the situation with Android, > also there accessing USB dive computers might be difficult given some > security settings. In this case, you could get a Raspberry Pi and install > the Subsurface downloader. You could tether the RPi to your phone and via > the web interface make the RPi download your dives from the dive computer > and upload them to your Subsurface Cloud logbook. And then add additional > data via Subsurface-mobile on your phone. This would even work in remote > locations where your only internet connection is via your phone. > > What is the current status? > > Works for me(™). But it’s not end user ready, yet. In > ./subsurface/packaging/headless/Setting-up-downloader you will find > (hopefully complete and I did not miss any step) instructions starting from > a RPi and an empty SD card to build Subsurface downloader (this takes quite > a while) and set up the web interface. The web interface and error > reporting are still minimal and (as the installation process) on mass > market compatible, yet. > > Please give it a try and let me know what you think. Any ideas for > improvement welcome! > > I am really happy, this is now in a somewhat presentable state after the > idea for this has been dormant for several years. The essential step was > Dirk laying the foundations and recognising that tethering to the phone is > enough to make this work (while I had thought it would need to work as a > wifi access point and I got lost in getting that to work). > > Best > Robert > > PS: Of course, nothing is really Raspberry Pi dependent. Also works on my > Mac and any Linux system. Above instructions are written relative to a > Debian based system. > _______________________________________________ > subsurface mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface >
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