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VI Dive planner
VI UWATEC
®
Aladin
®
dive computers
VI
Aladin
®
has a dive planner which allows the planning of no-stop dives. TEC The dive planner allows
planning of decompression dives.
• selected fraction of oxygen and MOD
•
TEC
selected water type
•
TEC
selected microbubble level
• water temperature of the most recent dive
• altitude range (if any)
• status of saturation at the time the dive planner is selected
• assuming a normal workload of the diver and observance of the prescribed
ascent rates
If two or more divers using computers are planning a dive, planning for all
divers has to be based on the dive computer showing the shortest no-stop
times. Failure to do this may lead to serious injury or death from decompres-
sion sickness.
1 Planning a no-stop dive
To select the dive planner Aladin
®
must be in user mode (time of day display). Push or
until the symbol for the dive planner appears. (The dive planner cannot be selected in gauge mode.)
The microbubble warning and its duration are dis-
played if
Aladin
®
detects an increased risk due to the
accumulation of microbubbles.
Enter the dive planner with .
The input window for the time interval is displayed
if there was a remaining desaturation (DESAT) befo-
re the dive planner has been selected. This surface
interval between now and the beginning of the dive
can be changed with and in steps of
15 minutes. Aladin
®
displays the CNS O
2
% value
and the altitude section to which you may not rise
at the end of the selected surface interval.
If a microbubble warning (no dive) and its duration
has been displayed, Aladin
®
proposes this time –
rounded up to the next 15 minutes – as surface
interval. If the proposed interval is shortened, the
microbubble warning appears.
Confirm with the displayed interval (if applicable).
With
and set
the depth for which you want to know the
no-
stop time.
TEC
If a microbubble level has been selected (L1-L5), the MB no-stop time
is shown.
Depths deeper than the MOD for the selected gas (O
2
mix) are not displayed.
On page 26 you will find further information and safety considerations
regarding the microbubble warning.
