On Windows, the hidapi library uses the standard Microsoft USB HID
driver, while libusb requires the installation of a different driver
(WinUSB or libusbK). But installing one of the libusb drivers breaks
compatibility with other applications using hidapi (Scubapro LogTRAK and
Suunto DM5) because only one driver can be active. Switching
libdivecomputer to hidapi avoids this problem.
On Linux, the hidapi library doesn't seem to offer any advantages over
libusb. Most distributions don't even have the hidapi library installed
by default. Because there are usually two variants of the hidapi library
available on Linux (hidapi-libusb and hidapi-hidraw), the autotools
build system won't be able to detect it out-of-the-box, and will
automatically fallback to the libusb implementation.
On Mac OS X, hidapi is already the default (and also the only option).
The correct name for the OSTC 3+ is OSTC Plus nowadays. Allthough the
exact name doesn't really matter because all OSTC3 based models are
compatible, using the correct name should reduce confusing for
end-users.
The Cochran Commander TM appears to be a first generation Commander with
limited storage and function compared to later models.
The main differences are:
- The TM doesn't support high-speed transfer so use the 0x05 read
command and don't change to a higher baud rate. Still reset to 9600
to wait for the heartbeat.
- The TM has a different config command (one byte).
- The TM has only one config page.
This adds support for older Cochran Commander dive computers,
specifically Commanders with serial numbers prior to 21000.
This also renames "Commander" model to "Commander II" and
adds "Commander I" to refer to pre-21000 models.
The back-end parser seems to be the same as for the Uwatec Smart (aka
Galileo Sol). At least that's the assumption right now.
The downloader just uses USB HID (very similar to EON Steel) rather than
the horrible IrDA thing.
There's also eventually a BLE thing, but that's for the future.
This is an unholy mixture of the Uwatec Smart downloader logic and the
EON Steel usbhid transfer code. The back-end is pure Uwatec Smart
(model 0x11, same as Galileo Sol).
I'm not at all sure this gets everything right, but it downloads
*something*.
[Jef Driesen: Renamed the backend to uwatec, and made some smaller
cosmetic changes to match the existing coding style.]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
The dummy IrDA implementation is integrated in the main file. The
appropriate implementation is selected using conditional compilation
based on the features detect by the autotools build system.
The Cressi Drake is a mainly a freedive computer. The data format is
almost identical to the Leonardo. The main difference is that a single
dive now contains an entire freedive session. Each freedive in the
session is delimited with a 4 byte header containing the surface
interval and a special marker.
The Aeris 500AI is quite different from the other vtpro compatible
models. First, it uses the INTR protocol variant. Next, it doesn't
appear to have a logbook ringbuffer. Instead it supports a new read
logbook index command (0x52) that returns the logbook entries. This
requires a custom implementation of the logbook function.
The protocol of the iX3M series is almost identical to the protocol of
the iDive series. The main difference is that the command bytes and the
size of the response packets have been changed. In order to be able to
communicate with the correct set of commands, the user needs to supply
the correct number now. To maintain backwards compatibility, a new
variant of the open function is added.
The Mares Smart Apnea uses a different data format than the regular
Smart, because it records not only a summary of each freedive in the
session, but also a full depth profile.
Because both the regular Smart and the Smart Apnea have the same model
number (0x10), another way to distinguish the two variants is needed.
Therefore, the Smart Apnea gets a modified model number, with one of the
higher bit set. The actual type is detected from the contents of the
version packet.
The new Smart Apnea is also capable of recording multiple samples per
second (e.g. 2, 4 or 8). But since our smallest unit of time is one
second, we can't represent this, and the extra samples will get dropped
for now.
The Shearwater Petrel 2 uses exactly the same communication protocol as
the original Petrel. Therefore the new model has always been supported
out, and we only need to add the new model to the list of supported
devices.
The Tusa IQ-700 is very similar to the other Seiko based models. The
most important change is that due the smaller amount of memory (8K vs
32K), the logbook entries are only 1 byte large instead of two bytes.
The Mares Smart supports not only scuba diving, but also freediving.
Because the freedive data format is fundamentally different from the
regular dives, being able to detect the type of dive in advance is very
important. For that reason, Mares moved the 4 bytes containing the dive
mode and number of samples from the beginning of the header to the end.
Except for this 4 byte shift, there are no changes for regular dives.
For the freedives, there is no real profile available, only a summary of
the entire freedive session. In an attempt to workaround this
limitation, we generate a pseudo profile in exactly the same (but ugly)
way as is done in the Mares Nemo backend.
The new OSTC3 (model 0x1A) is identical to the existing OSTC3, except
that the usb interface has been replaced with a bluetooth interface.
The new OSTC2 (model 0x1A) will retain the look and feel of the OSTC 2C
(e.g. plastic housing, piezo buttons and rechargable battery), but under
the hood it will use the same firmware as the OSTC3. It will also have a
bluetooth interface.
The latest firmware v1.75 introduced a new hardware descriptor byte to
identify the different models based on their hardware features. This new
hardware descriptor is now used as the libdivecomputer model number. For
older firmware versions, which do not support the descriptor yet, there
is an automatic fallback to the previous method based on the serial
number.
The Oceanic VTX is very similar to the Aeris A300 CS. The main
difference is the higher baudrate (115200 vs 38400). This is annoying
because without the correct baudrate, no communication is possible and
thus the existing autodetection based on the version packet doesn't
work. As a workaround, we now rely on the model number from the device
descriptor. The consequence is that the user must select the correct
model now (or at least a model with the same baudrate).
The OSTC cR is new model for closed circuit (CCR) diving. Under the hood
it's identical to the OSTC 3, but with an S8 connector to interface with
an external oxygen sensor. Since the data format already supports oxygen
sensors, the OSTC cR can be added to the list of supported devices
without any further changes.
