First, I wanted to help create a very simple program that allowed one to make changes at any point in the dive easily and quickly. I wanted to stay away from the graphical games that take a lot of time. We wanted a program that was for diving, an application where you would just punch out a profile and go. Secondly, I wanted to address several seemingly mysterious parameters, like deep stops and safety factors. Erik Baker and I have spent quite some time looking over profiles and playing with schedules, everything from extended exposures in Wakulla to recreational dives on a 30' reef.
Deep stops are relatively similar with no real dependable methodology.
Our goal with the max stop depth and gradient factor use was to merge our real experience along with my work with Erik to create a logical and predictable system. I feel confident that this system offers divers the absolute best way to personalize their dives and safety factors and to choose a sensible deep stop range. We have some great revisions in the works and are playing with a number of exciting additions for DecoPlanner. GUE will release updates and revisions to DecoPlanner to registered users as they come available. Once your order has been processed, you will receive a password and URL to download your copy of DecoPlanner After you have downloaded the 4.25M zip file, unzip the archive and run the setup installation.