DPlan - Quickstart Guide

The Control Panel is admittedly very dense, but all options are set to defaults that you will probably not need to change, so using the program is actually very easy, largely just point-and-click.

Make sure 'Waypoints' is selected. In the 'Waypoints' box, erase the sample numbers and enter your dive or dives for the day, on separate lines as 2-number pairs: depth time, separated by a space. A surface interval is entered as a dive with zero depth.

Set up your Equipment & Environment options. The defaults are sea level, saltwater, open circuit on air. Check off any deco gases you will be using. Click on the 'Error' button. Your resulting deco profile will open in a new window.

To make a dive table, check 'Table Generator', and enter the depth and time range. Other parameters are as above. Click the 'Error' button to generate the table. For many more options, see the full D-Plan User Manual.

WARNING:

This program is written for the sole purpose of experimenting with various concepts in decompression theory. It is not meant to be a real dive planner and probably contains dangerous bugs and errors.


Northern Water Snake

Nerodia sipedon

Size: to 42"

Habitat: in and around water

Notes: Not poisonous, but likely to bite if caught, with sharp, needle-like teeth. These snakes retreat into the water at the slightest disturbance, and are excellent swimmers, although they show no particular adaptations to it like oceanic sea snakes. Common small harmless Garter snakes are also often found around water. Most sport some variation of an attractive pattern of yellow/black stripes.

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