Recommendation infrared adapter

[Pe He]

Hi,

I want to import my divelogs from my Scubapro Aladin Sport to my Windows 10 PC. Can anyone recommend a good (and cheap) infrared adapter (USB)?

The original from Scubapro/Uwatev is to expensive. :-(

https://www.amazon.de/UWATEC-IRDA-USB-2-0-Infrarotschnittstelle/dp/B008B75NTC

Thank you for your help!

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[Willem Ferguson]

On 2019/07/27 13:20, Pe He wrote:

Hi,

I want to import my divelogs from my Scubapro Aladin Sport to my Windows 10 PC. Can anyone recommend a good (and cheap) infrared adapter (USB)?

The original from Scubapro/Uwatev is to expensive. :-(

https://www.amazon.de/UWATEC-IRDA-USB-2-0-Infrarotschnittstelle/dp/B008B75NTC

Thank you for your help!

The IrDA communications protocol is very old and USB dongles are scarce in shop. I suggest you do an Internet search for "Moschip MCS7780" or "MCS7780 USB dongle" to see if there is a supplier available from the Internet. The Moschip MCS7780 was the microchip used by Uwatec in their infra-red dongle. If you cannot find on the Internet, I suspect your only option would be to buy one from Scubapro. Read the Subsurface user manual with respect to the use of IrDA communication with Uwatec/Scubapro dive computers.

Kind regards,

willem

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[Darrell Barabash]

I have been using the GEARMO IrDa adapter (https://www.gearmo.com/product-category/infrared/) on my computers. They all are Linux MINT (or Ubuntu) and this adapter works flawlessly with my Galileo Luna. I assume it would also work with Windows but I can't test it. 

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