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  • Page 1 Owner’s manual...
  • Page 2 RoHS Konformitätserklärung CE Konformitätserklärung Die Produkte von heinrichs weikamp entsprechen den An- heinrichs weikamp erklärt hiermit, dass alle von uns ab Januar forderungen der Richtlinie des EU-Rates 89/336/EEC (EMV) 2006 hergestellten Produkte RoHS-konform sind gemäss EU und 2004/108/EC (EMV), ggf. ergänzt in der Angleichung Richtlinie 2002/95/EG bezüglich folgender Substanzen:...

  • Page 3: Your Frog

    Whilst we have designed the frog to be as intuitive and as easy to use as possible • ...internet forum: we still recommend that you read these www.heinrichsweikamp.com...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    About this manual ........ 7 Body components ........15 Switches ..........16 Safety measures .......... 8 LED indicators ........16 Precautions ..........8 Display ............16 Before Every Dive ........9 High altitude diving ......17 While Diving .........11 Safe Usage of your frog .....12 Environmental Conditions ....13...
  • Page 5 Content Setup and user configuration ....17 Deco planner ..........36 Start screen ..........18 Bluetooth interface ........38 Main menu ..........20 Technical data ..........40 Settings ............22 Conservatism ..........41 Pre-dive setup ..........24 Changing the batteries ......42 Preparations for diving ......26 Dive mode ...........28 Post diving ..........33 Care and maintenance ......35...

  • Page 6: General Notes

    General notes Technical status This manual corresponds to the techni- cal status of frog dive computer and its firmware as of May, 2012. frog, its firmware and the documentation are subject to technical changes without notice. Customer settings All information in this manual are re- lated to standard settings if not stated otherwise.

  • Page 7: About This Manual

    IMPORTANT: indicates a situation that carries a significant risk of injury.. REMARK: Indicates a situation that car- ries a risk of injury or damage to the de- vice. Terms of Use Copyright © heinrichs weikamp...

  • Page 8: Safety Measures

    The most important factor in diving stand the settings and displayed infor- safely is a competent and well trained mation of frog. diver, diving within their abilities. • If necessary, you must be able to finish your dive safely without the aid of a dive computer.

  • Page 9: Before Every Dive

    Battery full? Check the battery status Arrange your dive plan independently using the battery status indicator on the from the frog and take the plan with you display. To ensure reliable performance when diving. throughout your dive, the battery condi- tion must be fine.
  • Page 10 Safely attached? Make sure your frog can be fastened safely using either the wristband or a suitable alternative. Display messages? Check the display of your frog for warnings or other signals. Do not dive if your frog displays a warn-...

  • Page 11: While Diving

    The frog does not explicitly indicate how Take your frog with you on every repeat long to wait before the next dive. Please dive – don’t lend it to anyone. adhere to the guidelines you were taught during your diver’s training.

  • Page 12: Safe Usage Of Your Frog

    Open the battery compartment only when the battery has to be replaced. Do not modify the hardware. Keep your frog out of children’s reach Modifications to the hardware of the frog can negatively impact its reliability and Small parts such as the battery lid the water tightness of its body.

  • Page 13: Environmental Conditions

    Safety measures Environmental Conditions Store your frog in a cool, dry place. Permissible temperature range for use- age and storage: 0 °C to 40 °C Maximum water depth: 80 m IMPORTANT Surpassing the maximum water depth may cause malfunctioning or permanent damage to the device.

  • Page 14: Overview

    Overview Body LED indicators Battery compartment Display Brightness sensor Piezo switches...

  • Page 15: Battery Compartment

    Body components Battery compartment the user without the need for tools or pressure testing. The frog is powered by 2 x AA size bat- teries which may be a standard 1.5v ver- REMARK Before every dive check the sions (which are freely available from battery status and confirm that the bat- most household retailers) or 3.6v lithium...

  • Page 16: Switches

    Body components Switches Display The frog utilises piezo switches that have The frog is built around its bright TFT no moving parts and therefore eliminate display which is able to display over much of the failure potential associated 65,000 colours and boasts a resolution with traditional buttons.

  • Page 17: High Altitude Diving

    Setup and user configuration Setup and user configuration High altitude diving Your frog was sent to you ready to use. The frog automatically adjusts to chang- es in atmospheric pressure. It always However prior to diving it is recommend- uses the current ambient pressure to...

  • Page 18: Start Screen

    Start screen Start screen...
  • Page 19 Start screen 6. Temperature and current pressure The start screen appears whenever you 7. Custom text (user defineable) activate the frog dive computer from see -> page 38 sleep mode by briefly pressing on either 8. Battery status see -> page 42 the left or right switch.

  • Page 20: Main Menu

    Main menu...
  • Page 21 Main menu Logbook: Logged dives Settings: Dive settings, system settings Gas configuration: Set active Information: Firmware version, gases and gas changes battery status, number of dives, serial number Dive mode: Type of dive, decom- pression mode Deco planner: Simulator and dive planner tool Bluetooth: Connect to a com- puter via bluetooth...

  • Page 22: Settings

    Settings...
  • Page 23 Settings Menu -> Settings • Language: Change language This menu allows you to adjust the fol- • Units: Metric / imperial measures lowing aspects: • Reset: Restart, reset saturation, re- • Dive Settings: Maximum pp02 value, store factory settings (logbook, skins, detailed / normal display in dive profile pictures and custom text will mode, logbook offset (allows to adjust...

  • Page 24: Pre-Dive Setup

    Before you begin your dive it is impor- (+2) or aggressively (-2). Details about tant to define your available breathing conservatism, see -> page 41 gases and to choose which of the frog’s decompression algorithms you wish to Menu -> Gas Setup utilise.
  • Page 25 Only once “Change depth,” you can set the MOD you’ve missed a planned gas switch un- for each gas to a suitable value; the frog derwater will the frog recalculate the de- will assist you by suggesting a value.

  • Page 26: Preparations For Diving

    Simulator: ter as long as it defined as an active gas. In this instance the frog will only adjust The simulator lets you simulate a dive the decompression schedule once you and thus helps you get acquainted with have told the frog that you have made the frog’s dive mode.
  • Page 27 First, you need tell the frog if this is a new dive with no residual tissue loading or a repetitive dive using the current remaining saturation. For re-...

  • Page 28: Dive Mode

    Dive mode...
  • Page 29 Dive mode 1. Warning(s) Warning(s): 2. Dive time 3. Time to surface (TTS) / Future TTS A yellow exclamation alerts you to po- (time to surface after an additional tential problems. The bottom of the dis- five minutes at current depth see ->...
  • Page 30 REMARK The frog proactively calcu- lates your decompression schedule. This If you prefer for the frog to calculate de- means it assumes that you will utilise compression plan with only the current- the best available active gas as defined...
  • Page 31 Decompression stops: change is planned, you may select the new gas with the left switch and then The frog shows up to five decompression confirm on the right side. Red font indi- stops at once, the first (deepest) stop cates that the ppO2 (partial pressure of...
  • Page 32 Dive mode REMARK Safety stops: The frog shows only the decompression stops that are necessary according to the selected al- gorithm. IMPORTANT Dives performed within NDL do not require any stops according to the model, however you should follow the guidance of your chosen training or- ganisation and perform a safety stop on every dive.

  • Page 33: Post Diving

    The logbook lists all dives that you took that time it will count it as a continua- with your frog. It is able to store a mini- tion of your dive, if not the frog switches mum of 250 dives, after that, the oldest to the start screen.
  • Page 34 Post diving If you select a single dive, you will be able No fly and desaturation: to access the detailed information: Date and time, minimum temperature, dura- The start screen shows the remaining tion, profile, maximum depth, air pres- time until your tissues have fully desatu- sure at the surface.

  • Page 35: Care And Maintenance

    Care and maintenance Body Changing the batteries Rinse the frog under fresh water after Open the lid only if you need to change each dive, particularly after salt-water the batteries. In order to change the diving. batteries you need to open the lid with a coin.

  • Page 36: Deco Planner

    (decompression model, gas changes) to those of a decompres- The deco planner calculates (on the sion table, the frog comes with an inte- basis of your frog’s current configuration) grated deco planner tool decompression stops, TTS and CNS for a square (non-multilevel) profile.
  • Page 37 Deco planner Dive plan: - Up to 21 decompression stops The dive plan lists: - ZH-L16 and the saturation / desatura- tion factors dependant on your conser- vatism settings IMPORTANT The deco planner is not intended to replace dive tables or a PC - L16-GF and the gradient factors LOW based deco planning software.

  • Page 38: Bluetooth Interface

    1. A computer or notebook with blue- 1. Change the custom text and the tooth picture on the start screen 2. An installed version of the frog com- 2. Download the logged dive profiles to panion software (freely available at a PC www.heinrichsweikamp.com)
  • Page 39 “Setup Bluetooth Device”. After a connection has been established, the computer creates a virtual COM port. The computer software uses this port to communicate with the frog. There is no need for special drivers (SSP protocol). REMARK Profile pictures and custom...

  • Page 40: Technical Data

    73 mm x 54 mm x 27 mm Weight 150 g Max. dive depth 80 meter PC Software frog Companion, MacDive, Diving Log Log book Memory for more than 250 dives Scope of delivery frog, wristband, transport box, batteries (already fitted)

  • Page 41: Conservatism

    Conservatism Conservatism The frog’s conservatism can be adjusted in steps of -2 to +2. This equals the following values: Distance to Value Description Saturation factors GF low/GF high decompression stop Very conservative 80%/120% 15/65 1,5m Conservative 85%/115% 20/70 1,5m Normal...

  • Page 42: Changing The Batteries

    Remove both batteries by gently knock- click into place. ing the frog against your hand to shake loose the second battery. REMARK Check the o-ring before clos-...

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