OTS MK-7 BUDDY-LINE User Manual page 9

4.2.3. Locate the Hi-USE
USE connector on the EMA-2 (Fig. 2, #19 & 20). Ensure the Hi-USE
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connectors are free of debris and lightly lubricated with a high-grade
silicone grease.
4.2.4 Strain-relieve the ComRope in two places on the diver's end. The first
point should have some sort of "D-ring" heavily taped or tied about 4 feet
from the Hi-USE
harness or buoyancy compensator via a carabiner or some good-quality
quick-disconnector. This connection will help prevent the ComRope from
pulling on the diver's full-face mask (Figure 3).
4.2.5 The diver should hand-hold the ComRope about 10 feet from the Hi-USE
connector (Figure 3). The diver will now be secured to his harness or
buoyancy compensator and have a hand-hold during the dive. The diver
should have control of the ComRope throughout the dive. He should feel
what is going on, giving topside directions when slack needs to be taken
up or when more rope needs to be paid out. If the diver lets go of the
hand-hold, the carabiner–D-ring combination will absorb the tension. In
the event the diver must break loose of the ComRope totally (i.e., in an
emergency), the diver should let go of the ComRope hand-hold and unsnap
the device holding the D-ring. The diver then should let topside know what
is going on before he detaches the Hi-USE
should proceed directly to the surface and reestablish communications
(see the notes on page 8).
4.2.6. The tender should ensure the ComRope on his end is also strain-relieved
in some manner. This will prevent the diver or topside tender from pulling
on the connections made on the MK-7 Buddy-Line electronics module.
Hand Hold
10 feet from
Connector
This End
Towards
Tender
FIGURE 3: Recommended Setup of the Diver ComRope
connector on the ComRope, and connect it to the Hi-
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connector. This "D-ring" will be clipped onto the diver's
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Carabiner
D-Ring
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connectors. The diver then
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