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Instruction Manual
Puck Pro Dive Computer
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
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• 1 Introduction
1.1 Glossary
NO FLY / : Minimum amount of time the diver should wait before taking a plane.
This is the time that you can stay at the current depth and still make
No deco time: a direct ascent to the surface without having to perform mandatory
decompression stops.
O2: Oxygen.
O2%: Oxygen concentration used by the computer in all calculations.
Personalization factors, which allow the user to select between the
P Factor: standard decompression algorithm (P0) and an increasingly more
conservative one (P1, P2).
Partial pressure of oxygen. This is the pressure of the oxygen in the
ppO2: breathing mix. It is a function of depth and oxygen concentration. A ppO2
higher than 1.6bar is considered dangerous.
The maximum allowed value for ppO2. Together with the oxygen
ppO2max:
concentration it defines the MOD.
The depth at which the diver plans to switch to a higher oxygen
Switch depth:
concentration mix while using the multigas option.
S.I.: Surface interval.
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SURFACE MODE
press
press and hold: BACKLIGHT
(always with exception when G2 =
ON and 02% on display)
POST-DIVE PRE-DIVE
only when desat and no fly > 0
additional
info
additional
info
every 5 dives
DIVE MODE
press
press and hold: BACKLIGHT
(always with exception when G2 =
ON and 02% on display)
NITROX ONLY
TIMEOUT 4”
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• 2 Menus, settings and Press the button to scroll through the three 2.2 SEt
functions possible options (AIR, EAN or bottom timer),
then press and hold the button to select it.
This chapter describes in detail all menus,
setting and functions of the Puck Pro dive
computer.
Puck Pro always switches on in pre-dive mode.
From here, pressing the button allows you
to scroll through the following sequence of
menus:
Puck Pro’s SEt menu allows you to change
- MOdE: allows you to set the computer to air, settings. Once inside this menu, press the
nitrox or bottom timer mode; button to scroll between two submenus: SEt
- SEt: allows you to view and change all dIVE, where you can set parameters pertaining
settings relative to the dive computer; to the dive, and SEt tIME, where you can set
- LOG: allows you to access the detailed parameters pertaining to time and date.
history of the dives performed;
- PLAN: allows you to view no deco times as
a function of depth based on your current
nitrogen load;
AIR is the equivalent of setting EAN to 21%
- PC: allows you to download dives to a PC or
and a ppO2max of 1.4bar, but simplifies the
Mac
display a bit by not showing the CNS (its value
- INFO: allows you to view information about
however is calculated in the background and if
software and hardware of your Puck Pro.
needed the 75% warning and the 100% alarm
The pre-dive mode puts the computer in a are triggered). Press and hold the button to enter a menu,
ready-to-dive mode and ensures that Puck Pro
When selecting EAN, you are taken to press the button to scroll up and down between
starts to monitor the dive as soon as a depth
a submenu in which you can define the available options or to increase or decrease
of 1.2m/4ft is reached. If you start the dive
percentage of oxygen in the mixture (%O2) and the value of a setting. Then press and hold the
without putting Puck Pro into pre-dive mode,
the maximum value of oxygen partial pressure button to confirm the change in setting. Press
it will start to monitor the dive automatically
(ppO2max) for up to two breathing mixes. The the button until you see bACk on the display
but with a delay of up to 20 seconds from
maximum possible value for the ppO2max is then press and hold the button to go up one
immersion.
1.6bar. Most training agencies recommend not level in the menu tree.
to exceed a value of 1.4bar.
2.1 MOdE
WARNING
- Diving with Nitrox may only be
attempted by experienced divers after
proper training from an internationally
recognized agency.
- Before every dive and after changing
Here you can define the type of gas you will the tank, you must make sure that the
be breathing during the dive (air or enriched set oxygen concentration in Puck Pro
air nitrox, including multigas). You can corresponds to the oxygen concentration
also set Puck Pro to bottom timer, in which in the tank. Setting the wrong oxygen
case Puck Pro will show only time, depth concentration can lead to serious injury
and temperature: it will not carry out any or death.
decompression calculation and it will not show See chapter 3.5 for more information about
any warnings and alarms. diving with more than one gas.
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On the pre-dive, post-dive, logbook and
MENU Description Note planner displays, A1 through A3 are indicated
- The backlight consumes battery energy: with the mountain symbol filled with 1, 2 or 3
SEt dIVE the longer the backlight stays on, the segments while A0 is indicated by the absence
less your battery will last. of symbols.
Allows you to set the duration - If the low battery warning is activated,
after which the backlight the backlight will be disabled. WARNING
turns off automatically. You
can set this between 1 and In surface mode, the backlight can be activated Diving in mountain lakes without first
- LGHt 10 seconds or you can set it by pressing and holding the button, only from setting Puck Pro to the proper altitude
to on. If you set it to on the the pre-dive display. The backlight will stay on setting can cause severe injury or death.
backlight will remain on until for 6 seconds, unless you go into any menu, in
you press and hold the button which case it will stay on until you return to the
2.2.1.4 WAtR (WATER)
again to turn it off. pre-dive display or after one minute of no button
operation (at which point Puck Pro turns off).
Allows you to choose between
the standard algorithm (P0)
- P FCt 2.2.1.2 P P FCt (P FACTOR)
and an increasingly more
conservative one (P1, P2).
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2.2.1.8 ErASE (ERASE DESATURATION) This submenu allows you to download your
dive data to a PC or Mac. Press and hold
the button and the display will show PC
ready, symbolizing that Puck Pro is ready to
From here, press the button to scroll through communicate.
all dives in the memory of the computer. Press
and hold the button to view the details of a
particular dive. Each dive has three pages of 2.6 INFO
data. Each page has maximum and average
Puck Pro allows you to reset the desaturation depth at the top, and time dive started, max
in the computer. Any tissue saturation ascent rate and repetitive dive counter in
information from a recent dive will be reset to the middle. The bottom row contains date of
zero and the computer treats the next dive as dive and O2% on the first page, dive time and
a non-repetitive dive. This is useful when the minimum water temperature on the second
computer is loaned to another diver who has page, and surface interval to previous dive and
not dived in the last 24 hours. CNS at end of dive on the third page.
In order to prevent accidental desaturation Press the button to scroll between the pages
of information, press and hold the button to • 3 Diving with Puck Pro
reset, you must enter the security code once
you decide to proceed with the reset. The return to the list of main logbook menu. Inside
security code is 1234. the logbook menu, every 5 logs there is a page
with bACk on the display, which allows you 3.1 A FEW WORDS ABOUT NITROX
After entering the security code you will get a to leave the logbook menu by pressing and
confirmation of the successful completion of holding the button. Simply press when bACk Nitrox is the term used to describe breathing
the operation. is displayed to move on to the next dive in the gases made of oxygen-nitrogen mixes with
logbook. an oxygen percentage higher than 21% (air).
2.2.2 SEt tIME Because Nitrox contains less nitrogen than
This menu allows you to set the time and date. air, there is less nitrogen loading on the
Press and hold the button and 24h or ampm 2.4 DIVE PLANNER diver’s body at the same depth as compared to
will start to blink. Press the button to switch breathing air.
between the two and/or press and hold the However, the increase in oxygen concentration
button to confirm and move on to set the hour, in Nitrox implies an increase in oxygen partial
the minutes and the date. pressure in the breathing mix at the same
depth. At higher than atmospheric partial
pressures, oxygen can have toxic effects on the
human body. These can be lumped into two
categories:
- Sudden effects due to oxygen partial
This function allows you to scroll through the pressure over 1.4bar. These are not related
no decompression limits, automatically taking to the length of the exposure to high partial
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pressure oxygen, and can vary in terms appears on the display and the speed value 3.2.3 CNS = 100%
of the exact level of partial pressure they blinks. This persists until the ascent rate is
happen at. It is commonly accepted that reduced to 10m/min / 30ft/min or less. WARNING
partial pressures up to 1.4bar are tolerable,
When the CNS reaches 100% there is
and several training agencies advocate
danger of oxygen toxicity. Start procedure
maximum oxygen partial pressures up to
to terminate the dive.
1.6bar.
- Long exposure effects to oxygen partial
Oxygen toxicity exposure is tracked on Puck
pressures over 0.5bar due to repeated and/
Pro by means of the CNS% based on currently
or long dives. These can affect the central
accepted recommendations for exposure limits.
nervous system, cause damage to lungs or
This toxicity is expressed as a percentage
to other vital organs.
If the ascent rate exceeds 12m/min / 40ft/min value which ranges from 0% to 100%. When
Puck Pro keeps you safe with respect to these
at a depth below 12m / 40ft, the blinks as the value reaches 75%, an alarm goes off and
two effects in the following ways (as long as it
well. If a speed in excess of 12m/min / 40ft/min CNS value blinks on the screen. Additionally
is set to either air or nitrox):
is maintained for two thirds or more of the the CNS becomes the default item in the lower
• Against sudden effects: Puck Pro has
depth at which the alarm was first triggered, right corner: if you call up other information
an MOD alarm set for a user-defined
Puck Pro considers it a dive violation and the such as the temperature or the time of day,
ppO2max. As you enter the oxygen
display will show the steady symbol. after 8 seconds the CNS appears again. Ascend
concentration for the dive, Puck Pro shows
to shallower depth to decrease oxygen loading
you the corresponding MOD for the defined
and consider terminating the dive.
ppO2max. The default value of ppO2max
from the factory is 1.4bar. This can be
adjusted to your preference between 1.2 and
1.6bar. Please refer to section 2.1 for more
information on how to change this setting. If
Puck Pro is set to air, the ppO2max is set to
1.4bar by default.
• Against long exposure effects: Puck Pro In this case, if the diver attempts a repetitive
“tracks” the exposure by means of the dive after surfacing, Puck Pro will only function
CNS% (Central Nervous System). At levels as a depth gauge and timer (bottom timer When the oxygen toxicity level approaches
of 100% and higher there is risk of long mode), and will display on the screen 100%. The alarm message and the audible
exposure effects, and consequently Puck throughout the dive. signal are repeated for 5 seconds in one-
Pro will activate an alarm when this level minute intervals after the first occurrence
of CNS% is reached. Puck Pro also warns and for as long as the value of CNS stays at
you when the CNS level reaches 75%. Note or above 100%. Consider terminating the dive
that the CNS% is independent of the value of immediately!
ppO2max set by the user.
WARNING
3.2 ALARMS Diving with oxygen toxicity at levels of 75%
or greater may put you into a potentially
Puck Pro can alert you of potentially dangerous
hazardous situation, which could result in
situations. There are five different alarms:
3.2.2 MOD/ppO2 serious injury or death.
- Ascent rate alarm;
- Exceeding a safe ppO2/MOD; WARNING
- CNS =100%; 3.2.4 Missed decompression stop
- Missed decompression stop; - The MOD should not be exceeded.
- Low battery during the dive Disregarding the alarm can lead to WARNING
serious injury or death.
WARNING - Exceeding a ppO2 of 1.6bar can lead to Violating a mandatory decompression
sudden convulsions resulting in serious obligation may result in serious injury or
When in bottom timer mode, all warnings injury or death. death.
and all alarms are OFF aside for the low
battery alarm. When the diver reaches a depth at which the If you ascend above the decompression stop
ppO2 of the inspired gas exceeds the maximum depth by more than 0.3m (1ft), a downward
limit entered in the corresponding setting (from pointing triangle appears, an audible alarm
Note goes off and both the current depth and the
1.2 to 1.6bar), an audible alarm goes off, the
- Alarms are both visual and audible, as depth of the deco stop start blinking. This
current depth starts to blink and the value of the
described in detail below. alarm remains active until you return to the
MOD is shown to the right of the current depth.
- Ascent rate alarm has priority over correct depth.
other alarms if they are triggered
simultaneously.
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If you submerge again before the 3-minute 3.5 DIVING WITH MORE THAN ONE
countdown is over, the dive time will resume GAS MIXTURE
from where it left off, including the time spent
on the surface. If you do not submerge before
the end of the countdown, Puck Pro considers WARNING
the dive finished, records the data to the
- Diving with more than one gas mixture
logbook and reverts to the so-called post-dive
represents a much higher risk than
mode.
diving with a single gas mixture, and
mistakes by the diver may lead to
serious injury or death. 3.5.2 SWITCHING GAS
- During dives with more than one gas Puck Pro always begins the dive with G1,
mixture, always make sure you are which has the lowest percentage of oxygen.
breathing from the tank that you intend When during the ascent you reach the depth
to breathe from. Breathing from a high corresponding to the MOD of G2, Puck Pro
oxygen concentration mix at the wrong sounds an audible signal and the oxygen
depth can kill you instantly. concentration of G1 starts to blink in the lower
The post-dive screen shows the following - Mark all your regulators and tanks so right corner.
information: that you cannot confuse them under any
circumstance.
- The remaining desaturation time (DESAT):
- Before each dive and after changing
this is calculated by the decompression
a tank, ensure that each gas mixture
model in the computer. Any dive started
is set to the correct value for the
while there is remaining desaturation on
corresponding tank.
your computer is considered a repetitive
dive, meaning that Puck Pro accounts for
Puck Pro enables you to use two gas mixtures
the pre-existing nitrogen load in your body.
during the dive (air and Nitrox only). The two Press the button while this indication is
- The no-fly time (NO FLY / ): this is the
mixtures are labeled G1 and G2 and must be in blinking to initiate the gas switch: the oxygen
time during which an exposure to the
ascending order of oxygen content, i.e. G1 has percentage of G2 starts to blink in lieu of that
reduced pressure inside the cabin of an
the lowest oxygen concentration, and G2 has of G1, and in the top right corner the letters
airplane could cause decompression
the highest oxygen concentration. MOD and the value of the MOD for G2 alternate
sickness. Puck Pro employs, as
recommended by NOAA, DAN and other every 2 seconds.
agencies, a standard 12-hour (no-deco WARNING
non-repetitive dives) or 24-hour (deco and/ It is not possible to switch to a gas at a
or repetitive dives) countdown. Hence you depth at which the oxygen partial pressure
may find a situation in which the for that gas is greater than the set
desaturation time is shorter than the no-fly maximum value.
time. This is simply the consequence of the
desaturation time being calculated by the
algorithm based on the actual dive profile, Note
while the no-fly time is an accepted standard - The MOD for G2 is the switch depth for
in the diving industry. Since the real effect of the corresponding gas. This is what Puck
flying after diving has never been fully Pro uses for its calculation, alarms and Press and hold the button to confirm the switch
investigated, this approach fits with our suggested switch points. to G2, or simply press to cancel the gas switch
philosophy. and stay with G1. In both cases the set oxygen
concentration will be displayed steadily in the
WARNING 3.5.1 SETTING MORE THAN ONE GAS lower right corner of the screen, and within
The characteristics of the gases must be 20 seconds the ascent time is updated to
Flying while Puck Pro displays NO FLY / entered in the computer before the dive. It will reflect the higher oxygen concentration in the
can result in serious injury or death. then be your responsibility to tell Puck Pro breathing gas.
which gas is currently being used during the
- The surface interval (s.i.): this is displayed various phases of the dive.
from the moment the dive is closed (3
minutes after surfacing) for as long as there To use multiple gases, you will need to enable
is remaining desaturation or no-fly time on the gases and set the oxygen percentage and
the computer. the ppO2max for each one. Keep in mind that
- In case of a dive violation, the corresponding the MOD for G2 is the depth at which Puck Pro
will prompt you to perform the gas switch (see
symbol ( , ) is shown. section 3.5.2 below).To enable G2, press the
In addition, the bar graph shows the calculated button instead of pressing and holding it when
nitrogen load in the leading tissue. You can use bACk is displayed at the end of setting G1. The Note
this to gauge your progress in getting rid of display will now show G2 OFF. Press the button - Puck Pro will allow the change only if
nitrogen as the surface interval grows. Puck to change from OFF to ON, then press and hold the depth is shallower than the MOD
Pro continues to perform decompression- to confirm. This will lead you to a display in corresponding to the set ppO2max.
related calculations (nitrogen release), for as which you can set the O2% and ppO2/MOD for - Puck Pro will not allow the gas switch if
long as there is desaturation time left. G2 in a manner completely similar to G1. you are deeper.
- The automatic blinking of the oxygen
concentration of G1 lasts only for 20
seconds. You can however initiate the
gas switch at any time by pressing and
holding the button when the oxygen
concentration is displayed in the lower
right corner, then switch to G2 as long
as your depth allows the gas to be
activated.
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4.4 WARRANTY EXCLUSIONS
Damage caused by water seepage resulting
from improper use (e.g. dirty seal, battery
compartment closed incorrectly, etc.).
Rupture or scratching of the case, glass or
strap as a result of violent impact or blows.
Damage resulting from excessive exposure to
elevated or low temperatures.
Damage caused by the use of compressed air
to clean the dive computer.
WARNING
Dispose of this device as electronic waste. Do
Mares reserves the right to refuse to not throw it away with regular rubbish.
provide service under the warranty if the
If you prefer, you can return the device to your
maintenance instructions are not followed.
local Mares dealer.
4.3 Warranty
Mares products are guaranteed for a period of
two years subject to the following limitations
and conditions:
The warranty is non-transferable and applies
strictly to the original purchaser.
Mares products are warranted free from
defects in materials and workmanship:
components that, upon technical inspection,
are found to be defective, will be replaced free
of charge.
Mares S.p.A. declines all responsibility
for accidents of any kind that result from
tampering or incorrect use of its products.
Any products returned for overhaul or repairs
under warranty, or for any other reason, must
be forwarded exclusively via the vendor and
accompanied with a proof of purchase slip.
Products travel at the risk of the sender.
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