Operation Manual

DataPlus

ascending any further, or you will increase your risk of decompression

sickness.

The amount of decompression credit time you receive is dependent on depth,

with slightly less credit given the deeper you are. Still, you must never

ascend shallower than your decompression ceiling. Doing so will greatly

increase your risk of decompression sickness and place the DataPlus into

a Conditional Violation Mode described later. When coping with surge and

swell, it may be difficult to stay at an exact depth. You should stay slightly

deeper (Fig. 58a) than the required stop depth indicated (Fig. 58b) until the next

shallower stop depth appears. Then, you can ascend to, but not shallower than,

that indicated ceiling stop depth.

Once you have performed the required decompression, the DataPlus will switch

to No Decompression Dive Mode, allowing additional time underwater. Though

more time is theoretically available, it is strongly recommended that you spend

the remainder of the dive continuing to decompress at a safety stop slightly

deeper than or equal to 10 feet (3 meters). This will let the TLBG recede further

into the yellow caution (C.Z.) zone or green no decompression (NO DECO) zone.

During a dive in which you inadvertently enter decompression, you must focus

on reducing your tissue nitrogen loading as much as possible - by spending as

much time as you can at your final safety stop.

Fig. 58 - Decompression Stop

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