New to libdivecomputer. Where do I begin?

[Dirk Hohndel]

That depends. What format are these files in? We support a number of such dive computers simply by importing and paying their log files directly in Subsurface.

Or is the storage abused as a way to communicate with the dive computer by writing and reading magical files? There is one dive computer like this that is supported directly in Subsurface: the Uemis Zurich.

I don't think libdivecomputer has a good way to support for system based dive computers at this point.

/D

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-------- Original Message --------
From: Ryan January <rjanuary at gmail.com>
Sent: Tue Jun 20 08:31:56 PDT 2017
To: devel at libdivecomputer.org
Subject: New to libdivecomputer.  Where do I begin?

Hello,
I've been a libdivecomputer user (through subsurface) for a number of years.  I'm in possession of a dive computer that is undergoing user testing now.  I've been looking for an area I may be able to contribute to for a few years and feel this may be an interesting opportunity.  My biggest issue is that I'm not sure where to begin the development process. 
The computer exposes itself as a USB mass storage device.  Dive logs are located in a known folder, and are stored in a file format which is well documented.  Considering I'm not seeing any currently supported computers exposed as storage devices, is this support something that would even be desired and/or possible?  As I understand it there is an IO refactoring that's potentially in the works.  If desired, is now a bad time to start this process?

Thank you,
Ryan
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