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title: "Pairing a dive computer"
description: "Find a Shearwater dive computer over Bluetooth and connect it, and know which computers DiveLogic can talk to before you try."
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# Pairing a dive computer

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You connect a dive computer over Bluetooth from the Computers list, then leave it
connected while the app reads the dives it holds. Pairing is per session:
DiveLogic re-scans and reconnects each time, and there is no operating-system
pairing step first. A computer you have used before is listed by name with the
time you last connected, and the scan control sits at the foot of the panel.

Scanning and connecting need the desktop or mobile app; in a browser the scan and
reconnect controls are not drawn. See [Platforms](/reference/platforms).

## Which computers work

DiveLogic talks to Shearwater dive computers and no others, so a Suunto, Garmin,
Mares, Scubapro or Aqualung will never appear in a scan. These are the models
DiveLogic can name on a downloaded dive:

Pursuit · Predator · Petrel · Nerd · Perdix · Perdix AI · Nerd 2 · Teric ·
Peregrine · Petrel 3 · Perdix 2

A Shearwater not in that list is still found and still downloads normally; it
leaves the model name blank on the dive.

## Connecting

1. Enable Bluetooth on the dive computer, immediately before scanning. On most
   models it is a menu item on the wrist unit, and the computer makes itself
   visible only for a short window afterwards.

2. Select **Scan for Computers**. The button reads **Scan Again** on later
   attempts, and the list shows **Scanning…** while the scan runs.

3. Pick the computer from the results. New ones carry a **New** badge and their
   signal strength in dBm; one you have connected before is listed above them
   with the time you last used it, and carries a **Live** badge when the current
   scan can see it.

4. Wait for the connection: budget about five seconds with the computer awake and
   visible. The header reads **Connecting…**, then **Syncing…**, then **Online**.

You have connected when the header shows **Online** and the dive list fills. If a
connection drops, the header shows **Reconnect**, which repeats the sequence.

## Removing a computer

The remove control on a known computer asks:

> Forget *name*? This removes it from your dive computer list. Whether it can
> be removed depends on whether it still holds dive history.

**Forget** succeeds only if the computer holds no dives in your account. If it
does, the dialogue reports how many and offers **Delete dives & forget**,
which removes the computer and the dives with it.

## Next

[Downloading dives](/log/downloading), and
[when a transfer fails](/log/troubleshooting).

Source: https://docs.divelogic.ai/log/pairing/index.mdx