![]() ![]() And there are some things on the screen below that I can’t figure out. Photo maps (though apparently you can view a route in Google Earth). I don’t think that’s true of auto route making (aka Garmin Guidance) or POI info, shaded relief, and port photos seem to supported but Looking at the new planning screens, I see goodies like Googly view management controls,Ī multi-layer search facility, an unusual bottom profile, and a “notes”įunction (I wonder if those will travel to the MFD?). Useful for years, but was getting pretty clunky. HomePort sure doesn’t look like Mapsource, which I found Imbedded in your plotter (the good idea that created the problem in theįirst place), you’ll first have to copy them to a blank 2 gig SD card… If you only own regular BlueCharts or G2’s Garmin HomePortOverview View marine chart products pre-loaded on your GPS device, including BlueChart, BlueChart g2, and BlueChart g2 Vision chart products. Yet), and take the resulting plans to the boat, or just up to theīridge, on the card. If you own a G2 Vision card, you’llīe able to access many of its features right on Windows PC (no Mac We won’t knowįor sure until the November release, but HomePort is officiallyĪnnounced, and judging from the product page and these screen shots, it Route planning problem, the cooler I hoped the solution would be. Maybe Garmin will add HomePort's collection and list features at some point.Being a natural born optimist, the longer Garmin took to solve its Now that I have used Active Captain on something bigger than an iPhone I'm actually impressed. You could simulate HomePort collection and lists this way. ![]() Has the ability to manage waypoint sets as. You can also use Active Captain offline when you are not on the boat. Editing waypoints on AC will be easier to do than standing in front of the 1242 when it is installed in the boat. I loaded Active Captain on an old iPad Mini that I had laying around. If I were taking my boat South on its own bottom I would want to build that route, use it for the trip and save it off. When I build my waypoints for an artificial reef its easier to do on my laptop in my living room. With 300 waypoints for NJ and 300 waypoints for FL I don't want them in the machine at the same time. They are MAC HomePort users managing multiple lists of waypoints for different reasons. Your situation is a little different than others I have talked to on The Hull Truth. It does not give steps for transfer over Garmin Network but I assume you just choose the SD card in the other unit? Its a testament to how good it was that we still want to use it now. ( even the idea of still using 32gb SD cards is like keeping one foot in the past) At some point you can't keep dummying down new stuff to keep old stuff compatible. I understand that wifi and active captain is the future. Learn more about the features available in our latest release, then get started with your update. We regularly improve our products to add functionality and provide you with enhanced features, and we’ve made it easy for you to add these new capabilities to your compatible Garmin devices. I'm still not sure how Active Captain will help us with the 4200 series since it does not have wifi and doesn't support active captain. It’s time to update your marine software. I have done this before, putting them into an EchoMap94. With your existing BlueChart data together with HomePort on your computer, youll have the ability to view map. Shareware Junction periodically updates pricing and software information of Garmin HomePort v. Clean up waypoint names and such and then export them to a. I have a system of Axiom Pro 12, Axiom 9, and Simrad GO9 all connected via a NMEA 2000 network. This weekend I'm going to try getting my waypoints out of the 4208 (.adm file) and into Homeport on a PC laptop. ExpertGPS doesn’t officially support GPS receivers other than Garmin, Magellan, Lowrance, Eagle, and MLR, but there’s a trick you can use to send waypoints and routes over. Garmin's current software suite of Express, Homeport, MapManager, MapInstall are all there to sell charts. ![]() ![]() I replaced mine with a 32gb card - doing it now instead of later when its filled up! Only pain is the card slots are on the back of the unit but you can buy extenders to put the slots somewhere else. My unit has two micro-SD card slots one of which had a 8gb card that is used for extra storage for downloaded maps, Active Captain and Quick Draw. I have been able to transfer my HomePort waypoint sets to and from my 943xsv. The good news is the new units that support Active Captain also have the same Manage Card functions the old units have. HomePort only supports g2 maps which are no longer available. If you want to run HomePort on the MAC you could install Parallels and install an pre-Catalina version of OSX or Windows 10 in a virtual machine. From what I gather HomePort is not going to be updated. I swapped messages with Gil of SeimperFi on The Hull Truth. ![]()
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