![]() ![]() ![]() I understand that wifi and active captain is the future. 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. I have done this before, putting them into an EchoMap94. Clean up waypoint names and such and then export them to a. This weekend I'm going to try getting my waypoints out of the 4208 (.adm file) and into Homeport on a PC laptop. 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. It will be a little confusing until all the pieces are unrolled and it all becomes clearer.I swapped messages with Gil of SeimperFi on The Hull Truth. This is all very new and is something that doesn't exist anywhere else. It's quite nice to have the same route on your iPhone as yourGarmin while traveling along it. You might not have an iPhone/Android/tablet now, but chances are you will in the future. That way you'll have the exact same route running on all devices when you're underway. So having the route on the AC server will provide a gateway to theGarmin device as well as the other partner navigation products and other products. It will provide a really nice tools for bridge and hazard planning, finding fuel, being alerted about specials enroute, or finding friends who will be along the same ways.ĪctiveCaptain's sharing of routes isn't just between captains. There are other features coming with routes on ActiveCaptain too - ways of combining routes with all of the points-of-interest data we have. The reason you'd use ActiveCaptain is that it gives you a route archive and the ability to grab routes from many thousands of other boaters. GPX files should be compatible between products but there are many type of data that can be in a GPX file and sometimes there is confusion about tracks vs routes vs waypoints. MapSource will work with the 5212 - at least they say it does and I think there are others I know doing it. What you need isGarmin's MapSource product: You don't need GPSBabel or anything else. More from Jeff on a similar Garmin plotter The user manual on OpenCPN mentions transferring files through a direct connection with a plotter, but I have not found anything yet that mentions remotely transferring files. I have saved routes and waypoints from OpenCPN before and sent them to others and have had it work, but I do not have any experience actually transferring files to a GPS/plotter unit. My question is, and I suppose it is for the OpenCPN users, can you save your GPX file from OpenCPN to an SD card if the computer is equipped with an SD slot? And, more importantly, will the GPX format be compatible with the Garmin plotter on his boat? You can, in fact, use the SD card to transfer files from a computer to the plotter and the process is outlined in the user manual. ![]() His question is this: Can he save his tracks/waypoints on the computer to an SD card, and then insert it into his plotter and have them show up? I did some research and found the manual online for his plotter. His GPS/Plotter on the boat is a Garmin 541-S and comes with an SD card. It has been a huge help being able to view every chart for the area on his computer, so today he asked me if there was a way to save routes from his computer to the GPS/Plotter on the boat instead of transposing individual waypoints and entering them by hand when he got to the marina. I set him up with OpenCPN on his computer so he can create and plan routes and study the area on a nice large screen. My grandfather recently purchased a 21' Key West down in Florida is becoming familiar with the Pine Island Sound area. ![]()
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