![]() It could easily be a complete navigation tool but that would compete with their plotters so is unlikely. It hasn't developed much and I do not think it will. My other concern is that despite being a big Garmin fan, I do not think this software is important to them and I can see them ditching it. ![]() I just do one where I want to go and them do another when I reach the first etc.įrom a planning standpoint it is a lot easier on an ipad which is what I now use. ![]() No point in putting in lots of waypoints as I prefer to adapt my plan to wind and tide and with our Garmin plotters we just point and click anyway, so who cares about lots of waypoints. They say no plan for battle ever lasts beyond the first few seconds of engagement with the enemy, and I feel the same way with passage plans. It is possible to transfer waypoints, but to me that is of little value. The charts aren't actually transferred as far as I recall - its just that you use a card reader to display them, so you have to remember to take the card back to the boat. Yes, it is nice to be able to see the same charts as you see on your plotter, but I have stopped using it. Maybe Garmin will add HomePort's collection and list features at some point.I have used Garmin Homeport. 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. Garmin HomePort provides an interface for viewing Garmin marine chart products and managing geographic and nautical data. 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. 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. I swapped messages with Gil of SeimperFi on The Hull Truth. ![]()
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