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Ny software for Lowrance HDS

Endelig er softwaren som gjør at man kan bruke HDSen til å styre autopilot med kommet.

Version 3.5


Lowrance Smartsteer og PinPoint Connect er navnene på henholdsvis autopilot for påhengsmotor og for frontmontert elektrisk motor. Hardvaren har såvidt begynt å sendes til butikkene i USA denne uken, og nå kom softwareoppdateringen som gjør at man kan bruke det nye leketøyet. Jeg vet ikke helt når hardvaren kommer til Norge, men jeg tipper den er tilgjengelig for oss i nord litt utpå nyåret.

PinPoint Connect er altså hardvare du trenger for å koble en Motorguide Xi5 frontmontert elmotor til HDSen. Motoren må også oppdateres før de nye funksjonene kan tas i bruk, noe som gjøres fra HDSen. I linken nederst i denne artikkelen finner du fremgangsmåten for å oppdatere Xi5. (Det er selvfølgelig bare Xi5 med innebygget GPS som kan brukes.) 

Xi5

En mindre del i denne oppdateringen er at HDS Touch har fått kompabilitet med Mercury VesselView. VesselView er ikke mye brukt i Norge, men har du ett slikt display fra før kan dette nå kobles til HDS Touch via NMEA2000 så alle motordata fra Mercuryen kan vises på HDSen. HDS Gen 2 (den uten knapper) har ikke denne funksjonaliteten.

Du finner oppdateringene her:

Full spesifikasjon av hva oppdateringen gjør finner du her, inkludert forklaring på oppdatering av Xi5:


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