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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: jnowell on September 09, 2015, 09:21:24 AM

Title: Trouble uploading Routes to 899 CI HD
Post by: jnowell on September 09, 2015, 09:21:24 AM

I've got a fair bit of experience creating routes in Open Captain (free chartplotter) and then exporting them to an SD card using Humminbird PC. I plug the SD into the unit, power it on and it imports the routes automatically. I di this on 1197C SI's multiple times, but it will not work on my brand new 899CI HD. If I upload a .HWR file could anyone diagnose? Any known issues with this unit?

Thanks in advance.

Jason

Title: Re: Trouble uploading Routes to 899 CI HD
Post by: rnvinc on September 09, 2015, 10:18:19 PM

Try powering on the unit first ... And then insert the SD Card ...

That sequence was changed in a software version some time ago to give users more control of when Nav data was actually uploaded to the unit ...

You should get a green popup when you insert the SD Card that you will need to "Yes" or "No" ...

Rickie

Title: Re: Trouble uploading Routes to 899 CI HD
Post by: jnowell on September 10, 2015, 06:00:28 PM

Thanks a bunch Rickie, I will try that tonight. I seriously appreciate the help.

Jason

Title: Re: Trouble uploading Routes to 899 CI HD
Post by: jnowell on September 11, 2015, 12:29:41 PM

I can't believe it was that simple, worked like a charm. Thanks again!

Title: Re: Trouble uploading Routes to 899 CI HD
Post by: rnvinc on September 11, 2015, 02:00:18 PM

Quote from: jnowell on September 11, 2015, 12:29:41 PM

I can't believe it was that simple, worked like a charm. Thanks again!

This was actually a very beneficial change in the software ...

With the old software ... NAV data was automatically loaded if you happened to mistakenly had a SD Card inserted with Nav data on power up ...

With the new software ... There's actually a green verification popup you must answer before Nav data can be loaded into the unit ...

Rickie