Whew, what a learning curve...
I have an Onix 10ciSI, 360 and I-pilot Link. Only tested a very brief few minutes in water (I forgot lifejackets and fire extinguisher
). But after reading all the posts about updating to latest software, I thought I would go ahead and get that out of the way. I thought I would share some mistakes I made along the way. I cannot remember exact sequence of events, so 1 thing may have been the remedy for all other mistakes.
1: Onix came with software version 2.0. In the middle of all my troubles, I noticed there was an Onix update 2.3 (5/5/2015). I can't remember for sure, but after updating to version 2.3 is about same time things started to go right.... Update took no longer than 2 mins each at most.
2: I downloaded all software updates together onto 1 SD card. Nothing came up on Onix screen. I put 1 update file on the SD card. I then erased it and put on the next update.
3: When separating updates to different SD cards, my computer renamed them with a (2) on the end. Don't know if it helped or not but I removed the (2).
4: Trolling motor has to be deployed and ON (motor not running) to update it. I don't know if the 360 has to be deployed in order to update or not. But I deployed it just in case.
5: Update TM controller first, then the remote
6: Unit did not like my 32G SD card for some reason? I tried so many times and different ways not sure if it was a SD issue or not.
7: Don't forget Lifejackets and fire extinguisher.
8: Hard to admit.... but most of the problems are owner ignorance. These are not plug-n-play units. Once correctly installed, 3/4 of the battle is won.
And for consolation to those with mfg problems, I have a 2013 Ford truck with a bad xmission. Ford dealer nor Mfg cannot find the problem. Will not warranty it without knowing point of failure. Been in shop for 3 wks. Dealer said it will be another wk at least. I cannot pull boat with the Nissan Sentra rental car, so all I can do is play in my boat in my front yard and mow around it
. It happens!