mcboatface
Senior Member
When the Active Captain app was released I spoke to several members of the Garmin team at the Ft Lauderdale boat show. They assured me that the data transfer function would work with my two Garmin 7215 chartplotters. Additionally the compatibility charts for the app showed it would work. But when I got home and tried it, it did not work.
After receiving the latest app update I have tried again and find that not only does it still not work, but they have CHANGED THE COMPATIBILITY CHART to show it won’t. I am sorry, but this is ridiculous. I am NOT going to upgrade my hardware at great expense to make it work with this app. The discontinued Blue Chart Mobile still transfers perfectly, but it’s lifespan is limited. Clearly Garmin could make this work with AC, but choose not to.
I am well aware that the 7215s are discontinued and that their processors can’t handle the Helm function or AC software updates, but there is no reason in the world for them to disable data transfers.
Sure glad I purchased and installed the Garmin PICO adapter a few months ago. It’s now totally worthless.
Oh, and by the way, importing data into the AC app is so full of bugs that isn’t going to work either. I guess I will go with another vendor next time I update electronics.
After receiving the latest app update I have tried again and find that not only does it still not work, but they have CHANGED THE COMPATIBILITY CHART to show it won’t. I am sorry, but this is ridiculous. I am NOT going to upgrade my hardware at great expense to make it work with this app. The discontinued Blue Chart Mobile still transfers perfectly, but it’s lifespan is limited. Clearly Garmin could make this work with AC, but choose not to.
I am well aware that the 7215s are discontinued and that their processors can’t handle the Helm function or AC software updates, but there is no reason in the world for them to disable data transfers.
Sure glad I purchased and installed the Garmin PICO adapter a few months ago. It’s now totally worthless.
Oh, and by the way, importing data into the AC app is so full of bugs that isn’t going to work either. I guess I will go with another vendor next time I update electronics.