ranger58sb
Guru
New-to-us, unfamiliar Garmin ecosystem... with a 2015-era 7612xsv MFD, radar, and DST.
I've updated the software to current, and I've updated original G2 charts to G3. Garmin user support very helpful for that; easy although it led to a really looooong chart download over relatively decent marina Wi-Fi to SD card in the ship's laptop...
So now I've enabled the unit's Wi-Fi LAN... but I'm not exactly clear about what it might do for me.
It looks to me like the Garmin ActiveCaptain app -- on a tablet or whatever -- may be necessary to take another step. (No other apps will work? Wouldn't surprise me...)
I'm familiar with the original AC, contributed markers and reviews and so forth in the past, but the current Garmin app goes on about a bunch of other stuff, too...
Anyway, what could I use the Garmin Wi-Fi for, that I might care about? Engine room cameras come to mind, but that's all I've thought if, so far... and I haven't looked further into whether Wi-Fi camera display on the MFD is really possible...
Thoughts?
-Chris
I've updated the software to current, and I've updated original G2 charts to G3. Garmin user support very helpful for that; easy although it led to a really looooong chart download over relatively decent marina Wi-Fi to SD card in the ship's laptop...
So now I've enabled the unit's Wi-Fi LAN... but I'm not exactly clear about what it might do for me.
It looks to me like the Garmin ActiveCaptain app -- on a tablet or whatever -- may be necessary to take another step. (No other apps will work? Wouldn't surprise me...)
I'm familiar with the original AC, contributed markers and reviews and so forth in the past, but the current Garmin app goes on about a bunch of other stuff, too...
Anyway, what could I use the Garmin Wi-Fi for, that I might care about? Engine room cameras come to mind, but that's all I've thought if, so far... and I haven't looked further into whether Wi-Fi camera display on the MFD is really possible...
Thoughts?
-Chris