cardude01
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- Joined
- Nov 26, 2012
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- 5,290
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Bijou
- Vessel Make
- 2008 Island Packet PY/SP
Went cruising earlier this week and ran into some problems. Had an issue with the autopilot heading not matching up with the Garmin 1040xs plotter gps heading, and after unsuccessfully trying to “swing” the flux compass for an hour I finally was able to manually adjust the AP heading to the plotter GPS heading. I installed a fire extinguisher about 3 feet from the flux compass so maybe that’s what threw it off? I relocated the extinguisher and it seems to be holding now so maybe that was it.
I’ve been unable to figure out the radar problem so far. The plotter won’t recognize that I have radar (I have a Garmin radar that was installed when I got the plotter in 2014 and it has always worked fine). After randomly punching around on buttons on the plotter for about an hour (my normal diagnostic procedure [emoji30]) I realized that the plotter WILL recognize the radar when the it is in “simulator” mode, which seems to disable the GPS. So the radar works fine when the plotter is in this simulator mode, but then GPS doesn’t work so that’s not acceptable.
Any ideas here? One person said maybe I need a software update? I have never updated the software. It does seem to be some sort of programming thing maybe and not a wiring issue. Or maybe there was a power surge or something that changed the programming? Just spitballing here since I don’t know about these things.
Tried to get Garmin to help but couldn’t get them on the phone while I was on the boat and then had to leave the boat and come back home, so just wondering if other Garmin owners had experienced such a thing.
I’ve been unable to figure out the radar problem so far. The plotter won’t recognize that I have radar (I have a Garmin radar that was installed when I got the plotter in 2014 and it has always worked fine). After randomly punching around on buttons on the plotter for about an hour (my normal diagnostic procedure [emoji30]) I realized that the plotter WILL recognize the radar when the it is in “simulator” mode, which seems to disable the GPS. So the radar works fine when the plotter is in this simulator mode, but then GPS doesn’t work so that’s not acceptable.
Any ideas here? One person said maybe I need a software update? I have never updated the software. It does seem to be some sort of programming thing maybe and not a wiring issue. Or maybe there was a power surge or something that changed the programming? Just spitballing here since I don’t know about these things.
Tried to get Garmin to help but couldn’t get them on the phone while I was on the boat and then had to leave the boat and come back home, so just wondering if other Garmin owners had experienced such a thing.