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Raymarine is about to release v4.25 series software update to the C series displays. More details can be found at the Raymarine site Animated tides, animated current, more engine data, the ability to use most of the features of the Navionics Platinum cartography, and my favorite - a compass databar.

Some confusion still exists as of 3/26 at the Raymarine site since they say it's released but their links point to the 3.18 upgrade, however methinks it will be corrected soon. If any Brat is able to download the new 4.25 software, please put a note in this thread.

Don
 
I just got around to registering my Raymarine equipment, so I could watch their online podcast covering radar. Today, I have an invite in email to upgrade to new version. The link they sent me works, via Raymarine Insider.


Here is the high-level info. I might try uprading later in the week.

Version 4.25 for C-Series adds a whole host of new features and enhancements including:

SIRIUS Marine Weather Service support
SIRIUS Satellite Radio support
Expanded Navionics Cartography Support
Animated Tides and Currents displays
Enhanced engine, genset and trim tab data display
Integrated SeaTalk autopilot controls
And much, much more.
Your C-Series Multifunction Display
 
So in everyday terms. 1. You need a flash card reader. 2 You take the flashcard out of the chartplotter and put it in the flash card reader. 3. You download the new version onto your chip and then put it back in the chartplotter.

Yes?/No?

So if you don't have a flash card reader I assume you can take your chip out of the chartplotter and give it to Pat A, who has one and he can perform this wonderful thing. YES?
 
NO! The drill seems to be as outlined on the Raymarine Site:

Download the .zip to your computer and unzip
Put a blank (fomatted) CF card into your cardreader
Drag/drop the unzipped files onto the card
Remove the Navionics card from your chartplotter
Insert the CF card containing the unzipped files into the chartplotter
Follow the prompts
OR
Call Pat.
The Raymarine ppl are quite emphatic about NOT putting Navionics cards in a card reader and messing with them.
Raymarine seems to obsess about SanDisk cards. I used an old Canon 16mb card successfully. Seems to me Pat may have used a non-SanDisk card also.
 
I just got their VIP e-mail.

Haven't tried it yet.

The question is, will it over-ride the card that I used for the first update? Or am I going to have to figure a way out to delete the card I last used?
 
Just did mine. Works perfectly if you follow the instructions on the RayMarine site.

In particular, after you download the file and unzip it, remember to take the two files OUT of the folder before you put it on the flash card. The display cannot find it if you simply transfer the whole folder.

If you have an older update on your flash card you just have to select the right version when the unit boots up with the update menu. If in doubt, delete the old version first.

And please don't try it with your Navionics card or you will be begging for a new one !!! Use a clean fresh Flash card !!!

Now I will have to go out and buy all those extra "toys" such as AIS, Sirus weather radio, navionics platinum, auto pilot etc etc etc. NOT !!

Merv
 
Hey Grumpy -

Could you be talked into bringing the update to Lopez? We could update "the fleet" while we are there....I would guess I will need it too.

Mac
 
Yo Mac,

Yes of course good idea.
If you need it before then let me know and I will send it over to you. I will be in EU for a few days next week.

Merv
 
Mac,
If you have your display unit you can do it "Off Line". Just needs 12V on two pins and takes abouot 20 seconds. Kingfisher is back in the shop to finish the canvas so I just did my spare unit. (Don't ask !)

Merv
 
I have the new update on a sandisk and will bring it to Lopez. Haven't installed it on C-Cakes yet but the info on Raymarine's website looks good. If you have raymarine electronics and have registered them, you can get into their "insider" pages and see a good description of the update. Looks like it also has the ability to diplay a compass heading at the top of the screen. Thats interesting.
 
starcrafttom":2p9ar5lu said:
Animated Tides and Currents displays ???

what is it and how does it look on the screen???
Click to expand...

animated_tides.gif


current_animation.gif


weather_animation.gif


panoramic.jpg


Chart_rings.jpg


compass_bar.jpg


engine.jpg
 
It's all good "Stuff" but I would have preferred it if they had spent the money on practical improvements like moving the Sequim marina 50 yds left so it corresponds to the chart ! :wink

Merv
 
Flip. thanks for the pics. the tide and current stuff looks great, but do you have to have the weather system to make this work or is it just stored info?? I really like to know what the tides are doing in my area. I wander if it just the same info that is in the tide window or will it adjust for your location? I will have to down load and play with it.
 
Tom, Mac told me that my C-80 had tide (and current?) data inside already. I haven't had time to figure out how to get to it, though. Maybe it has some sort of tide almanac built-in?

If my engine data could "talk" to the C-80, and I could see realtime MPG data, it would make tweaking throttle and trim-tab settings easy. If I were pounding into a sea, and I decided to crack off a bit for comfort, it would be extra-helpful to see MMGPG; I just made that up: Miles Made Good Per Gallon.

I just got my autopilot running again (Thanks, Mac, for procuring the new rudder reference from Raymarine). It might be handy to operate it directly from the C-80 display, but it's not really a big deal to run it off its own control panel. Not a huge issue, but if the C-80 interface is more intuitive, I'll use it.

Plus I still want an AIS receiver :-) What I really need Raymarine to do is to allow me to hack the (single!) NMEA port on the back and send position data output to the VHF for DSC purposes, while bringing AIS data in (at different baud rate) for display on the chartplotter. Since AIS is only a "talker" and the VHF is only a "listener", you don't really NEED two NMEA ports to handle all the data. Except that the baud rates aren't compatible, and you can only configure the C-series NMEA port to use one baud rate or the other. So is there a REAL C-series hacker in the house? Anybody know if these in/out baud rates can be configured independently now? ;-)
 
Hey Tim,

The C-80 has the tide tables, and some limited current info built in. Just hit bring up a chart screen, press "OK", "find nearest", "tide Station" and voila!

Also, the J-90 flow meter tracks gallons per hour - you have to do the math for mpg using the boat's speed thru the water (knot meter - not SOG)

Enjoy!

Mac
 
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