LeoKa
Guru
- Joined
- Apr 15, 2017
- Messages
- 1,283
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Ironsides
- Vessel Make
- 54' Bruce Roberts steel sailboat hull, coastal LRC, 220HP CAT 3306.
I am installing my new AP.
Raymarine EV1, ACU400, i70s, p70Rs, RS150, RAY73. It is going slow, but I have progress. My dilemma is the software. STng backbone connects them all, but my chart plotter is Garmin. I connect the Garmin to the backbone with nmea2000 adapter. RM support tells me that I need an MDF to update the software on these units. I understand that connecting the Garmin plotter will give me only limited communications. So it cannot be used as an MDF. It is a great plotter and I wish to keep it. Garmin allows me to do updates with SD cards.
Has anyone found a solution to update the RM software without an MDF? I would hate to spend over 1K dollars, just to be able to update the software. Thanks.
Raymarine EV1, ACU400, i70s, p70Rs, RS150, RAY73. It is going slow, but I have progress. My dilemma is the software. STng backbone connects them all, but my chart plotter is Garmin. I connect the Garmin to the backbone with nmea2000 adapter. RM support tells me that I need an MDF to update the software on these units. I understand that connecting the Garmin plotter will give me only limited communications. So it cannot be used as an MDF. It is a great plotter and I wish to keep it. Garmin allows me to do updates with SD cards.
Has anyone found a solution to update the RM software without an MDF? I would hate to spend over 1K dollars, just to be able to update the software. Thanks.