| can you guys describe the plusses and minuses of networking for me? i've always had separate stand-alone and want to understand more of the capabilities and limitations of networking. thanks! ...
sometimes i'll map out a spot driving the big motor at the console, but with the trolling motor in the water and the bow combo turned on so that i see the depth and bottom content both at the bow and at the stern. in my current boat, that's a 19' difference between the gps pucks, and over that distance the bottom can obviously change quite a bit.
if i want to enter a waypoint related to the location of the trolling motor, i just select the bow gps antenna for my console display and when i enter the waypoint (at the console) it's recording the location of the bow...it's easier than running back and forth between units while also trying to drive the boat.
and then when you're done, you just share all the data across the network and both units have full sets of data so you've got it all driving as well as fishing from either the front or the back of the boat.
If I had a network setup with an external antenna and one unit with an internal antenna when I layed down an icon with the unit set to read from the internal antenna would that waypoint be shared with the other unit on the network? I'm thinking not since the internal antenna is not on the network.
yes, you can. my current network has an internal on the bow and an external in the stern.
when you enter a waypoint, it saves to the unit. since the unit is on the network, it can share that data with the rest of the network. it will record the location of the antenna that the unit is currently reading. ie., if unit A is reading the internal antenna of unit B, the waypoint will record into unit A based on the location of unit B's antenna.
with a Humminbird Interlink, you can share waypoints in a number of ways.
1) you can store all of your data on the Interlink itself, and just have both of the units read it off of there. as you enter new waypoints on either unit, you just push them to the Interlink and then both units have them.
2) you can save both sets of data on both units. at powerup the Interlink will notice any differences between the two units and ask you if you want to update them; it will then push the different data to the other unit.
3) you can share data in real time. any waypoint you enter in unit A is immediately pushed up to unit B.
Edited by lambeau 8/26/2010 12:06 PM
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