Garmin Bluechart Mobile App - Where are you?

I was looking for the same and don't think it is available. The only method I could see is to find where you want the waypoint and then touch the screen.
 
Anyone having recent issues logging on to Active Captain through Blue Charts? When I turn on Blue Charts I get a message to log into AC and when I try I get a message about unable to connect to server. I know I am on the Internet because I can go on google etc.
 
It's an issue with Garmin. From the Active Captain Facebook group on Saturday:

Jeffrey Siegel: It started happening to me last night too. It's not our server - I up'd the logging we're doing but the request is never getting to us. I wrote a Garmin engineer about it at 10 pm last night. I doubt much will happen before Monday.
Saturday at 1:56pm

Howard
 
Yes. I get the same message. On the Active Captain forum Jeff had left a message that it was a Garmin issue.
 
Garmin App and log in to Active Captain working again!!
 
Ainokea":2dhaf8n7 said:
Garmin App and log in to Active Captain working again!!
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Needless to say, they found it.

This is the marine group's first iOS app - there are some growing pains and of course, the first problem happens on a Friday evening...
 
knotflying":3ifpvxdp said:
I was looking for the same and don't think it is available. The only method I could see is to find where you want the waypoint and then touch the screen.
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I have the same request. Manual entry of waypoint and coordinates.

Also needed...

Route construction from pick list of existing waypoints (no chart involved).

Best if BCM can support waypoint/route management via chart AND manual edit/pick lists.
 
I suspect that Garmin may want to leave a lot of bells an whistles out of the iPad version. Think about it, if the iPad did everything the chart plotter did, who would buy the chart plotter? What I find most annoying about the Garmin GPS is that it lacks a "recently found" menu like the road map GPS has. This is quite annoying when you want to jump back to a recent place that you don't necessarily want to setup as a waypoint.
 
ActiveCaptain":1llksvf7 said:
rem1473":1llksvf7 said:
Does anyone have the configuration for the Ubiquiti PicoStationM2? To make it work on the Garman marine network. Even if full details cannot be revealed. How about a starting point?
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I'm working on getting permission for it.
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Howdy AC. How goes the permission request for the Garmin blessed Ubiquiti configuration?
 
woobagooba":uynfrwyn said:
How goes the permission request for the Garmin blessed Ubiquiti configuration?
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I'm currently unable to provide it. As soon as their product ships, they expect the configuration to become public.

It's quite worth drooling over the newly announced quatix:
http://sites.garmin.com/quatix/

I had no idea that was coming...
 
ActiveCaptain":1h6ce3gv said:
woobagooba":1h6ce3gv said:
How goes the permission request for the Garmin blessed Ubiquiti configuration?
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I'm currently unable to provide it. As soon as their product ships, they expect the configuration to become public.

It's quite worth drooling over the newly announced quatix:
http://sites.garmin.com/quatix/

I had no idea that was coming...
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Can you share if Garmin has added custom firmware to the Ubiquiti? Or is this just a matter of properly configuring a stock Ubiquiti? Thanks much.
 
woobagooba":mry5ikhr said:
Can you share if Garmin has added custom firmware to the Ubiquiti? Or is this just a matter of properly configuring a stock Ubiquiti? Thanks much.
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There is nothing else I'm going to comment on about Garmin networking unless it is public. I'm sorry.
 
ActiveCaptain":1ddlqvtx said:
woobagooba":1ddlqvtx said:
How goes the permission request for the Garmin blessed Ubiquiti configuration?
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I'm currently unable to provide it. As soon as their product ships, they expect the configuration to become public.

It's quite worth drooling over the newly announced quatix:
http://sites.garmin.com/quatix/

I had no idea that was coming...
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Pretty spendy to say the least... could buy a used iPad for the price shown at https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=120680&ra=true ...and it's still awaiting FCC certification!
 
baz":1pmo9s5a said:
Pretty spendy to say the least... could buy a used iPad for the price shown at https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=120680&ra=true ...and it's still awaiting FCC certification!
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Yeah but strapping an iPad on your wrist would be very cumbersome.

I'm quite interested to see what the street price is. The watch looks to be the same as the Fenix with boating firmware...
 
ActiveCaptain":3n76tdj7 said:
baz":3n76tdj7 said:
Pretty spendy to say the least... could buy a used iPad for the price shown at https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=120680&ra=true ...and it's still awaiting FCC certification!
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Yeah but strapping an iPad on your wrist would be very cumbersome.

I'm quite interested to see what the street price is. The watch looks to be the same as the Fenix with boating firmware...
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Nah.... hang an iPad mini around your neck... :lol: Seriously though, it does and looks a very cool device with LOTS of features. I like the remote auto pilot feature, and wonder if it will work just like the remote auto pilot device that Ranger Tug provides its customers with when they purchase the Garmin Auto Pilot along with a new boat ? ...but suspect it means another $200 for the Garmin's Wi-Fi device... :roll:
 
baz":1t47cf1h said:
...but suspect it means another $200 for the Garmin's Wi-Fi device... :roll:
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No baz, you will need a different $200 box from Garmin to use Quatix with your plotter. You will need the Garmin NMEA 2000 transceiver that works with ANT:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=124640

Many years ago, there was a running joke that modern cars carried more computing power then Neil Armstrong took to the moon. Pretty soon we'll have some sort of joke that a modern boats and RF transmitters. Lets see: wifi for connecting to the interwebs. Separate wifi to connect to Garmin Marine network. ANT, Bluetooth, LTE, GSM, SSB, FRS, Radar, VHF... What did I miss? Gosh, that's a lot of RF we're putting out there!
 
We need a 'standard' to stop all this nonsense... but that's too much to hope for...
 
I just had a pipe dream. It would be neat if we could use a modern smartphone along with the Garmin Wifi adapter to tether a chartplotter to the Internet. Then have the chartplotter access WX data the same way it does now with the GDL 40. It's killer features like this that will help Garmin beat their competitors.

I hope Garmin is reading this thread!
 
I just purchased this App for my IPAD 2 (iOS 6.x) along with Mediterranean Maps (55 Euros) , but I discovered that this App CRASHES when you try to insert a waypoint !!!! It is TOTALLY USELESS for who - like myself - has no wi-fi connectivity with other Garmin instruments, but wants to use the App for planning !!!
Did anyone experienced the same problem ?
 
Still loving the BlueChart Mobile app on iOS. The weather and live bouy data is great. Last weekend I was able to configure my network to allow my iPad to be on the Internet and connected to my 7215 at the same time. I did this with my own router ... Not too hard to configure but took some trial and error. I am not sure why Garmin can't publish their detailed configuration!

All the details here: https://sites.google.com/a/patmcqueen.c ... ne/success
 
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