Thank you for helping discover the mysteries of Garmin. Hope you continue to do well with your channel.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, and thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment and for your well wishes! :)

Garmin should be sending you a Big 👍🏼 for explaining some of the Cool functions that you can use with their product.

@DanRichardFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah thanks! If they sent me a 126SV, I wouldn't complain ;)

@PamelaBrandonChromeFoto

4 жыл бұрын

You never know when something great is going to happen. Are you on Twitter;if not would it be ok if I shared your video?

@PamelaBrandonChromeFoto

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Richard Fishing The graphics on the 126SV are incredible but you need a thick wallet or money band to get that one in the mail!!!!

Like the way you labeled your waypoints... definitely a big help keeping them organized... I just got a Humminbird Helix 7 to put on my kayak... will have to play around with it after I get it set up... and congrats on reaching 1000 subs!!

@DanRichardFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I was super excited to pass the 1000 mark, now my new goal is 10,000 :) Honestly I would love to do this full-time some day, I absolutely love making this content and I've been making online tutorials and content since like 2000 (web and design tutorials) so it's just something I love to do. That's a sweet unit for a Kayak! I'm actually going to a mystery private lake soon that apparently had trout in it and I will be fishing out a pedal boat lol! I borrowed a portable unit from my friend Mark so at least I con't be completely blind haha. Should make for a funny video!

Hi Dan , great video , just purchased multiple Echomap devices for the 2021 season. Your tips are awesome. Keep up the great videos!

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Nice, you must be super stoked to get all that installed on your rig! Congrats on the upgrades and thanks so much for watching my videos :) More to come soon once I get my Garmin issues sorted out!

Your video has prompted me to organize my waypoints after many years of procrastination. The older King, Sitex, Lowrance and Garmin units made it complex to name waypoints on the water with the fish biting. I still have unnamed waypoints from the Loran days (TD1/TD2) not to mention many Lat/Lon numbers on my current units. The speed, ease of use and accuracy of the 2022 Garmin units is amazing to this seasoned fisherman.

Hi, I'm from St Helens, Tasmania, Australia and have just purchased the Garmin Ultra Echo 12 in unit. Found your vlogs to be very informative. Keep up the good work.

Fabulous explanation thanks for taking us through the process. Much appreciated

@DanRichardFishing

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome and thank you for subscribing!

You deserve much more than 1000 Subs!!! With all the info and time you provide with also working a full time job. You know most of us don’t like to read about how to input all this awesome content into our Garmin , so thank you for going through this set up. Congrats on 1000 Subs, even though I don’t live anywhere near Canada, I have learned a lot from watching your channel and it has motivated me to try new gear and to learn more about not just catching fish but how to become more efficient and confident with DIY projects, So Thank you for the motivation and encouragement to enjoy the love and sport of fishing. I appreciate all the time and content you put into your videos and that you always reply to everyone’s comments!!! P.S. Thank you for NOT saying “let’s Jump Right Into It” there’s enough Robots on KZread!!! Peace Out!!!!

@DanRichardFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words, I REALLY appreciate it so much and that's why I try to answer everyone that I can, I really love doing this even though I don't have much time to work on videos. We do what we can. Haha my version of "Let's jump right into it" appears to me "Alright, let's get at it" lol!

Hey Dan I just came across your KZread channel I just bought an echo map UHD 93SV plus transducer and I just want to let you know I'm so glad that you're doing this stuff with garmin so you can teach me how to Use this unit on a water.

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome and thank you so much for the kind words! We'll be doing a ton more Garmin stuff in 2022 so be sure to subscribe if you like the videos :) All the best!

Great video as always. One additional option for powering up the units off the boat - Garmin offers a power cord that plugs into a 12v outlet (cigarette lighter style.). I grabbed that and a cheap 110 to 12v inverter. Works great with no extra cradle needed.

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea, I actually didn't even think of the cig port adapter, thanks for the sharing the suggestion :)

Thanks for the shout out. Loved the tutorial

@DanRichardFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Hope that helped! :)

Great video Dan I just found you. And can't stop watching.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for kind words Brian! :)

Great info. Helped me a lot. Thanks

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! :)

Absolutely useful video

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

great video, I learn something new it can do every time I go out I swear lol

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch, and yep, every day we learn something new :)

Good job, keep the vids coming

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and I'm sure going to try!

Very helpful Bro

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :) 👊

Many thanks for this Video, I wish if you can: 1. add one more video about Google earth integration with Homeport 2. as well as integrating the purchased map from Garmin into Homeport. 3. and how to deal with tracks in the best practices, I am confused between tracks and routes.. 4. Can I integrate active-points with Homeport? You’ve done a great job and I am very greatfull to your excellent explanation.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Osama, thank you very much for watching my videos and for the questions! Let me try to answer them: 1. I did one, you can check it out at kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHyMqqmropitirw.html 2. I can certainly do one on how to view your map within Homeport, however G3 maps are not supported by Homeport :( 3. I'm not great on this one because I rarely use tracks aside from using active tracks when drifting. I can however tell you the difference between a track and a route. A track is an actual recorded navigated path and a route is a sequence of waypoints drawn out for navigation. So let's pretend you want to drive your boat to a destination and you chart out 5 different waypoints where you will change direction to get to the final destination. That's a route. Once you get there, your sonar will show the exact path you took, that's a track. 4. I'm afraid I don't know what active-points are, can you explain a bit more? Thanks! Dan

This is something you say content!!!!!! fabulous job!!!! I just want to tell you that Garmins Home port is no longer in use and I want to export data on my computer. Please make one video on that also, It's a request. Thank you, keep up the good work.

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! You can still download Homeport and use it, just no more updates going forward and you can't get help from Garmin on using it.

@yashkotadiya3385

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan. Keep up the good work. 👌👌👌👌

@DaleStagg

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing cannot find it anywhere to use. Any chance you have a copy?

I was excited to see this video. I have over 4000 waypoints to organize. I was really disappointed to now find out that Homeport is discontinued. Are there any other alternatives?

You have a new subscriber;-)

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

great informative videos, just getting started in the marine electronics world for kayak fishing. what would be the proper way to manage these on a Mac (or non-windows) machine

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe, and welcome to the world of boat electronics, they are an amazing tool when you start using them to find structure an fish! I know we spoke about this on another video, but to answer you here, unfortunately I am not a Mac users. However I can confirm that you have to use Basecamp for modifying your waypoints instead of Homeport because Homeport does not work on Macs after the Catalina upgrade. Also note that G3 maps are not yet supported if you try to import them, but that doesn't stop you from editing and importing/exporting waypoints and editing them, it just means you can only use the default maps in the software. Thanks and good luck!

What’s up neighbour! I’m near Cornwall. Seems we fish the same waters on the St Lawrence.

Hey Dan, Thanks for the video. I’m a member of Freedom Boat Club and basically do the exact same thing. Since our boats are shared, I’ve found this to be the only way to stay organized. I usually save the waypoints/tracks before we start, replace with my map during fishing, then restore the file from when I started. A few questions / suggestions: Suggestion-tip: I have a second blank SD card, which you can format in the chart plotter, then download the map to (it needs to be separate from your user/waypoint SD card). Then, after I upload my GPX file to HomePort, I close homeport, swap SD cards, and restart Homeport. Homeport will then recognize the saved map from the second SD card making waypoint editing much easier. Questions/issues: 1) I’ve found the opposite- some of the waypoint icons I’ve chosen in Homeport seem to not be compatible with the garmin chart plotters on our boats. Just wondering if you have a list of which icons are compatible / incompatible 2) Waypoint name length: I’ve noticed that my waypoint names are truncated when using on a chart plotter- any feedback on maximum waypoint name length?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Nicholas, thanks so much for watching my videos and for the comments! I actually have a question about your process, why do you download the map copy each time when all you need are the tracks and waypoints? Homeport will just use a default plain map but you still see all your data. Why bother with the map each time? As for your questions, you definitely hit on a couple of soft spots when it comes to Garmin Echomaps! 1. MOST icons in Homeport should work on the Echomap but some are not supported. Unfortunately there is no way to import/export icons in to the Echomaps, which is a big fail in my opinion. I don't have a standard set, but with time I eventually figured out which ones I can use that the Echomap will display. I don't have a list, but maybe I can put one together in the future. The first time I edited waypoints, I think I used Basecamp and NOTHING I chose worked! 2. You are 100% right and it's ANNOYING!!! Before I had detailed waypoint names, uploaded to the unit and as you said, the Echomap shortens the name to the first 5 characters, ARG!!! Again, nothing you can do about this, it's a limitation. That is why I started using abbreviations like FSM001 would be fall smallmouth spot 001. Again, something I wish it didn't do. Thanks again and tight lines!

@nicholashoffman491

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Hi Dan- I don't download the map each time. I have a separate SD card with just the map on it (for some reason it never worked when I tried to download the map and my user data files). I transfer my saved tracks/files to my laptop from the "Data" SD card, then switch and launch HomePort with the "Map" SD card. I do this so I can use the full navigational map when editing/organizing waypoints. Typically, I'll create the waypoints after my trip using my recorded track. It helps to have features/depth contours, etc present when doing this. Also, I'll add waypoints/routes for marinas, docks, passages, etc. This would be very difficult to do without the navigational map. I did some searching and it seems like older Garmin devices: 1- change waypoint names to all-caps; 2- truncate after 10 characters (see support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=HGD9XaRzls9HmNiZcs15I6)

Question: will my fishing points can be seen by other Garmin users?? I usually load my pre-planning on to my navionics app then I upload them in to the ActiveCaptain app then they transfer over to my Garmin 73sv. Thanks You rock!!

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely not! The only thing you can share are quickdraw maps and even then, you have to actually specifically upload them and share them, it's not automatic. Thanks so much for your kind words, really appreciate it! :)

Good video. One thing-- be sure the icons you use in Homeport are ones on your unit. Been there done that.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

I thought all Homeport icons are supported and it's the basecamp icons that you have to be careful of. I did the same thing but it was with basecamp and I noticed those icons were not available in homeport. The entire icon support is really weird and horribly supported isn't it?

@jdguess1957

3 жыл бұрын

​@@DanRichardFishing Homeport isn't supported much either. Hard to find good instructions for . I'm new to Garmin. Have Humminbird 1198csi, using Humminbird PC for waypoint management. Its horrible . Had 150 waypoints I wanted to put the same icon on. Has to be done one at a time. Now I'm finding whenever I load from Homeport back to chartplotter( brand new Echomap Ultra 106), I have to redo Active Captain w/a blank sd card.....Thinking Garmin only wants us to use ActiveCaptain,......?....?

Wow, They should give you a livescope for that professional lesson. It seems a lot of tech companies assume everyone is an engineer. Just a question about joining several different card from various times and GPX files. Can I import a bunch and merge them to combine as one to load back to the unit? Q>2 If I select "merge" rather than replace will it copy all the cards I put in as the onboard waypoints? Then I could export it and have them all if that works.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks Will, appreciate the kudos! :) So using Homeport, you can definitely import waypoints from different cards in to a single homeport profile and then export it to a single GPX import file. For the Merge function, yes it will import any waypoints from your cards in to the unit without deleting any of the currently stored ones. The only thing I am not 100% sure that I would have to try is what it does with duplicates. I vaguely remember having an issue with duplicates when I merged on an older unit. Thanks so much for watching and for your questions!

Will Homeport work with Echoma Ultra 106SV maps? If not, what's the best way to view those on a Windows computer? Thank you

Great Video! Thanks. Yes, the Echomap UHD 63cv also uses a micro SD 32 GB card. QUESTION: My Echomap UHD 63cv ALWAYS starts at a Miami area waypoint & won't clear!!!! I always have to travel from there to my PA waypoints. A real PIA! The Miami waypoint is not under my "waypoints" list, so I cannot delete it. Is there a fix for this nuisance??? NOTE: This problem occurs on Simulator mode. Perhaps it will not occur in real-time?

Useful. What are you shooting with? Can you turn off autofocus? Kinda messes things up on ya from time to time.

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) This is an older video, I think this was shot with my old Canon 70D, which had pretty good AF but I now shoot with a GH5. I shoot a mix of Auto and MF depending on the situation because using MF when the camera is out of reach is very time consuming, especially when shooting content that involves moving the camera around a lot. Wish I was a rich KZreadr so I could hire a camera person 😂

Now that homeport is discontinued is there an option that I can use on my MacBook? I was excited when I found this up to the point I searched waypoint and saw it was discontinued. Not sure what to do now.

How did you get those nice contour line maps on your Garmin? I went to Garmin community and downloaded what was posted but all I got were those colored tracks but no contours. Thank you so much.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

It depends which maps you have so those are the updated G2 Canadian lakes on a Garmin echomap 95 SV plus. You actually have to pay for those maps from the Garmin site they aren't free or they come included if you buy a Canadian version of the Echomap, but the 93 SV will come with the US version of those maps. Hope that helps!

@chrisc5726

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Just purchased a 73Sv that came with LakeVu G3 US maps but no contours. I hope doing quick draw might help.

I wish you could do one of these vids of Raymarine.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry Rich, I have zero experience with Raymarine :(

Hey Dan! What ram mount do you use, the one in your hand?

@DanRichardFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Hi J! I use this one right here: amzn.to/31FNZ7r :)

is there a way to plug GPS coordinates directly into this garmin model? like can i put the numbers in then get a waypoint to navigate to from there? thanks

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Select User Data > Waypoints > New Waypoint. Select Enter Coordinates, and enter the coordinates and voila! :)

I got a listing of coordinates for the fish attactors that have been placed on a Federal lake. Is there anyway to enter the coordinates manually and then plug into my 93SV UHD?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Check out kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHyMqqmropitirw.html and it will show you how to take manual coordinates and import them in to your unit :) The only difference is that instead of grabbing the coordinates from Google Maps like in the video, you use the ones you have noted. Hope that helps!

I use my 12 volt drill battery with slide clip instead of pinch clips. No need to buy a small 12v if you dont have one.

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that will absolutely work, in fact I know people that actually do that on their boat. For me I keep all my batteries down in the garage in my workshop, last thing I want to do is be working on something in the workshop and then realize I left my battery upstairs in the office 😂

Hey Dan...new subsceriber here...enjoy your content...now that Garmin has discontinued HomePort, what are you using as an alternative? Is there an alternative, other than Active Captain, which doesn't work on a desktop/laptop computer...?

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Corlis, thanks so much for subscribing! While Garmin no longer supports Homeport, you can definitely still download it and install and use it. It doesn't seem like Garmin has anything announced as a replacement yet, which is pretty frustrating.

@corlisdobson8053

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing thanks for the quick response...I actually 'downloaded' Homeport from the Garmin site...but when I attempted to install, it errored...after some additional research, it appears Homeport is not compatible with Mac's, which is what I run. Sooooooo, I'm still lost with this wonderful concept that Jonny at Fish the Moment and you introduced me too...thanks again for your content, everything I've watched to this point is great. Happy Thanksgiving (do you Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving...hmmm?) And by the way, you don't sound Canadian, especially from Montreal...

I would love to find out how to break down my gps into files. Ie all waypoints for Erie all waypoints for St Clair and so on. That way I can have em by lake on a card so I'm not using the head unit storage for lakes i don't fish as often..

Hi Dan ! Thanks for the video. It did worked very well on the Home Port app but I can't see it on the unit even after following your steps (replace from Card). I see my old stuff. You can help?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

when you look at the files on the memory card on your computer do you see the GPS file saved on the memory card in the Garmin folder?

@SurprenantAlex

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing On the card, in userdata I can see a .adm file and a .gpx file

@SurprenantAlex

3 жыл бұрын

I tried it again exporting the .gpx on the card. Still not working :(

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurprenantAlex send me a DM on Instagram or Facebook under Dan Richard fishing and I'll try to help you out. It has to be something silly that we're missing doesn't make any sense.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@SurprenantAlex Hi Alex, just to be clear, you need to place the .gpx in the Garmin folder on your SD Card, not in the UserData subfolder. So if your SD Card drive letter on your PC is D: for example, then it should be in D:\Garmin\yourgxfile.gpx You can see me doing it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHyMqqmropitirw.html

Dan what type power converter do you use at home on you Garmin?

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have a power converter, I actually just use a small 12 volt battery for an alarm system in my office :)

Hello Dan, this still working ot its working in diferent gps model? thank you i have 1042xsv

Hey Dan, Love the vid's...I am having trouble loading my Excel stored waypoints (500+) into my 94sv uhd. These are from an old machine. I've followed everything I can find including using the 'Visualizer' converter. I'm getting conversions but they aren't close to being accurate when I check against a 'manually' input lat/lon - H*E*L*P! Cliff from Florida (forgotten coast)

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

OK so basically you followed what I did here and the waypoints it brought in were way off? kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHyMqqmropitirw.html How far off are they... like is it by a few feet or by a few miles? I'd be happy to investigate, send me a direct message on Facebook from my page at facebook.com/danrichardfishing/ and if you want, send me a sample of the excel file so I can check it out. Doesn't have to be 500, just a few is fine to test.

@2tinydogs814

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing WAY OFF, I'll send you an Excel raw example

@2tinydogs814

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Dan, the vid you referenced doesn't address doing a bulk waypoint load, like in my case, from an older unit that doesn't have the 'copy to sd' feature. Mine are manually input (one by one) into an Excel file developed over years. Offshore WP's that I entered, went out and investigated and retained. I'll send you a condensed set. Thanks for the help Cliff

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@2tinydogs814 in the video I used the visualizer and you can actually just copy paste the entire Excel spreadsheet by formatting it with a delimiter and pasting it into the visualizer and then exporting a GPS file from there. so the impression I got from your first message is that's what you were doing but for some reason the waypoints that were exported were completely imprecise.

Dan, is homeport not available through Garmin anymore? I cannot find it on their website.

@DanRichardFishing

Жыл бұрын

I got you fam! www.danrichard.com/dump/homeport.zip

Hey Dan, When I do the HOME battery setup as you describe my 94sv begins to flash and eventually goes bland? Ideas?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Can you give me the timestamp in the video you are referring to?

@2tinydogs814

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Hey Dan, sorry for the slow 'reply'.... I had a faulty battery (exact one your vid mentioned) that wouldn't hold a charge. PowerSource, replaced it...now no prob. thanks Cliff (forgotten coast)

Hi Dan Very nice presentation, but: According to Garmin support Denmark, "Homeport" is only for G2 chart and is now outdated. Therefore no support on downloading to MAC (Big Sur) I tried yesterday and no succes.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately HomePort currently only supports G2 Maps or older. Hopefully they add the G3 support in the near future because so many people are asking for it!

@bjarnemunknielsen8971

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Yes if it just was that simple. But you can't download the software to a MAC! And new G3 maps are not exactly Free!

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@bjarnemunknielsen8971 Yeah this is why I don't use Macs, software/hardware support is just so sketchy. From what I know, Homeport stopped working when Mac OS upgraded to Catalina. You would have to use Basecamp instead and it will work. Basecamp is like homeport, but more geared towards land based activities, but would still work the same way. Now bear in mind you don't have to import your maps to basecamp/homeport for this to work. You can still do everything in the video for organizing your waypoints and importing them, you just won't be able to do it while looking at your G3 maps, you'll be restricted to the basic global map in the desktop software.

So, I'm centered in the North Country on Cranberry Lake, NY. The Garmin "g3 detail map" (v2020.0) does not show any (?) aids to navigation for Cranberry Lake. Now, I have a 1969 NY DNR nautical map with legacy navaids (danger bouys, red and green channel bouys, lighted bouys, and lighted channel bouys) in standard USCG symbology. While this info is no longer exact, it differs mainly that there are lighted channel bouys in place of some unlighted channel bouys. In my legacy GPSMAP device, I tediously entered locations and, in the absence of Garmin chart one symbols, selected dumbed-down symbols. Is there a way to gain standard USCG symbology icons preferably for HomePort to furnish user editted AtoN's?

@DanRichardFishing

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Bruce, that is a REALLY good question and one I have played with when I first started using Garmin gear. This is kind of a yes and no answer if I understood your question correctly. So part 1 is yes you can import custom icons in to Homeport or Basecamp, there is actually a guide on how to do it on Garmin at support.garmin.com/en-IE/?faq=VTS8XTdjCW5Tx3HyfJ3eQ6 but I don't know if you can just download a set of USCG standard icons. You would probably have to make each one. Now here's where the no part comes in, even once you have them in Homeport or Basecamp, the device will not import them so you will only see a default icon on the actual unit, which of course kind of makes them being available in Basecamp or Homeport somewhat useless imo. So for the unit itself, you can still only use the 50 or so icons built in to the system. Hope that answers your question! Thanks :)

@brucemathews6199

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Kinda suspected. The AtoN list on the devices and maps locks anybody out. User edits are permitted but not to be confused with registered data. Don’t quite understand why the AtoN on the boondocks like Cranberry Lake don’t make the grade, it I suspect the USCG doesn’t get to Cranberry Lake. Well, thanks again, and I hope to catch as many fish as you talk about! 🐟

I am just setting up my new unit. I checked with Garmin website for the Homeport software. The site said that it is no longer available. Does anyone know of a replacement?

Do you turn off sonar when doing these things?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to unless you see me specifically say you need to turn the unit on and off. You can remove the card with the power on, it won't hurt the unit.

I just viewed your channel and tried to download Homeport App. Apparently this App is no longer supported by Garmin and has been discontinued. Are there any other options out there to manage waypoints? Thanks.

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Malcom, you can still download and use Homeport no problem, it just means that Garmin will no longer update it but it's still totally usable. The other thing that sucks is that it doesn't support the newer maps like G3 etc. So far Garmin has not announced anything at all to replace Homeport.

@DaleStagg

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing , Homeport download is gone. Cannot download any more.

@peterbretherton3546

Жыл бұрын

Malcom have you been able to find where to download it?

@peterbretherton3546

Жыл бұрын

@@DaleStagg have you been able to locate where to get the installation?

@DaleStagg

Жыл бұрын

@@peterbretherton3546 no, could never find a download. Think it is gone! They want you using Active Captain!

Excuseee ya, If Simrad can apply to Homeport?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Gabriel, honestly I don't know but I doubt it because Homeport is made by Garmin so I would assume it only supports Garmin and some standard files such as GPX files.

Hi why can’t you use Garmin ActiveCaptain to adjust waypoints and tracks?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

ActiveCaptain will only sync with Wifi enabled versions of the Echomaps, so UHD and Plus. It won't work with the CHIRP or 1st gen models.

Are there any other maps that can to used in Homeport?

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, Homeport lists compatibility with the following maps: BlueChart g2 Vision(R) (also compatible(2) with BlueChart g2, LakeVu HD and LakeVu HD Ultra navigation charts). Hope that helps!

What do we do now that HomePort is discontinued?

Hey Dan, can you give me some Amazon links for the right connectors/wires to connect my Garmin to my marine battery at home?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

No problem at all can you tell me what model you have exactly?

@MattforApple

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Echomap UHD 95sv. Trying to connect to my big 12v marine battery at home

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattforApple ah ok a 95sv, I take it you're in Canada like me? :)

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattforApple assuming you're in Canada and will be using amazon.ca you need this power cable: www.amazon.ca/dp/B019XB9UQG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_eaDVFbQAN18JR and a pair of clips like this: www.amazon.ca/dp/B01M2ZUPDC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_bcDVFbG7WAD6P With this you can take the echomap (with cradle) out of the boat and use it anywhere you have a 12v battery :)

@MattforApple

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing ah ok awesome thanks so much. Yeah I’m in Toronto. So basically just crimp each cable to an alligator clip?

How do you guys like to organize your waypoints, or do you just mark it and leave it? Share your tricks! You can download Homeport at www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=7263

@jbird68

3 жыл бұрын

I started naming my waypoints at first. Say I was fishing 3 different lakes (Lake Carlton, Long Lake and Chetek). I would name waypoints on Lake Carlton LC0001, LC0002, etc. I would name waypoints on Long Lake LL0001, LL0002, etc. And waypoints on Chetek would be CK0001, CK0002, etc. But after a while it was just easier to use the next sequential number. I have a 73sv Chirp. I hate the scrolling input method. I wish they would just have just put in a qwerty keyboard. On another topic...I can't update my HomePort software on my Windows 10 PC. Garmin support didn't have a fix for me. I just keep getting a fatal error on the install when I try to update.

@DaleStagg

2 жыл бұрын

That link no longer allows downloads, Garmin removed it completely. Any chance you have the file?

home port is no longer available. is there a replacement for organizing waypoints?

Do you have or will be making an update to this video? I clicked on the Homeport link and it's no longer available.

@DanRichardFishing

Жыл бұрын

You can grab it at www.danrichard.com/dump/homeport.zip

@sheilaholt2864

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this file. I was so excited after watching your video on editing waypoints and tracks. I was going to finally clean up all the extra tracks we no longer need and better name waypoints. But then I could not locate the file to download. Now i can finally clean it all up. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

Garmin states homeport does not work with G3 maps that come in ultra series. Anyone tried it?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone should contact Garmin and request that Homeport be upgraded to work with G3 maps, they claim they haven't received enough requests to do it. Seems like a BS answer so everyone should be asking them :)

Helpful Note to Echomap owners: Activecaptain does not support HELM functions for your unit! It took me a long time to figure out why the Helm function did not show up on my smartphone.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up John!

@hokep61

2 жыл бұрын

Correct! Homeport is also now discontinued. Pretty much clueless as to how to view my recordings. PC says the garmin .img files are bad.

Have you ever noticed that you have to name the waypoint TWICE before it saves? Or is it just my unit?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

I can't say that I noticed that to be honest, do you mean on the unit itself when editing or in the Homeport software?

How can you delete specific tracks?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel, you can delete a specific track with the following steps: 1. Select User Data > Tracks > Saved Tracks. 2. Select a track. 3. Select Delete. If you want to delete the active track, go to User Data > Tracks > Clear Active Track Hope that helps!

@fishva

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Thanks, Dan! I was hoping to find a way to delete specific tracks either by date or by selecting a track, etc. I guess it is all tracks or non.

What if I have a mac and cant get homeport?

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi PJ, there is a Mac version! You can find it at www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=7265

@anonymous_friend

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Thanks I tried to run it, but I guess i can no longer run 32 bit applications on my version of mac os.

Does anyone know where you can download HomePort for Windows? Would anyone be willing to zip the installation files to email me?

@DanRichardFishing

Жыл бұрын

Voila! www.danrichard.com/dump/homeport.zip

Do you ever have this issue; when you mark a waypoint while scanning and then try to navigate to it - only to NOT find it? Crazy! I read today that the waypoints puts you within 3 ft of it so if you mark a small brush pile, you won't find it using the waypoint.

@DanRichardFishing

2 жыл бұрын

No definitely not! As soon as I drop a waypoint, I see it on the map as a red diamond shape by default. It is true that consumer GPS coordinates are off by a margin of up to a few feet and you also have to remember that it depends on wind and boat position. So for example when you scan a brushpile with your transducer on the back of the boat and waypoint it, the waypoint is based on the position of your Garmin unit, not the transduce, which is maybe 10 feet from your chartplotter. So in order to stop right on that brush pile, wind, current and direction of approach would have to be identical in order to have your unit parked on your waypoint and the end of your boat over the brush pile. This is why Livescope or Mega360 is so useful, you can use those tools to know exactly where the object is in reference to your boat. Hope that helps!

@LetsCrappieFish

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing so basically thats a waste of time. I’ll just use down imaging. Thanks

je pense qu'on est de la même régions...

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Nous pourrions être! :)

@yvanmtl2

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing je suis de valleyfield. Je pêche lac st-louis, st-francois et deux-montagne.

Garmin desperately needs a video on extensive TRACK management !!!!

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the suggestion maybe I will do a video on it even though it's not really my forte as I barely use tracks. I have two Garmin videos coming up and then maybe after that I'll do one. Thanks for the comment! ✌️

@Williampinion25

3 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing thanks Dan. We as tournament fisherman that goto many lakes like to save certain tracks to run different areas. Also garmin is really confusing about track colors and why are all colors turned on or should they be turned off. Don’t have a clue but really missing my lowrances chart and trails

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

I'll have to mess around with it, I barely use tracks other than when I drift and I'm watching my active tracks.

@MrHittman23

Жыл бұрын

I’m here for the same reason. Garmin only allows 50 tracks. Not sure how to do management for tracks. Running lakes with a lot of timber I need it. Missing lowrance…

Conclusion.......Garmin products suck.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Wait till you see the video I'm posting in about a week... 😡

@osama966x

3 жыл бұрын

It is, and they dont care about the user interface, example you can use active point to edit waypoint but not tracks on echomap! After I reach home for some reason I couldnt see my last way points..

@jrh6869

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanRichardFishing Link to video please

First 8 minutes is a waste of time.

@DanRichardFishing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, you would be surprised how many folks appreciate the very basics in my How-to videos so I tend to give out simple info first and then get in to it. I started adding chapters to my videos so people can easily skip to relevant parts but I just notice this video doesn't have them so I'll add them now. This was also among some of my first Garmin how-to videos so I'm learning to keep the idle chatter to a minimum or at least saved for the end 😂 Thanks and tight lines! :)