I have a 1199 with a Lakemaster chip in the stern and purchased a used 859 for the bow to network together. I was surprised to see that the 859 came with a Navionics chip. If I have the two different chips in the two units, will the units still share waypoints? Are there any other problems I should be aware of?
you’ll be just fine…i do it all the time.
the different mapchips just provide an overlay of their lake data to the unit that the chip is in. they don’t effect performance of your network. if you save a waypoint or route on you 1199/Lakemaster it will share across the network to the 859/Navionics. the waypoints are just another “layer” being displayed on top of the map “layer” that’s coming from the local chip.
heck, if you were to add an iPilot Link trolling motor to your network, the 1199 with the right Lakemaster chip would allow you to operate “follow the contour” even with a Navionics chip in your 859.
Those units don’t share the map data only the waypoints, routes, etc so it will not effect them at all to have different chips in two units that are networked. I have even gone as far as having a navionics and a lakemaster chip in my helix at the same time and just bounced between the two to see which was more accurate for where I was fishing that day and had no problems on that unit or the others that are connected to it through the network.
Thank you Michael and Ryan. I am looking forward to getting more familiar with the electronics on my “new to me” boat.
I know this is an older thread but I bought a helix 12 first gen and it came with a Navionics chip and it will not allow me to save waypoints? I did just find out that I have a saved image function turned on so it’s not saving waypoints only images (with the the Nav card out).
that’s a strange issue.
are you networked with an iPilot trolling motor?
could you describe step-by-step what happens when you hit the “Mark” button?
the map chip(s) shouldn’t have anything to do with it.
the map chip(s) shouldn’t have anything to do with it.
Unless the waypoint settings are setup to save to a card instead of on the unit?
12 is linked via interlink switch to helix 10 on front and 9 next to the 12. I’m not sure if the 12 is set up to save to as card or not. Will need to check later when I can plug it in. The 9 will only say saved when the navionics chip is put in it. It will not save a waypoint until the chip is taken out
it’s not really a map chip issue – unless your Navionics chip is unlocked. make sure that little slider on the chip is in the locked position so nothing can write to it. locked map chips aren’t involved in waypoints or screen captures (unless you confuse your unit with an unlocked chip). however, it could be a blank SD card issue…
my guess at the cause is that it’s trying to save the screen capture image to an SD card first, and then the process is hanging up at that point because there’s no blank card present, so it never finishes the waypoint save on the unit itself.
try inserting a blank SD card into the left slot with your map chip in the right slot. then hit “Mark” and see what happens. it should save the screen capture to your SD card and the waypoint to your unit.
or without an SD card in and just your map chip in the right slot, try turning off the screen capture feature and then hitting “Mark,” it should save only a waypoint to your unit.
last, but not least, make sure all of your networked units are running the most current versions of the software that’s available.
So I was able to get the Navionics map to work with the helix 12 by moving the card to the left slot and turning off the saved image feature. I need to get a new SD card and I will try that in the unit, too. I also found out my interlink switch was powering on and off due to a faulty wire connection. I fixed that and am now able to (again) see all three units on all three units. I just wish there was a way to not have to turn off the rear units to see the front ones. There is always interference from the rear units. And visa versa
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