Networking HDS Live with Gen3’s

  • dandorn
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    June 6, 2021 at 2:33 pm #2041066

    Has anyone networked a Live unit with Gen 3 units? Will it share sonar?

    Anyone have a Gen3 they are looking to sell? Let me know.

    Thanks

    bclii
    MN/AZ
    Posts: 478
    June 6, 2021 at 7:49 pm #2041098

    It going to put your live unit in a legacy mode! Networking with an undated Carbon will work!

    dandorn
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    June 7, 2021 at 5:16 am #2041121
    bclii wrote:

    It going to put your live unit in a legacy mode! Networking with an undated Carbon will work!

    Damn!

    Thanks for the reply

    Phil Ames
    Posts: 51
    July 22, 2021 at 7:07 am #2049748

    You should really check that with Lowrance. I have an HDS Live 12 on my dash and a HDS gen2 9m on the dash beside it for GPS, and a Gen 2 HDS 9 sonar on the front on my US2 transducer on my Ulterra, and they all communicate just fine. I would think a Gen 3 would work as well if not better.

    Chris Messerschmidt
    Minnesota
    Posts: 615
    August 10, 2021 at 9:58 am #2053715
    bclii wrote:

    It going to put your live unit in a legacy mode! Networking with an undated Carbon will work!

    This is actually not true…

    The HDS Live will work fine as long as it is a gen 3 touch. It will share sonar AND 3 in 1. But I would use the Gen 3 for mapping and 2D and not side imaging. The processor cannot keep up.

    Its a Gen 2 touch and older that causes a Live unit to go into Legacy mode.

    I have done what the OP is trying to do and had no problems other than side scan being laggy on the Gen 3 but that should be expected.

    Waxy
    Calgary, AB
    Posts: 280
    October 23, 2021 at 9:43 pm #2069311
    Chris Messerschmidt wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>bclii wrote:</div>
    It going to put your live unit in a legacy mode! Networking with an undated Carbon will work!

    This is actually not true…

    The HDS Live will work fine as long as it is a gen 3 touch. It will share sonar AND 3 in 1. But I would use the Gen 3 for mapping and 2D and not side imaging. The processor cannot keep up.

    Its a Gen 2 touch and older that causes a Live unit to go into Legacy mode.

    I have done what the OP is trying to do and had no problems other than side scan being laggy on the Gen 3 but that should be expected.

    This is correct, as long as the Gen 3 unit is running the latest software, it will share 2D, SI, DI, and mapping. BUT, you’re best to use the Gen 3 as the secondary or “slave” unit, because like was said, it’s doesn’t have the computing power to keep up.

    Be aware that once you update the Gen 3 to the latest software, it will no longer play nice with any older models.

    Waxy

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