New Lowrance HDS Gen 2 update

Lowrance launches new software updates for all HDS and HDS Touch products plus new software for Point-1 GPS antenna.
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Lowrance Announces Version 2.1 Software Release for HDS Gen2 and Gen2 Touch Models

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Lowrance is releasing an updated version of the recently announced 2.0 HDS Gen2 software. The new 2.1 version includes changes and enhancements to improve the user experience for the HDS Gen2 and Gen2 Touch series of products.

Items addressed with this new release:

  1. Point-1 external GPS antenna performance: When a heading source is present, the GPS chart now updates more smoothly and consistently ? especially at slow speeds.

  2. Improved GoFree? wireless networking: Some installations of GoFree caused inconsistencies in Ethernet networks. These have been resolved.

  3. Improved performance of HDS Gen2 non-Touch models: Some users reported their HDS Gen2 non-Touch models with the version 2.0 update became significantly slower in responding to key presses. This aspect of Gen2 non-Touch performance has been made more robust in version 2.1.

Two update files for the 2.1 software are available ? one for HDS Gen2 Touch and one for HDS Gen2 non-Touch models.

Access Software Updates page and select product

Learn more about HDS Gen2 Touch and HDS Gen2 products

Point-1 GPS Antenna

NEW 1.3 Software update for Point-1 antenna
The 1.3 software patch for the Point-1 antenna allows the user to control whether their Point-1 outputs electronic compass/ heading data in installations where multiple Point-1 antennas are installed in the same network.

All NMEA 2000? devices have a setting called ?Instance?. Changing the instance of a Point-1 will now control if a Point-1 outputs its electronic compass and heading data.

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When did you get this? Trying to figure out if this is the Update I did a few weeks back.

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Salty; I got it this morning and I think it is an update to the one we got a while ago!! I think if you go to the Lowrance site the updates will be listed by the release date:question: I haven’t even looked at the site yet.

If ever in doubt, you should be able to view the version of software you are currently running though your menu and compare to the latest released.

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Its new, I downloaded version 2.0 a few months ago. I don’t see where this one is any advantage with the touch unit and without the GPS antenna.

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Read #3 above about key speed!