Auto Chart, Auto Chart Pro & Auto Chart Live Information Resource

[Wayne P.]

I have a helix 10 and will be getting autochart pro when available in mid may. Until then I plan on recording some data logs to sd cards so I will have some of my lakes mapping done before it arrives. Went for a little drive in the boat last pm and tried to scroll through the menu but couldnt find how to start the recording. Also looked through the book that came with the helix and no luck. I have a navonics plus card in the other slot if that matters. What menu tab and other of selections do I need to select to start and then stop recording? One other question I have is do I need to have the unit on si and does the width of coverage matter for botttom hardness or imaging mosaic?

The map card should be locked.

To Record, go to the Snapshot view, push the menu button and select Start Recording. The data will be written directly to the memory card in a folder titled RECORD.

ALL the data the unit has will be recorded. You can have any view displayed after that and it won't affect what is recorded. When you want to stop recording, just push the Menu button in any view to select Stop Recording.
Set the SI range to 100' or more.

Only record in 15-30 minute segments in case something happens and you get a corrupt recording. Getting too shallow and losing depth will do that.

Another thing to remember is the unit records a data point (Track Point) each second. A data point has the depth and location that is used to position contour lines.
The faster you go, the farther apart the data will be and less accurate the map will be.

Don't forget to Stop Recording before you turn the unit off.

You can view the recordings on your computer with a free viewer-- HumViewer. It is not a Humminbird product.

[eyedrvm]

"The map card should be locked" Just to be extra clear you are talking about the navonics plus card? It can be in the unit but manually locked with that slide on its side?

[Wayne P.]

"The map card should be locked" Just to be extra clear you are talking about the navonics plus card? It can be in the unit but manually locked with that slide on its side?

Yes, the only time it should be unlocked is when it is in your computer being updated by the Navionics site.

[eyedrvm]

Ok that makes sense. Guess I would have thought the navonics card needed to be unlocked to be used. But guess it just needs to be unlocked to add data to.... Thanks

[Wayne P.]

Ok that makes sense. Guess I would have thought the navonics card needed to be unlocked to be used. But guess it just needs to be unlocked to add data to.... Thanks

Lock is also referred to as Write Protect

[Ches.]

Ok, new to charting. Looking to get a Helix 10 or 12 SI, Does the in unit auto chart do 3D like the Auto Chart Pro does? If not, can the 3D imaging be down loaded from Computer with Auto Chart Pro then Up loaded into the Helix and shown as 3D. I think you guys are calling it index layering if I read back thru the posts right.

Ches.

[CamoHunter]

From the info I have the .ACU-files should be "sharable" as long as the end user has a ZL-card and puts them in the acdata-folder.

.acu files must be AutoChart Live files. I only have AutoChart Pro on the computer. My zeroline cards do not have a single .acu file on them.

So, as I mentioned before, I don't know of a way to just copy a map from one ZLC to another, at least not the map generated from AutoChart Pro.

AutoChart Live map must be an .acu file, which must have the ability to be copied from one card to another.

[lancepeterson]

Getting my mapping project ready for the season and ran into an issue. I created a wide variety of custom shorelines for a river with outlines for islands etc. Looks great inside of AC Pro but when I load everything on the head unit, a 999, none of the custom shorelines show up only my Lakemaster depth map/layer is there. It's not a huge deal because of the new option allowing for satellite IMG layers & I can convert the Google KML into a Hummingbird track representing the shoreline but I would prefer to have shorelines move over to the ZLC as is, if possible. Am I missing something or is this a known issue?

[CamoHunter]

It's a known issue. "Shorelines" don't actually show up. Areas where you have depth data imported, you'll have lake contours and blue depth color show up which goes right to the shoreline you created. However, areas that don't have depth data, the shoreline doesn't show up because there isn't lake contours.

I agree, you should be able to draw an entire lake's shoreline, and have it show up regardless whether you have any depth data in the map or not. Just must not be the way the mapping program works at this time.

[Ches.]

To my question above, HB came back and said Mostaics will show up on your Unit but bottom hardness is limited to the computer
Ches,

[lancepeterson]

Ches, you can use the Create Map Image feature to export both the hardness and 3d maps. You can then use the Create Lakemaster IMG layers to get the hardness and 3d maps onto the head unit as a IMG layer.

[Ches.]

Lancepeterson
Thanks, you have one up on HB tech support. Will have to try that.

[cedar1]

Ihave the helix 9 with autochart live. after recording for 8 hrs and filling the internal memory it said to insert zero line card, which I did. the unit doesn't seem to recognize it. I recorded another 8 hrs thinking it was going to the card and it wasn't. So now Ive wasted about 16 hrs of my time and have nothing for it. Please help
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[cedar1]

with a helix can you tell the unit to record to the sd card instead of internally?

[Bob B]

If you are talking about Autochart Live data, the unit will record 8 hrs internally. All you have to do is not have the ZLC in the unit.

[Mark Weare]

Ihave the helix 9 with autochart live. after recording for 8 hrs and filling the internal memory it said to insert zero line card, which I did. the unit doesn't seem to recognize it. I recorded another 8 hrs thinking it was going to the card and it wasn't. So now Ive wasted about 16 hrs of my time and have nothing for it. Please help
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Was your ZLC unlocked?

[cedar1]

no its not locked

[sfw1960]

What version is your unit software?

[cedar1]

its updated. Finally got it to see the sd card but now as it is making the map it maps for a bit then quits as if autochart live is shutting off and on

[cedar1]

looks like saskcat420 is having same issue. Any luck with that saskcat?