The latest Simrad® NSX 1.6 software update is now available for download, introducing a revolutionary groundbreaking feature alongside several minor improvements.
Read below to learn more.
New C-MAP® Safety Alerts
This groundbreaking C-MAP® cartography feature automatically alerts users to hazards ahead, ranging from shallow waters to buoys. The safety alerts function by highlighting charted objects in the vessel’s path that pose a risk of collision or grounding. This includes surface objects like buoys or Cardinal markers, and in grounding scenarios, any object shallower than your draft measured upon your initial NSX setup. It serves as an essential safety navigation tool for boaters of all levels, offering an additional sense of peace of mind on the water. To activate this feature, select the Safety Alerts checkbox from the chart menu to toggle anti-grounding alerts on or off. This feature is specific to Simrad NSX with either a C-MAP® DISCOVER™ X or REVEAL™ X chart card.
Mercury Integration Improvements
NEW: Add Mercury® to a split screen: The Mercury® engine app can now be added to a split screen, limited to a two-page split and one analog gauge during the split.
NEW: V12 Engine support: Support for Mercury Marine V12 engines, including a new engine steering position indicator.
Radar Improvements
Synthetic trails for AIS & tracked targets: Synthetic trails now display the past historical tracks of AIS and radar-tracked targets.
Tracked targets on multiple radar sources are now shared. c. Vessels and Tracked Targets now use a new method of tracking, combining targets from multiple ranges and radars. Legacy Simrad HD radars are also supported.
Support for legacy Simrad HD radars: Older legacy Simrad HD magnetron radars (6 kW, 10 kW, and 25 kW models) are now supported by NSX, with new sea trail setup pages for HD Radars.
MOB (Man Overboard) Improvements
Multiple enhancements have been made to the man-overboard function, including new steering aids, range distance rings on the MOB chart, and movable widgets displaying MOB navigation data in the Chart app.
Additional Updates Include:
- Sonar performance improvements
- SideScan and DownScan transducer source selection now only displays compatible transducers
- NMEA 2000 version 3.0 support added
- Tanks: Improvements to Navico fluid level sensor setup and tank display in the instrument app
- Fusion® Bluetooth pairing added
- Chart: Look ahead mode setting persists after a power cycle
- Optimized split screen app chooser: Available apps for split screens are now in a more logical order
- Improved visuals for the Fuel App
- Display Suzuki® engine proprietary fault messages
- Improvements to the syncing of waypoints and routes between Simrad MFDs
- IP Cam performance improvements
