Simrad® NEON™ 1.5 Software update for NSX®

Simrad announced the release of software version 1.5 for the Simrad NSX® range of multifunction displays.

 

New features:

Mercury Marine® engine full-page app

There is now a full page Mercury® engine app accessed by a Mercury® app button on the home page.

Note: Requires a Mercury SmartCraft Connect gateway to operate.

Mercury Marine® Autopilot control bar

There is now a new Mercury® autopilot control bar that will automatically be displayed if the boat has the required Mercury® equipment.

Navigation has two modes:

  • Auto-heading: when engaged the autopilot will steer to a compass heading.
  • Route: When engaged the autopilot will follow the active route from the chart plotter.

Positioning in three different modes:

  • Mercury® Skyhook® digital anchor locks the boat’s position using a GPS. Then, working with the engines and drives, Skyhook ® maintains position and heading regardless of wind or current.
  • Mercury Drifthook®. Maintains heading but releases the position lock, allowing the vessel to move driven by the wind and current. Adjustments of 1-degree increments can be made while drifting with the heading adjust buttons.
  • Mercury® The Bowhook® feature unlocks heading but maintains position, allowing the boat to point in whatever direction the winds and currents dictate and keeps the boat in the same place.

Network Sonar sharing

Echosounder data sharing between multiple NSX® displays including SideScanTM and DownScanTM is now enabled.

C-MAP® X Chart manager

The X Chart Manager allows NSX® users to keep their NSX® running Discover® X or Reveal® X with the freshest chart data, or have the ability to purchase, directly from the NSX®, their new charts.

  • C-MAP social mapping layer is available to subscribed users with latest data downloaded via the chart manager.
  • Satellite overlay improvement when used with the Reveal layer. Satellite overlay will show over land when Reveal is active.

Third party chart support

NSX® is now compatible with a range of third-party charting options, such as CMOR®, StrikeLines®, Florida Marine Tracks®, and Standard Mapping®…

These options will become available throughout 2023, letting users choose the charts best suited to their needs and local waters*.

*NSX®-optimized chart cards are required. U.S.A Only

RGBW Lighting

An NMEA 2000® RGBW lighting module can now be controlled by a new “lighting” control bar on NSX® displays.

New standard PGNs to control lighting systems over NMEA 2000® were released in August 2021 by NMEA®. The new NSX® software can use these PGNs to allow the user to customize lighting color, adjust brightness, and create various lighting scenes using a new control bar.

Other Improvements and fixes:

  • It is now possible to remove unwanted app icons from the home screen. Press and hold an icon, select edit home screen, then Hide app.
  • Service report creation enhancements.
  • GPS Offset distance measured from the bow to the GPS antenna can be added under Settings>Boat network>Sources>Position.
  • Fix for XTE showing two decimal places.
  • An ODB MIL icon will be displayed, if connected to a compatible engine system.

 

For further information you may contact the Official Distributor and Support Center for Greece:

Aegean Electronics SA

4 Zosimadon Str, Piraeus 185 31, Greece

Tel: +30 210 4123000

E-mail: info@aegeanel.com