After we updated the PC software version, the neat integration with the Furuno kit for sharing routes, waypoints and goto data was broken - some major software changes in the app that were waiting for a Furuno update. The nice guys at Furuno UK gave us early access to it. This was a bit more serious than normal as it involved updating both the operating system (based on Android) on the devices as well as the Furuno software.
The black box that runs the pilothouse screens was done first and it gave lots of scary messages that basically meant "if you turn the power off now this might never ever work again". It also produced pages of stuff like this whilst updating the operating system that looked more like old mainframe output:
No matter - it worked and the integration with the PC software was restored together with a bunch of nice new features in the Furuno system.
Updating the MFD on our flybridge was less fun - normally that can be done wirelessly but as an operating system upgrade was needed, we had to plug in a little SD card. The SD card slot is on the back of the unit - the little hatch thingy at the top of the device in this borrowed picture:
Ours is built into a navpod with no access to anything bar the screen so we had to dismantle the pod, extricate the unit and then feed it the update via an SD card and then a USB stick. A nuisance but again it worked perfectly. So, for anyone with the Furuno TZT2 kit, we can report that the version 7.1 upgrade is OK to do. Is it stable? Well, the next trip will tell us that!
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