Garmin Montana Marine Mount and No NMEA

[TSB240]

Just spent two days checking and double checking wiring, reading and rereading manual, cursing and kicking the dog, cat and SWMBO

No way could I get any NMEA handshake.

Hidden in the depths of the Garmin website bottom line says it all.....grrrrr

Software Change History
Changes made from version 3.67 to 3.68:

Fixed issue with power off barometric pressure trending
Fixed issue with barometric pressure plot when stationary
Fixed issue with display when entering USB mass storage
Fixed issue with current lap data field in dashboards
Improved Arabic keyboard
Problems with this beta software may be reported to MontanaBeta@garmin.com

Changes made from version 3.66 to 3.67:

Improved display of configurable data fields in night mode
Fixed issue where barometer and compass data was not reported in demo mode
Fixed issue with magnetic north offset when projecting a waypoint
Problems with this beta software may be reported to MontanaBeta@garmin.com

Changes made from version 3.64 to 3.66:

Fixed issue with mount profile setup
Fixed issue where the compass would not work unless the unit had a satellite fix
Fixed issue with Mac version of WebUpdater
Fixed intermittent issue with map drawing
Problems with this beta software may be reported to MontanaBeta@garmin.com

Changes made from version 3.63 to 3.64:

Added full profile support for Trip Computer Setup.
Improved display of configurable data field categories.
Fixed issues with supported configurable data fields in the nuvi dashboard.

Fixed issues with NMEA output using the Marine Mount

My unit bought this month had software version3.63
Happy now

Now to get it working with tiller pilot,Linux and open CPN.

Other than this I can thoroughly recommend the Montana so far.....

I hope this helps save someone prosecution from the RSPCA and an expensive divorce in the future.

Steve

 

[onesea]

I have Oregon and am jealous the Montana looked much nicer and more user friendly.

They do constantly update software which can be good and bad as you get some new features and occasionally faults:

I found the sister site to this:
http://garminmontana.wikispaces.com/Software+Versions

really help full for my Oregon.

If you have any charting issues I might be able to help PM me, I will explain what happened with mine...

You can get FREE LEGAL OS maps for some areas also, again PM me.

I hope you are as pleased with yours as I am with mine...