How to update Garmin 430 data-card?

[Dico]

Hello,

I need to update the Garmin 430 datacard. Can i do this with my PC?
And what hardware do I need to do this?

Thanks

-dr

[Roy N5804F]

You need to buy a Skybound USB adaptor and subscribe to Navdata updates all
only available from Jeppesen.

Roy

"Dico" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I need to update the Garmin 430 datacard. Can i do this with my PC?
> And what hardware do I need to do this?
>
> Thanks
>
> -dr
>
>

[Dico]

Thanks!

-dr


Roy N5804F wrote:
> You need to buy a Skybound USB adaptor and subscribe to Navdata updates all
> only available from Jeppesen.
>
> Roy
>
> "Dico" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to update the Garmin 430 datacard. Can i do this with my PC?
> > And what hardware do I need to do this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -dr
> >
> >

[Gus Cabre]

Have a look on
https://www.jeppesen.com/wlcs/application/commercewf?origin=category.jsp&event=link(browse)&wlcs_catalog_sourceKey=wlcs_categories&wlcs_catalog_destinationKey=wlcs_siblings&wlcs_catalog_category_id=CNS4A

Gus
"Dico" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I need to update the Garmin 430 datacard. Can i do this with my PC?
> And what hardware do I need to do this?
>
> Thanks
>
> -dr
>

[bdl]

> "Dico" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I need to update the Garmin 430 datacard. Can i do this with my PC?
> > And what hardware do I need to do this?
> >

And bring Money!

--bdl

[Paul kgyy]

The Skybound USB adaptor including software is $149. NavData is around
$360 for 13 28-day updates.

Be aware that the new WAAS upgrade has an 8mb card instead of the 4mb
card used in the 430. I called Jepp and they don't seem clear whether
the existing USB adaptor will function with the new card.

A related question on WAAS is how one would update the terrain card.
Terrain data comes from Garmin so might require a separate adaptor.

[Peter R.]

Paul kgyy > wrote:

> Be aware that the new WAAS upgrade has an 8mb card instead of the 4mb
> card used in the 430. I called Jepp and they don't seem clear whether
> the existing USB adaptor will function with the new card.

Oooh. Good point. I am a Skybound user now and didn't even give that any
thought until your post.


--
Peter

[john smith]

Peter R. wrote:

>Paul kgyy > wrote:
>
>
>
>>Be aware that the new WAAS upgrade has an 8mb card instead of the 4mb
>>card used in the 430. I called Jepp and they don't seem clear whether
>>the existing USB adaptor will function with the new card.
>>
>>
>
>Oooh. Good point. I am a Skybound user now and didn't even give that any
>thought until your post.
>

Why would a card reader limit ones ability to read a larger capacity card?

Isn't a card reader is a dumb device?

Is it the driver software that is the limiting factor?

[Peter R.]

john smith > wrote:

> Why would a card reader limit ones ability to read a larger capacity card?
>
> Isn't a card reader is a dumb device?
>
> Is it the driver software that is the limiting factor?

I wasn't concerned about the reader. I was concerned about having to buy
another card from Jeppesen. Currently I have two cards so that I am able
to easily burn one at home while the other is in the GPS.

--
Peter

[Paul kgyy]

>
> Is it the driver software that is the limiting factor?

With Jeppesen + software + hardware on 2 devices, it would not pay to
assume anything.

I am using a pcmcia card now with skybound and will upgrade to usb only
when I get an unequivocal answer from Jepp.

[Doug Vetter]

Paul kgyy wrote:
> The Skybound USB adaptor including software is $149. NavData is around
> $360 for 13 28-day updates.

That price assumes you buy the entire US. If you have an airplane that
will never see the other coast, you can buy 2/3 of the US for about $100
less per year. No sense buying something you'll never use.

-Doug

--------------------
Doug Vetter, ATP/CFI

http://www.dvatp.com
--------------------

[Ron Natalie]

john smith wrote:

>
> Why would a card reader limit ones ability to read a larger capacity card?
>
> Isn't a card reader is a dumb device?
>
> Is it the driver software that is the limiting factor?
>

Unlike the GNS480 which uses standard CF cards (and can be
programmed in any CF reader that lets you write to a windows
filesystem), the 430/530 cards are goofball proprietary
and so is the Skybound programmer for it.