The settings here are for users with S-63 charts from PRIMAR. If you are using PRIMAR charts, you can enable occasional checks to see if you have any chart updates. When chart updates are available, you can download them directly from PRIMAR using an automatic download feature.
To use the remote update features from PRIMAR, you must have registered a S-63 user permit with PRIMAR that matches your S-63 User Permit or your Extra User Permit. You must select which user permit is registered with PRIMAR using the User Permit setting.
Chart Files : View currently downloaded chart files.
From time to time, you may wish to remove old update files. After deleting such files be sure to press Update to download any parts of those files that might still be needed.
Download Updates : Pressing this triggers an attempts to download charts from PRIMAR. You must be connected to the internet and have an account registered with PRIMAR. The update continues in the background.
This capability can be used for your initial chart download as well as for periodic updates. For your initial chart download you may find it easier to download base or update zip files from PRIMAR: https://www.primar.org/enc-download.
You can see the status being updated as the download proceeds. When complete, a notification is given.
Keep in mind that chart updates can be quite large. You may want to wait until you are connected to a high speed internet connection before downloading updates for your charts. If there is a problem during the download, the update starts again from where it left off.
Erase All PRIMAR Charts : This button erases all your PRIMAR chart files, after confirmation. This cannot be undone. You can download the files again. You can erase chart files individually by going to the Charts listing and pressing Edit.
This may be useful when changing accounts to clear out old files. Also, we recommend doing this periodically to reduce the number of update files present on your device.
Enable S-100 Charts (Only SEAiq Pilot) : Control whether S-100 series PRIMAR charts are displayed and updated.
This is normally only used for S-102 (Bathymetric) charts.
Use of this function requires setting up S-100 p15 Data Protection, which is different from S-63 data protection scheme. In particular, the S-100 User Permit is different from the S-63 User Permit.
S-100 Chart Files (Only SEAiq Pilot) : View currently downloaded PRIMAR S-100 series chart files.
From time to time, you may wish to remove old update files in the PRIMAR Charts. After deleting such files be sure to do an Update to download any parts of those files that might still be needed.
Download S-100 Updates (Only SEAiq Pilot) : Pressing this triggers an attempts to download S-100 series charts from PRIMAR. You must be connected to the internet and have an account registered with PRIMAR. The update continues in the background.
This capability can be used for your initial chart download as well as for periodic updates. For your initial chart download you may find it easier to download base or update zip files from PRIMAR.
You can see the status being updated as the download proceeds. When complete, a notification is given.
Keep in mind that chart updates can be quite large. You may want to wait until you are connected to a high speed internet connection before downloading updates for your charts. If there is a problem during the download, the update starts again from where it left off.
Erase All PRIMAR S-100 Charts (Only SEAiq Pilot) : This button erases all your PRIMAR chart files, after confirmation. This cannot be undone. You can download the files again. You can erase chart files individually by going to the Charts listing and pressing Edit.
This may be useful when changing accounts to clear out old files. Also, we recommend doing this periodically to reduce the number of update files present on your device.