Managing Notifications; Making Notifications Private; Updating Software With The Activecaptain App - Garmin GPSMAP 86 Series Owner's Manual

Managing Notifications

Do not read or reply to notifications while operating the vessel. Failure to pay attention to the conditions on the
water can result in vessel damage, personal injury, or death.
Before you can manage the notifications, you must enable the Smart Notifications feature
Notifications, page 23).
When the Smart Notifications feature is enabled and your mobile device receives a notification, a pop-up
notification appears on the GPSMAP screen briefly. You can access and manage the notifications from the
ActiveCaptain screen.
1 Select ActiveCaptain > Smart Notifications > Messages.
A list of notifications appear.
2 Select a notification.
3 Select an option:
NOTE: The available options vary based on your mobile device and the notification type.
• To dismiss and remove the notification from the chartplotter and your mobile device, select Clear or
Delete.
NOTE: This does not delete the message from the mobile device. This only dismisses and removes the
notification.
• To call the phone number back, select Call Back or Dial.

Making Notifications Private

You can turn off the pop-up notifications and disable the messages list on specific chartplotters for privacy. For
example, the captain could disable pop-up notifications and messages on the chartplotter used for fishing, but
allow notifications on the chartplotter used at the helm.
1 From the chartplotter you want notifications to be private, select ActiveCaptain > Smart Notifications.
2 Select an option:
• To turn off pop-up notifications on this chartplotter, select Popups.
• To turn off pop-up notifications and disable access to the messages list on this chartplotter, select
Visibility.

Updating Software with the ActiveCaptain App

If your device has Wi‑Fi technology, you can use the ActiveCaptain app to download and install the latest
software updates for your device.
Software updates may require the app to download large files. Regular data limits or charges from your Internet
service provider apply. Contact your Internet service provider for more information about data limits or charges.
The installation process can take several minutes.
1 Connect the mobile device to the GPSMAP device
2 When a software update is available and you have internet access on your mobile device, select Software
Updates > Download.
The ActiveCaptain app downloads the update to the mobile device. When you reconnect the app to the
GPSMAP device, the update is transferred to the device. After the transfer is complete, you are prompted to
install the update.
3 When you are prompted by the GPSMAP device, select an option to install the update.
• To update the software immediately, select OK.
• To delay the update, select Cancel. When you are ready to install the update, select ActiveCaptain >
Software Updates > Install Now.
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WARNING
NOTICE
(Getting Started with the ActiveCaptain App,
(Enabling Smart
page 22).
ActiveCaptain App