Using Dimmable Lights; Controlling Third-Party Equipment Installed On Your Boat; Power-Pole Anchor System; Enabling The Power-Pole Anchor Overlay - Garmin GPSMAP 12x3 Owner's Manual

Using Dimmable Lights

You can operate connected dimmable lights by using switches 17 through 21 on the Garmin chartplotter.
1 From a Garmin chartplotter connected to the same NMEA 2000 network as the Garmin Boat Switch device,
select Vessel > Switching.
2 Select an option:
• Press a dimmable light switch to turn a light on or off.
NOTE: The light turns on at the dim level set when the light was last turned off.
• With a light on, press and hold a dimmable light switch dim the light, and release to stop dimming.
• With a light off, press and hold a dimmable light switch to turn on the light at 100% brightness.

Controlling Third-Party Equipment Installed on Your Boat

Power-Pole Anchor System
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Do not engage the Power-Pole Anchor System while underway. Doing so could cause result in an accident
causing property damage, serious personal injury, or death.
If a compatible Power-Pole anchor system is connected to the NMEA 2000 network, you can use the
chartplotter to control the Power-Pole anchor. The chartplotter automatically detects the Power-Pole anchor
system's C-Monster gateway on the NMEA 2000 network.
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Enabling the Power-Pole Anchor Overlay

You must enable the Power-Pole overlay on the chartplotter to control the Power-Pole anchor.
1 From the page to which you will add the overlay, select Options > Edit Overlays.
TIP: To quickly select the overlay, select Toolbars > Anchor.
2 Select where you want to add the overlay.
3 Select Power-Pole® Anchor.
After you enable the Power-Pole overlay on the chartplotter, you must set the Power-Pole installation mode to
match the Power-Pole anchor installation on the boat

Setting Up the Power-Pole Anchor

Before you can use the chartplotter to control the Power-Pole anchor, you must select the required installation
mode.
The default initial installation mode setting is None. While the installation mode is set to None, the chartplotter
control of the Power-Pole anchor(s) is inactive.
1 From the Power-Pole toolbar, select
2 Select the installation mode that matches the anchor installation on the boat.
• To control a single port side Power-Pole anchor, select Port .
• To control a single starboard side Power-Pole anchor, select Starboard.
• To control dual Power-Pole anchors, select Dual.
3 Use the slider to set the desired speed for the anchor to deploy and retract.
Controlling Third-Party Equipment Installed on Your Boat
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(Setting Up the Power-Pole Anchor,
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