LINC Version 03/15/2024

[charlesml3]

Gang,

For MY 2022 and later boats, there's a new LINC firmware available. Release Notes:

- Update risk acknowledgement disclaimer text on bootup
- Added Gen2 PDM rev 114 file
- Added Gen2 buttonpad Rev 107 file
- Fixed issue with SiriusXM channel and song information updating inconsistently.
- Removed telematics SIM carrier autodetect logic that was causing connection issues.
- Fixed depth units on the mapping screens not matching the rest of the interface.

Those are what we received from the factory.

I ran across an issue after the update. The update seemed to install just fine. It went through all of the screens and then prompted for a power off/on reboot which I did. All seemed to go through without issue. The next day (today) I took the boat out and the thruster was inoperative. If I went into the System menu and selected Canbus, it listed the thruster as "No Canbus Comm" which means the thruster controller wasn't talking to the Canbus. I tried a complete reboot with the same result.

I'd pretty much given up on it and left the boat shut down for several hours. When I restarted it, everything was fine. Thruster was communicating and working fine.

I contacted my dealer (White Lake Marine) and they confirmed this same behavior on at least one other boat they'd updated. It seems like it takes several reboots for the new firmware to communicate properly with the thruster controller.

-Charles

[NautiqueJeff]

Good info. Thanks for posting that.

[Crooked_FL]

charlesml3 NautiqueJeff hello… good morning anyone have link to this update. I’m in a jam and hoping a firmware update will do the trick. I’m good with the steps to download the pv1 file to my usb and map to the display control etc . I’m getting canbus issues. I can check the hi and low voltage, I’ve got the pin diagram pins 5/6 and 18/19. But I really want to hit it with a firmware update. Hopefully I can get a link and try it today. Thanks for your consideration..!! Uploaded from my smartphone. Please forgive typos…
thank you!

[jpwhit]

That's what that screen looks like for boats that have 2 PDMs. Are you sure your boat has 3 PDMs?

Besides the CANBUS ERR message on that screen, what problem are you having?

It's extremely unlikely that a LINC software update will do anything to resolve an issue with a PDM being unable to communicate with the LINC screen.

[Crooked_FL]

Hello jpwhit - I bet you’re 100% correct!! Thanks for your reply.!!

My 2017 screen/display controller touch failed and I purchased this 2022 knowing it was wrong, but I can’t pass a good deal. And I was interested to see how it would react. When I plugged in the screen it did some updates. I assumed those updates mixing the 2017 and 2022 may have contributed to my can errors. So I sought out the firmware update to restart any errors I made. I don’t think any thing wrong occurred…

The boat runs fine, just no biducer, nss, ncrs, or maps (obviously not acceptable). I’m checking the can bus voltages now to be sure the screen/controller is operational - admittedly they immediately error’d when I powered up the screen on the bench.

[Crooked_FL]

Just for fun I checked the voltages over Can bus 1 and 2 on the bench/out of the boat. The troubleshooting says to remove all other circuits on the can bus to check via meter. I’m not a tech, I don’t have any advanced tools - just cheap multi-meter..
can 1
hi=3.29
low=2.14

can 2
hi=.01
low=0.0

Other than the fun of capturing these values, I was just checking to see if they were communicating voltage. Unless the comms
on can bus 2 are concerning, I assume all is well and this screen / controller calls for 3 modules and I assume my boat has 2…

[jpwhit]

All of the configuration of the LINC screen is done when you set or change the boat model and pick the options in the dealer settings menu. You don't need to load new firmware to effectively reset all of the configuration of the LINC screen.

[Crooked_FL]

Thanks!!… this is that view - attached. Everything is mostly standard.
There are many more settings and timers in this version compared to my other screen.