Software update: Magnetics DB, Version 2.30

- 8 months ago

I got this sw update and the interrogation scene of the movie, Marathon man came to my mind:

"Is it safe?

Yes, it’s very safe, it’s so safe you wouldn’t believe it.

Is it safe?

No, it’s not safe at all, it’s…very dangerous, be careful"

My bet is that it must be related to Compass and some sort of database used to define in which direction exactly magnetic north is exactly at each location on (and around :-) ) the Earth.

But since I have never ever seen this sort of sw update I felt it was necessary to ask whether this update was really intended or just a fake update that I once saw for Edge 530 (I mean Routable map for 530, while with this device one cannot generate routes using addresses)

0 trux 8 months ago

Well, I do not own the Enduro, but it is probably an update of the Magnetic Field Model, which needs to be updated each 5 years. Some info available here (although for the article is for another model): How to update the 2020 IGRF Magnetic Field Model (Mag/Var) for your Avionics. | Garmin Customer Support

- said:
fake update that I once saw for Edge 530 (I mean Routable map for 530, while with this device one cannot generate routes using addresses)

Not sure why you think it was a fake update. Route maps need to be regularly updated, regardless whether you can search by an address or not.

0 - 8 months ago in reply to trux

Thanks for the answer.

And you are right, I checked it.

It was not the R map itself, which was a fake update, but the Geocode map. It is the one which includes the addresses, see forums.garmin.com/.../garmin-s-routable-cycle-map-of-europe-2022-11-comes-with-the-geocode-map-for-edge-530-why

0 - 8 months ago in reply to -

Well using Google with “magnetic db” I found hits in both F6 and F7 forums, I dont understand why the search of Garmin forums had not resulted in any posts using the same “magnetic db” search text.

0 trux 8 months ago in reply to -

- said:
I dont understand why the search of Garmin forums had not resulted in any posts using the same “magnetic db” search text.

Because the forum software (vBulletin) is miserable in searching. Just like most other forum softwares. I always use Google site-based query for searching anything here or on any other specific website.

0 socorsu 7 months ago

Hi,

We receive regular update of Magnetic DB

as far as i can track them

https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/254403/garmin---fenix-6---excel-changelog/1459490#1459490

https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/254403/garmin---fenix-6---excel-changelog/1661434#1661434