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Garmin ActiveCaptain® Smart Notifications Setup
WARNING: 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.
Smart Notifications are a Bluetooth connection between the smart mobile device and the fishfinder / chartplotter. However, before the fishfinder / chartplotter can receive notifications the Wi-Fi network on the fishfinder or chartplotter must be set up and the mobile smart device with the ActiveCaptain® app must have an initial pairing. Once the first Wi-Fi network pairing has occurred then smart notifications can be enabled. Later connections with smart notifications can occur with a Bluetooth connection only, no Wi-Fi network pairing required and the ActiveCaptain app running in the background of the mobile smart device.
Note:
• Not all chartplotters and fishfinders have compatibility with smart notifications. To verify compatibility refer to: ActiveCaptain® App Compatibility
• The available smart notification actions depend on the type of notification, permissions allowed on the smart device and the smart device operating system.
Enabling Smart Notifications
Initial Wi-Fi pairing of a mobile smart device to chartplotter / fishfinder must be completed prior to selecting to pair for smart notifications
- Support Article with Steps: Getting Started with ActiveCaptain
Video Tutorial:
Enable Smart Notifications on the chartplotter / fishfinder
Open ActiveCaptain® app on the Chartplotter / Fishfinder
Select Smart Notifications
Select Enable
Bring the mobile smart device within 10m (33ft) of the chartplotter / fishfinder
Enable Bluetooth Pairing on the mobile smart device
Turn on Bluetooth on the mobile smart device
Open ActiveCaptain® app on the mobile smart device
Select Sync with Plotter
Under "Smart Notifications" select Pair Device
To prevent future pairing issues and allow full functionality with smart notifications select Allow for permissions when prompted
Under "Enable Smart Notifications" select Continue
Make sure the Smart Notifications page is still up on the fishfinder / chartplotter and select Search for Chartplotter on mobile smart device
Enter the PIN on the fishfinder / chartplotter Smart Notifications page and select Pair
such as, 290492
"Paired Successfully" will show on the mobile smart device, select Done
Verify on the chartplotter / fishfinder Smart Notifications page that the mobile smart device shows as "Connected"
Select which applications will be granted access to send notifications through the ActiveCaptain® app
Android Smart Devices
On the mobile smart device select Sync with Plotter
Under "SMART NOTIFICATIONS" select Settings
the message, "Access Required You have connected a device that is requesting notifications. Tap settings to enable notifications to be sent to this device." will appear, select Settings
Select which applications will be granted access to send notifications through the ActiveCaptain® app
Important: Enabling permissions for ActiveCaptain is required for smart notifications to function
to allow permission for the ActiveCaptain® app read the prompted message and select Allow
- Once the ActiveCaptain® app has been granted permissions more applications will appear after selecting Sync with Plotter and Settings under the "SMART NOTIFICATIONS"
IOS Smart Devices
On the mobile smart device in the ActiveCaptain® App select Settings > Apps > ActiveCaptain > Allow Notifications
Disabling Smart Notifications
Smart notifications can be disabled from the chartplotter / fishfinder from within the ActiveCaptain® app page or from the mobile smart device.
Disabling Smart Notifications from a chartplotter / fishfinder
Open the ActiveCaptain® app page on the chartplotter / fishfinder
Select Smart Notifications
Select Enable
This will toggle the "On" option to "Off" causing the message to appear on the chartplotter / fishfinder display, "Smart Notification Mobile Device Disconnected"
Disabling Smart Notifications from a mobile smart device
Android Smart Devices
Open the ActiveCaptain® app on the mobile smart device
Select Sync with Plotter
Select Settings
Turn off Notification Access under "Smart Notification Settings"
Select ActiveCaptain to disable permissions
the message, "If you turn off notification access for ActiveCaptain, Do not disturb access will also be turned off." will appear, select Turn off
IOS Smart Devices
- From the mobile smart device select Settings > Bluetooth > under Bluetooth devices locate the fishfinder / chartplotter and select
> Disable Notifications
- From the mobile smart device select Settings > Bluetooth > under Bluetooth devices locate the fishfinder / chartplotter and select
Actions Available through Smart Notification Pairing
Answer: To answer a phone call on a mobile device, select Answer
Have the phone nearby. The phone call is answered on the mobile phone, not on the chartplotter.
Callback / Dial : To call the phone number back, select Call Back or Dial
Have the phone nearby. The phone call is placed on the mobile phone, not on the chartplotter.
Clear: To dismiss the notification from the chartplotter and the mobile device
Conversations / Messages: Shows a list of notifications
Delete: To remove the notification from the chartplotter and the mobile device
This does not delete the message from the mobile smart device. This only dismisses and removes the notification.
Decline: To not answer the phone call, select Decline.
Ok: To dismiss the pop-up notification, select OK or wait for the notification to close automatically.
Popups: To turn off pop-up notifications on the chartplotter, select Popups.
Review: To review the full message, select Review.
Visibility: To turn off pop-up notifications and disable access to the messages list on the chartplotter, select Visibility.