Raymarine launches LightHouse 4

Raymarine has announced LightHouse 4 – the latest operating system for Raymarine Axiom chartplotters, which offers new levels of ease of use, personalisation, features, and functionality.

The update features revised menu structures which enable easier use of the depth of Axiom features, with personalised images now an option for all boaters. Feature improvements include deeper integration with Mercury Engines, Sirius XM Fish Mapping and Navionics charts to heighten a captain’s boat awareness at the helm. New dynamic tiles on the homescreen allow the presentation of navigation, NMEA2000 or SeaTalk data immediately available on startup.

As with all Raymarine software upgrades, LightHouse 4 is available to Axiom, Axiom+, Axiom Pro, and Axiom XL owners free as a downloadable update.

The LightHouse 4 OS has simplified menus to make tapping into the power of Axiom faster and easier. Longer pull-up menus are now nested and more intuitive to read and operate. LightHouse apps that integrate control or provide information from marine integration partners like Seakeeper, Victron, Lumishore, are now launchable directly from the LightHouse home screen, and key LightHouse apps are now viewable in split screen configurations. Additionally, the critical MOB touch key has been relocated to share prominent space on the home screen.

Captains can also add a favourite photo to the home screen background or create dynamic dashboard tiles to keep them informed of real-time instruments and navigation data right from the home screen display.

The LightHouse 4 update allows SiriusXM Fish Mapping data to be directly overlaid and viewed on premium fishing charts like Raymarine LightHouse Charts, Navionics, C-MAP, CMOR, and Strikelines in North American coastal regions.

LightHouse 4 can also be integrated with Mercury Marine Vessel View, offering active exhaust volume control and a new and refined engine data summary page.

The operating system also offers active route line visual enhancements and new levels of audio control. Of particular interest to Navionics chart users, LightHouse 4 supports the display of high-resolution bathymetric data and satellite imagery that comes bundled with new Navionics Platinum plus charts.