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Need Garmin 901 help

Just bought a 901. I see there is intended connectivity with the Xero C1. I've tried linking the two but haven't been successful. Just updated this morning to 2.1 and haven't tried to link the two again, yet. But even so, i haven't found any info on what functionality the Zero provides to the 901. Does anyone use their Xero with the 901?
I don't. I just get velocities and enter them into the gun profiles in the Garmin connect app and then upload to the 901. I like that better because the gun profile is always current and I don't have to worry about a different velocity stored on the 901 that isn't in the app profile.

6 Dasher with 109gr Berger Hybrids

28" 1/7.5 Ace Brand New
Alpha Virgin Brass tumbled in corn cub/Chamfer/Deburr
Berger 109/CCI450
(0.060) off the lands 1.787 Ogive/2.392 ish COAL
30.0 Varget 2,710FPS Ave 12 rds
30.5 Varget 2,743FPS Ave 12 rds
31.0 Varget 2,793FPS Ave 12rds

These were round 21-57 on the barrel. 31.0 gr should go up to 2,825 by 150-200 rds. All grouped <0.5 for 6 shot groups. I'll probably try 31.5 next time but as of now i think 31.0 will work.
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