Every year we hear of boats sinking, catching fire, having cold conditions freeze the onboard water supply, or being broken in to. Most of these happen at the dock, while the vessel is unattended. While adding vessel monitoring equipment and door alarms can detect these problems, they do not solve the problem of informing you that there is a problem if you are not on board (or at least close by). Adding a Maretron® SMS100 text module to your vessel gives an inexpensive method of sending text messages to your phone when there is a problem.
This comprehensive monitoring system will monitor important parameters on your vessel and alert you via text message when there is water in your bilge, a fire onboard, doors opened, loss of shore power or battery power, or your boat moves from its moorings. While on board, all these parameters can be displayed on the display and an audible alarm will sound under the alert conditions.
The following table shows the products included within this example system plus a list of the information or data available for display.
| Product | Description | Available Data List |
| TSM800C | Display | 8” Touchscreen displays data in this list and and if there is a problem will sound an external alarm and send a text message to the SMS100. |
| SMS100 | Texting module | Sends text messages to one or more phone numbers when any monitored data in this list goes outside programmed limits |
| GPS200 | Cabin top GPS | Position, speed over ground, course over ground, time, date, magnetic variation and more |
| WSO100 | Wind/weather station | Measures wind speed and direction, outdoor air temperature, outdoor humidity, barometric pressure |
| SIM100 | Switch indicator | 3 high bilge water indicators, magnetic door switch, smoke/heat detector, CO detector |
| DCM100 | Battery monitor | Monitors battery voltage, current, temperature, state of charge and time remaining |
| ACM100 | Shore power monitor | Monitors voltage, current, frequency and power |
| TMP100 | Temperature monitor | Monitors cabin temperature, engine room temperature, alternator temperature, refrigerator temperature |
| ALM100 | Helm Audible Alarm | Sounds a loud alarm when any monitored data in this list goes outside programmed limit |
This file requires Maretrons free NMEA 2000® network design tool N2KBuilder® to be installed on your PC.
The following screenshots are examples of Text Messages you can receive when monitoring these values.
Boat Moving Alarm
Door Open Alarm
High Bilge Water Alarm
High Wind Alarm
Low Barometric Pressure
Low Battery Alarm
Low Cabin Temperature
Shore Power Fail
Smoke Alarm
Status response
The following components are examples of how monitored data can be displayed on the TSM800C display using N2KView. The components are arranged on favourite screens at positions and sizes to suit the user’s needs. See N2KView web page for examples of full screenshots.
Afternoon Twilight
Alternator Temperature
Anchor Watch
Apparent Wind Angle Graph
Apparent Wind Close Hauled Rose
Apparent Wind Rose
Barometric Pressure Digital
Barometric Pressure Graph
Battery Current Digital
Battery Current Gauge
Battery State of Charge Bar Graph
Battery State of Charge Digital
Battery State of Charge Gauge
Battery Temperature Digital
Battery Temperature Gauge
Battery Voltage Gauge
Clock
COG Head Up Rose
COG North Up Rose
Course Over Ground Digital
Engine Room Temperature
GPS Status
Ground Wind Direction Cardinal
Ground Wind Direction Digital
Ground Wind Direction Rose
Ground Wind Speed Digital
Indicator Off
Indicator On Green
Indicator On Red
Lat and Long
Lat and Long Degrees
Lat and Long DMS
Local Date
Local Date DMY
Local Date MDY
Moon Phase
Refrigeration Temperature
Shore Power Current Digital
Shore Power Current Gauge
Shore Power Frequency Gauge
Shore Power Voltage Digital
Shore Power Voltage Gauge
Speed over Ground Digital
Speed over Ground Gauge
Sunrise
UTC Time
Variation
