AIS

The Universal Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a system of transponders installed on vessels which transmit over two dedicated digital marine VHF channels. An AIS transponder sends AIS signals, making your vessel visible to others with AIS equipment. It also receives AIS signals from AIS equipped vessels, Aids to Navigation and portable man overboard devices.

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Nearly all commercial ships are mandated to carry AIS transponders and each year more sail, power and work boats are fitting AIS equipment.The AIS data is sent from each vessel every few seconds and contains position and movement information such as course, speed, latitude, longitude, and heading. Static information about the vessel is sent every few minutes and includes the name, type of vessel, length, beam, draft, etc. By transmitting and receiving AIS signals, your safety is enhanced day and night, when offshore or in busy marine traffic areas or in bad weather when visibility is reduced.

smartAIS

Unlike an ordinary AIS which only sends and receives data, smartAIS from Vesper Marine is an active safety system with smart alarm logic that proactively alerts you when you have potential collision situations, it plots your anchor position and alerts you if your anchor drags, it continuously watches for a man overboard and triggers an alarm for quick action.

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smartAIS puts you in control of every situation, furnishing you with navigation sensor data, GPS and AIS information. Its intelligent alarm management prioritizes alarms for most critical action. Its low power consumption keeps it always on, always visible, always watching. smartAIS transmits all information over WiFi to your PC, or your mobile device for access anywhere on your vessel. Using the WatchMate smartAIS app, you can monitor information and control your vessel navigation, manage alarms and much more, right from your mobile device.

The smartAIS Advantage

Safety Underway

Collision Prevention

Continuously determine crossing situations, receive collision alarms with full vessel information for critical action.

Safety at Anchor

Anchor Watch

Sleep soundly, knowing you’ll be alerted if your anchor is dragging.

Safety for your crew

Man Overboard

Be alerted when your crew activate an AIS MOB device and see their current location for easy retrieval.

smartAIS features

Latest Updates

Scalable AIS platform updated with the latest transponder features automatically from your mobile

Integrates to your navigation network

Monitors your navigation sensors, GPS & AIS data

Low power consumption

Always on, always visible, always watching

Built-in WiFi

WiFi access anywhere on-board

Higher resolution GPS

Fast 5Hz 50 channel GPS receiver

Smart alert logic

Determines risk situations

WatchMate smartAIS APP

Monitor your vessel, customize alarms, control Anchor Watch and much more

Smart alarm Management

Dedicated alarms with prioritization

Your smartAIS range

Cortex M1 SOTDMA smartAIS

Full Class B SOTDMA smartAIS transponder with remote vessel monitoring.

Full Class B SOTDMA smartAIS send and receive with integrated no-loss splitter. Monitor and control on board systems and keep alerted on board or ashore from your smartphone. Get Anchor Watch off the boat.

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WatchMate XB-8000

Dedicated Alarms and WiFi

This full-featured smartAIS transponder from Vesper Marine has all the smartAIS functions of Collision Prevention, Anchor Watch and Man Overboard (MOB) Alarms actively keeping your vessel and crew safe.

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This is a fantastic piece of kit. The menus are simple and easy to use, even while in a heavy seaway, it’s incredibly smart about conserving power, and best of all it has the smartest alarms I’ve ever seen on an AIS device.

Daniel Collins, Georgia, USA

The WatchMate Vision is a truly magnificent instrument with intelligent in-built software. One may compare its features to some sort of ‘ABS for a car’. Nothing less! It proved to be a true ‘anti-collision’ device. I consider myself a happy owner and for the record, I have never given such feedback to anyone yet.

Arie Vermeiden, France

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