Remote monitoring

[Piers]

Anyone know of a system that can SMS me when, for example, shore power fails to the boat?

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[paulineb]

do you not have any liveaboards on your pontoon?

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[jwatson]

Yes, we (MDL) are trialing one that does this and lots more. Dean Smith will be in touch with you....
Best wishes,
John

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[jfm]

No. I tried to buy a car alarm that did this, but no-one makes it. One of the big car alarm firms had one in development, but it's some time away. The availability of decent telematics gear is dismal. It's a shame, because prepay mobiles are so cheap we could have SIM cards in everything

I wonder if John Watson is referring to a system where the marina SMSs you, not the boat itself?

There is a firm installing webcams on S.Coast UK marinas, and you pay a fee to look at your boat

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[jwatson]

No, it is the BOAT SMS-ing you I am referring to.....

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[Forbsie]

Come on, John. Stop being so secretive. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[PerL]

GSM enabled car and boat alarms shouldn't be that difficult to find. On a quick search I found a few different products in Sweden, CarGard T70C and Guardialink (www.guardia.se, sorry, not in english afaik).

I believe that it's been around for quite a few years in SA together with positioning - with an amazing recovery rate.

If you have an expensive boat, a unit that can do positioning as well could be useful.

This could be a good start:
http://www.autoparts.globalsources....ry_filt=&state_filt=&design=clean&language=en

Technically, it's not difficult. There are loads of GSM/SMS based applications out there. My favourite right now is a gate opener that opens on call from specific phonenumbers. (With a handsfree and voice recognition you can in effect open the gate whenever by using a corny line like "Open Sesame!" )

OK, hope at least something of the above is useful.

/Per

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[PerL]

Secretive? Then this page might be useful...

http://www.spy-equipment.co.uk/Tracking/GSM_Alarm_/gsm_alarm_.html

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[DavidJ]

Why don't manufacturers put prices on their websites. It really doesn't entice me to phone up and ask.
David

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[petem]

We have a private sewage pumping station on the estate where I live. We've recently installed a remote Telemetry system that uses SMS. It will send a text message (to up to 10 people) if the pumps fails, if there's a power failure or the if sump level gets too high. I reckon this could easily be adapted for marine use.

The companies name is 'TT Pumps'. Price of the kit is about £800.

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