CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2008, four
sailors died after signaling for distress using a very popular
marine device. They had been competing in a race onboard the
Aegean, as written about in Practical Sailor, and ran into unknown
trouble later that evening. The device they used could not
ascertain their GPS position at the time of the activation, despite
previously reporting vessel tracks. Several crucial lessons
were learned from this event, including that the monitoring company
and first responders can only be as effective as the device
communicating information to them. With Nautic Alert X2, a
distress message can be sent out with the push of a button on the
device, or from a personal transmitter worn on a lifejacket, but
that is where the comparisons stop. When an emergency
activation occurs, exceptional intelligence and hardware in the
device work in combination with an advanced Nautic Alert cloud
solution to offer several redundant countermeasures to avoid
exactly what occurred in this noted story.
X2 advanced system starts with reliable and verifiable 2-way
messaging, which provides a user with a confirmation that the
message was received and a way to directly interact with first
responders through text messaging. Some other very popular devices
rely on one-way communication satellite solutions with absolutely
no message confirmation from the device, and certainly no way to
communicate with the responders and give additional crucial details
about the event.
Next, upon receiving a distress message, Nautic Alert's advanced
cloud solution can choose up to 4 position references to use when
communicating with GEOS and alert contacts to describe the vessel's
location. This includes the current reported position from
the device, but if unknown, it could use the last reported position
captured from the device, the previous tracking entry stored in the
cloud database, and, in a worse-case, Iridium-based geo-location
inherent in the message from the device. This enables 3
redundant positions to be used when reporting the event, and each
contains the vessel's heading, speed, timestamp of location, and
most important, expected positional accuracy, so a worse-case
search circumference can be known. This last piece of
information is the result of using next-gen GPS technology, which
is not available on many GPS solutions commonly used in maritime
networks and equipment.
Nautic Alert offers additional redundancy by reporting the event
to multiple alert contacts, complete with location details and a
map, right to their phone and inbox. During an emergency, X2
will continue to send location details every few minutes, so both
GEOS and friends and family know exactly what's happening in
real-time. Nautic Alert's vessel tracking feature enables
real-time On-Demand updates, and its X2 enables texting from
anywhere in the world, so friends and family have multiple ways to
stay connected during normal times and emergencies. Nautic
Alert's cloud solution is like an additional safety net built for
redundancy, storing vessel tracking data, alert contact
information, and more. It enables additional intelligent
processing and communications that would otherwise not be possible
from the device alone.
The Nautic Alert is an MTC-E, which stands for monitoring,
tracking, control and edge-based for early detection. Unlike
other products, Nautic Alert doesn't just report sensor data, it
learns, analyzes, and makes an intelligent decision with measured
data in its onboard processing engine, so when you get an alert,
you have additional time and information you need about the event
to decide how to react. Designed by a lifelong boater and
former IBM employee with critical server development experience,
the Nautic Alert transforms boat monitoring by introducing
technology and innovation never before seen in a marine
application. X2 will be showcased at IBEX 2017 and is now
available from shop.nauticalert.com and AtlanticRT. Practical
Sailor Reference:
https://www.practical-sailor.com/blog/-10824-1.html
For additional info, email support@nauticalert.com,
1-800-385-1674
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