Subscription required for other regions and chart formats. This capability is available because of the unique integration of the WatchMate app with the Vesper Marine XB-8000 and WatchMate Vision AIS transponders. With any other app this takes several minutes. You can have a list or plot them visually and they all appear immediately. This means that as soon as you start the app or switch on your iPhone/iPad all the previously received vessel positions and target names are displayed all at once. But the Vesper Marine WatchMate app has instant target acquisition. This is because AIS transmissions occur on a periodic interval. Just hook up our external alarm or another buzzer to the XB-8000.Īll other apps take time for AIS targets to be received and displayed. Alarms can be managed by this app but most importantly the app does not have to be active or switched on for an alarm to be triggered by the XB-8000. It's the world's first 'black box' AIS with built-in collision warnings, anchor watch and man overboard alarms and this app is your control center. Take advantage of the unique safety-enhancing capabilities in the WatchMate XB-8000. Adjust anchor position and view 'breadcrumbs' of your positions so you can easily visualize your swinging circle. Set your anchor watch on both WatchMate Vision and WatchMate XB-8000 and monitor your position relative to the anchor.

It does this by eliminating targets which don't pose a collision risk. You can view targets on a 'radar' plotting screen with both north-up and heading-up orientations.īesides being a remote control for your smartAIS transponder, it can adjust and mute collision, anchor and man overboard alarms remotely and when used with WatchMate Vision it has the ability to filter targets to reduce the clutter of icons shown by all other apps. Vesper Marine's free smartAIS app for configuration, monitoring and remote control.

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