Can digitalization of electronics really improve safety at sea?

It is important to save time and money when installing electronics on your home. your boat, and you will be aware of the many different devices we have created to make your trips easier and safer, while giving you better access to more data on board.

And although our range of solutions allows you to connect the old with the new, convert analog to digital and have direct access to your data, we don't often take in på the benefits of safety when we are out and about; the water that we can give. you when you digitize and update your instruments. Let's look at 2 simple ways to do just that.

Motor monitoring with our EMU-1

EMU-1 allows you to easily digitize your analog engine data, making ö the vigil of engine parameters simple via a NMEA 2000 MFD. A typical installation may consist of; of engine + transmitter and a set of analog gauges connected showing oil pressure, engine temp, rev counter, etc...

For several years this has been the default setting, but analog meters can suffer problems over time, which can result in poor reading accuracy. They can alsoå suffer from "optical error", where the measurement appears to have a different value depending on the angle from which the meter is read. Digital systems overcome these problems, while potentially saving space compared to the original analog installation.

A big advantage of EMU-1, especially for smaller craft with limited installation space, means that the device can work directly from the Sender alone and does not require meters to be present at all, which saves space or frees it up for another electronic device. If you prefer to keep the meters in a circuit but want to save space, they can always be moved to a cabinet, after all, they don't have to be visible when you want EMU -1 which outputs your digitized engine data to the MFD!

Monitoring analog gauges is easy enough, but it requires that the vessel operator is always on; the same place as the meters and ensures that they are continuously checked. If the oil pressure suddenly skyrocketed and there was no alarm panel connected to the gauges, you would not know this was happening until either the gauge was checked or the engine failed. With EMU-1 alarms can be configured for different parameters, which makes it possible for EMU -1 to trigger an alarm condition message, which is picked up by the MFD (when configured to do so), and gives carried a visual and audible warning of the alarm condition.

One of the main advantages of this is the ability to have multiple displays of the same data around the ship . Because NMEA 2000 uses CAN, all devices connected to the same network will see the same data, which means you can have one display at the helm and another in the field, and they will belt; da to display the same engine data at the same time, which improves security and visibility of data for all crew members at all times.

EMU-1 alsoå a configurable number of engine hours, which makes it much easier to keep track of; the service times for your engines.

Encoder digitization with our DST-2

Similar to EMU-1 är DST-2 alsoå designed to convert analog to digital, but it never hears it for depth, speed and temperature data rather than a motor. Transducers are an excellent way to easily monitor the speed of the boat, the temperature of the water and the depth of the boat. the water you currently occupy. But if you don't provide a smart transducer, you are limited in what data you can get.

One of the most common scenarios when sailing in uncharted waters. is that the ship is grounded. This can be a bit embarrassing but fun and nothing more if you land on; the sand, but if you do it on rocks, the scenario is less entertaining and much more dangerous (and more expensive) for you and your ship.

DST-2 is designed to take these analog waves. order and output them as digital 0183 sentences, making it easy to connect it to other NMEA 0183 equipment, or få data to a NMEA 2000 network with our NGW-1 conversion gateway.

With the ability to get enter your depth data into a NMEA 2000 network for an MFD to use, it enables the use of shallow water alarms on; MFD.* These can be invaluable when you are out and about; the water, which can save thousands of pounds in repairs and also makes much safer for everyone on board. Grounding at speed can cause people to be thrown overboard, which is a scenario a boater never wants to be in.

*Please note that not all MFDs devices have this capability, and it is important that you check with the manufacturer first!