Skybolt
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- Nov 11, 2014
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Alison Gears
Westerbeke
12.5kw Genset
One thing I haven’t seen posted here is anything on remote monitoring. There have been a number of NMEA 2000 write ups and questions etc. but nothing on remote monitoring. Burglar alarm systems is about the closest I have seen. So I thought I would share what I am using to do that.
There are not many solutions for this that I have found. But there are a few. One is from Siren Marine it looks like a real nice solution, but does need a cellular contract and a cloud subscription. The cloud is as low as $180/yr but the cell is ???/month? It looks pretty nice with a lot of inputs like an alarm system, but also has an NMEA 2000 connection and can pick up what is available on the network including tank levels etc. I haven’t seen whether or not it supports any kind of video or not. I thought I would mention that before I continue with what I am using. As it looks like a great system. And at the end of the day it costs about the same as the IPG100 that I am using.
Another way is to do it yourself with products from companies like Maretron and Foscam. I am using the Maretron IPG100 to remotely monitor the boats systems and a Foscam R4 camera to monitor motion and act as an alarm system of sorts. Maretron offers a cloud service for tracking and reporting from the IPG and cost’s ~$300/yr but I think it is worth it. The free Foscam app offers cloud DVR and storage for a yearly charge. A 3 day video history is ~$40/yr. I think this is more then enough since the app will notify you right away of motion and/or sound triggers. This works real well and I have been using this for a few years now. One qualification is you need to have internet on the boat or none of this will work ...
The Foscam R4 camera is also affordable ~$90 and is PTZ and also has 2 way audio drop in.
The Maretron IPG100 is an interesting device, locally (or remotely for that matter) it can display your entire N2K engine data (like their N2KView server app) as a web page. You can have multiple pages of different device list etc. and their associated data. I have one set of pages for the tablet on the boat and one for my cell phone. These pages are stored in the IPG and can be viewed by any device capable of running their app.
The screens are completely customizable and can be done so with their N2KView software , no license needed to edit files so it's free to use for this. That procedure is not for the faint of heart but can be learned fairly quickly. If you are a software person you should have no need to look at any of the instructions except what is needed to get connected etc.
One thing to note is that none of the data in these screens is generated by the IPG, it comes from the N2K devices I have on board already and can be from any manufacturer. The IPG just puts it all together. I have been using this a few years as well.
Here are a few of the screen I use. Note they were just captured and the boat is still winterized and not much is working at the moment. The pump status and lights are always functional as is most of the status screen. All of these screens have been created by myself using their software. It's high level and drag and drop, no actual code writing. So pretty much anyone can do this.
This is my cell phone status view:
These are on the tablet which is by the helm always:
There are not many solutions for this that I have found. But there are a few. One is from Siren Marine it looks like a real nice solution, but does need a cellular contract and a cloud subscription. The cloud is as low as $180/yr but the cell is ???/month? It looks pretty nice with a lot of inputs like an alarm system, but also has an NMEA 2000 connection and can pick up what is available on the network including tank levels etc. I haven’t seen whether or not it supports any kind of video or not. I thought I would mention that before I continue with what I am using. As it looks like a great system. And at the end of the day it costs about the same as the IPG100 that I am using.
Another way is to do it yourself with products from companies like Maretron and Foscam. I am using the Maretron IPG100 to remotely monitor the boats systems and a Foscam R4 camera to monitor motion and act as an alarm system of sorts. Maretron offers a cloud service for tracking and reporting from the IPG and cost’s ~$300/yr but I think it is worth it. The free Foscam app offers cloud DVR and storage for a yearly charge. A 3 day video history is ~$40/yr. I think this is more then enough since the app will notify you right away of motion and/or sound triggers. This works real well and I have been using this for a few years now. One qualification is you need to have internet on the boat or none of this will work ...
The Foscam R4 camera is also affordable ~$90 and is PTZ and also has 2 way audio drop in.
The Maretron IPG100 is an interesting device, locally (or remotely for that matter) it can display your entire N2K engine data (like their N2KView server app) as a web page. You can have multiple pages of different device list etc. and their associated data. I have one set of pages for the tablet on the boat and one for my cell phone. These pages are stored in the IPG and can be viewed by any device capable of running their app.
The screens are completely customizable and can be done so with their N2KView software , no license needed to edit files so it's free to use for this. That procedure is not for the faint of heart but can be learned fairly quickly. If you are a software person you should have no need to look at any of the instructions except what is needed to get connected etc.
One thing to note is that none of the data in these screens is generated by the IPG, it comes from the N2K devices I have on board already and can be from any manufacturer. The IPG just puts it all together. I have been using this a few years as well.
Here are a few of the screen I use. Note they were just captured and the boat is still winterized and not much is working at the moment. The pump status and lights are always functional as is most of the status screen. All of these screens have been created by myself using their software. It's high level and drag and drop, no actual code writing. So pretty much anyone can do this.
This is my cell phone status view:
These are on the tablet which is by the helm always:
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