As reported earlier, we have been using Maretron’s N2K View aboard Wind Horse to get up to speed on this product, which may be seeing more sophisticated implementation in the FPB fleet. While we are not great fans of overly complex things – we work hard at keeping our systems simple (relatively speaking) – our initial discomfort with some of the N2K View’s features has given way to an appreciation for how Maretron has developed their product line. There is no better example than the partial screen shot above and the one which follows.
Wind Horse has been hauled out, and we are cruising at 35,000 feet on a Delta Airlines flight back to Tucson. They have wi-fi aboard, so we have logged onto Maretron’s Cloud server to check on the status of various systems on board Wind Horse.
Add to Maretron’s remote management possibilities the fact that we did not think about a remote viewing page like this until 0130 this morning, trying to get to sleep after a Delta SNAFU in Atlanta landed us in a local hotel. From there we were able to log onto the server, create this page, which just happens to fit our iPads, and here we are sharing it with you now from this lofty position.
Being able to monitor the health of various systems aboard opens up storage possibilities that have not previously been considered. Add in the fact that we can also now remotely control various systems – turning on or off the air conditioning, a bilge pump, or the diesel heating system are in the plans – and you begin to get a sense for the power of the N2K system from Maretron.
We have lots more to share on this once we get caught up in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.
Posted by Steve Dashew (October 21, 2012)
October 21st, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Erm, if the boat is hauled out, what is the SEA temp at the bottom of the second pic showing? Or is it just dummy data while you design the screen layout?
October 22nd, 2012 at 7:52 am
Data is real. Sea temp is there for when the boat is stored in the water.
October 22nd, 2012 at 1:33 pm
A great feature to keep tabs on things. It is also a great feature for someone to try to hack. Hopefully to issue a command (like turning off something) the system has a special pass key sent to your cell phone that must be entered for the current session.
October 22nd, 2012 at 3:15 pm
There are security codes required.
October 30th, 2012 at 5:08 am
It looks really nice, but like Kent i wouldn’t like to have a system like this without beeing certain it is safe. (yes i know, ther is no such thing as “safe” when IT is conserned)
Do you use WiFi to connect Wind Horse and the N2K system to the internet?
October 30th, 2012 at 6:26 am
Where we are hauled out we use wifi to connect to the Internet, and of course we have Cory McMahon at Triton to check on the boat. While not perfect, this remote viewing system is better than anything we have had in the past.
October 30th, 2012 at 11:51 pm
Unless there is a localised temperature variation between the sensors for the air temperature (probably mast-mounted) and sea temperature (hull), what we seem to have here is a need for a minor calibration adjustment.
October 31st, 2012 at 6:16 am
Depends on sun angle. Hull sensor,for temp is slightly off center to port, with a mass of black around it, so if there is sun beating onto the hull odds are it will show warmer than the air, which is the case here.