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Ocean Signal: New AIS Alarm Box Available To Customers
Developed to ensure that everyone on the vessel is alerted to a possible Man Overboard (MOB) or a crew in need of rescue, the AIS Alarm Box is available from Ocean Signal’s global network of distributors and dealers.
The device is the latest addition to the UK communication and safety at sea specialist’s range of compact and easy-to-use products, expanding the company’s innovative portfolio of GMDSS and safety equipment for commercial, fishing and recreational users.
James Hewitt, Sales and Marketing Manager, Ocean Signal, said: “We are delighted to confirm we are now shipping the new Ocean Signal AIS Alarm Box. We are confident that this device will be of significant benefit to our customers as it detects any AIS MOB or AIS SART signal, including our rescueME MOB1, and sounds an audible alarm to provide crucial indication in the event of an emergency.”
Ocean Signal’s waterproof AIS Alarm Box has been developed to help save lives in the event of a man overboard incident by providing visual and audible indication the moment any AIS-MOB or AIS-SART signal is received.
The Alarm Box receives NMEA0183 input from an AIS receiver and detects all received or specific AIS SART and MOB devices, including Ocean Signal’s award-winning rescueME MOB1. Ensuring the source can be immediately identified, the Alarm Box can be programmed by USB from a Windows PC to alarm on all SARTs, all MOBs or up to 30 individual SART/MOB MMSI numbers or combinations of these. As soon as an AIS transmission is detected, a tone-specific internal alarm is sounded to identify the source – AIS-SART, AIS-MOB, Active or Test Message.
Measuring 90mm x 72mm x 72mm, the Alarm Box operates within a temperature range of -15°C and +55°C and is waterproof up to a depth of one metre.
It is compatible with Ocean Signal’s rescueME MOB1 - the world’s most advanced Man Overboard locating device, incorporating both AIS and DSC technologies within the most compact product on the market at 30% smaller than similar products.
For more information on Ocean Signal’s range of products, please visit the website at www.oceansignal.com.
For further information, please contact:
James Hewitt
Ocean Signal
Tel: +44 (0)1843 282930
E-mail: james.hewitt@oceansignal.com
www.oceansignal.com
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About Ocean Signal
Communication and safety at sea specialist Ocean Signal™ is dedicated to providing the technology and quality of product that will set industry standards.
Ocean Signal’s rescueME range of products, which includes the rescueME PLB1, the rescueME MOB1, the rescueME EPIRB1, the rescueME EDF1 electronic distress flare and AIS Alarm Box, and SafeSea range of GMDSS products, including the E100 and E100G EPIRB, S100 SART and V100 handheld VHF radio, as well as the M100 and M100X professional MSLD, provide both recreational and commercial mariners with simple to use, compact and affordable life-saving solutions. All products are engineered by a highly experienced team of marine electronics professionals.
Ocean Signal products are trusted by high-profile sailors, rowers and powerboat racing teams. By providing vital safety and communication devices, the company has sponsored the 16-man crew of Triton with rescueME MOB1s in the 2015 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, record-breaking sailor Andrea Mura in the single-handed OSTAR race, Mini Transat 2015 solo sailor Lizzy Foreman, Atlantic rowing duo Ocean Valour and Venture Cup offshore powerboat race team Cinzano.
Safety and communication products from Ocean Signal offer exceptional value, meeting or exceeding international technical and safety standards. Careful design and innovation provides commercial shipping, fishing and recreational users the confidence that their Ocean Signal equipment will work to, and beyond, their expectations when it is needed most.
For further information on the full range of products available from Ocean Signal, please go to www.oceansignal.com.
