Summary of Yacht Sentinel
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1 user manual north america august 2014.
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2 table of contents introduction 3 installation 4 basic functions and unit overview 4 figure 1 – external input connection diagram 4 external connections 5 figure 2 – external connection diagram 5 locating unit 5 figure 3 – unit top up 5 sensors 6 bilge sensors 6 hatch sensors 6 figure 4 – hatch sen...
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3 table of contents (cont.) information 18 technical specifications 18 input & output connections 18 troubleshooting 20 abbreviations & definitions 21 introduction congratulations on your purchase of the yacht sentinel monitoring system. The system will provide you with “priceless peace of mind”®. T...
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4 installation yacht sentinel – quick start guide your yacht sentinel unit comes preprogrammed with the basic functions, sim card inserted and unit connection phone number assigned. You must have upon purchase, set up your monitoring account with yacht watchman international. Basic functions and uni...
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5 external connections yacht sentinel has an external connector that enables the connection of power and sensors. If you look at the external connection diagram on page 18, you will see how the connections are arranged when in standard mode. It is quite easy to add other sensors in place of those sh...
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6 sensors bilge sensors bilge sensors are connected as shown in the ‘external connection diagram’. Ensure you make a note of which sensor is placed in which part of the bilge, as warnings will use these terms. Please make sure that you don’t position the sensors too close to the existing bilge level...
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7 infra-red movement sensor this sensor is designed to detect any movement by using heat sensing. Any person entering the pirs detection area will be detected as a moving heat source by the pir. In order to reduce the current consumption of the pir, it will turn on detection once every second. The d...
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8 installation check list √ ⃝ confirm monitoring is on at yacht watchman ⃝ unit mounted in dry location ⃝ unit mounted with top up ⃝ unit secured to prevent movement ⃝ wire and connect sensors prior to power connection (fig.1, pg.4) ⃝ sensors mounted securely ⃝ internal battery connected (fig.6a & 6...
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9 initializing unit power up unit the yacht sentinel can easily be switched on and off by pressing the button on top of the case. To switch on the device, press the button briefly. The led will flash 3 times to indicate that the yacht sentinel is switched on. To switch off the device, press and hold...
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10 connecting with unit to communicate with the unit and to receive messages from the unit requires a cell phone with text messaging capabilities. Communications from the unit, as well as communications from you to the unit will be by text messaging. Call your unit dial the phone number provided to ...
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11 (parameters description continued) supplyalarm=on indicates that the battery alarm is enabled batt=12 12 v battery type used movealarm=off indicates that the move alarm is enabled radius=20 gives the range in meters for the move alarm anchor=off indicates that the anchor alarm is enabled swing=20...
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12 change password proceed with the following steps to reset the password for sms commands to the default value of 4444: 1. The yacht sentinel must be switched on and registered to the gsm network 2. Phone the yacht sentinel 3. The led begins to flash at max 30 seconds 4. Push the red button once du...
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13 alarm description sms text description indicates the type of alarm (see next table) yacht sentinel device logo my boat name of the boat mmsi=68003836 mmsi is set by the user (default 000000000) boatbatt=11.6v voltage of the boat battery / external power supply vbat:4.2v voltage of the internal ba...
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14 the following shows the possible error descriptions sent by the yacht sentinel: description sensor 1…4 not connected check the connection between the yacht sentinel and the sensor on input 1…4 short circuit on sensor 1…4 check the contacts on the sensor connected to the shown input. They should b...
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15 programming unit sms commands the device is fully configurable via sms commands. The following table shows each command with a short description. The permitted values/ranges are given in brackets. The subsequent pages show some examples of how to use these commands. Sms command description parame...
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16 sms command description alarm1= command to set the parameter for the alarm input 1…4. The command has alarm2= three parameters: alarm3= 1: on/off enable or disable the alarm alarm4= 2: nc/no the connector sensor set to normally closed or normally open 3: alarm text to indicate the alarm in the al...
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17 sms examples to request a status sms, send the following text to the yacht sentinel: 4444, status? To request a parameter sms, send the following text to the yacht sentinel: 4444, parameter? To request a parameter sms with a destination other than the originator number, send the following text to...
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18 information technical specification general · casing measures approx. 12 x 7 x 3 cm · determination/transmission of gps coordinates, speed, additional information from inputs · determination/transmission of gsm cell data and provider information (optional) · parameter configuration via sms · curr...
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19 to ensure that defined levels are detected at the inputs all the inputs are internally ‘pulled up’ by 33k ohm resistors. The ys needs to detect if a sensor is connected otherwise it will send a ‘not connected’ alarm, this is done by putting a ‘tamper’ resistor in each of the sensors. These are: m...
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20 trouble shooting 1. Check that you can send and receive a text from your sim card by inserting into a mobile phone. 2. Open up the yacht sentinel (ys) case check inside that the internal battery connector is connected 3. Insert sim card into ys 4. Connect the ys battery fly lead to your boat batt...
Page 21: Abbreviations & Definitions
21 abbreviations & definitions abbreviations: sms – short message service – the messages sent to and from the unit gsm – the frequency bands used by mobile phones pir – passive infra red – sensor that detects infra red light (occupancy sensor) ac – alternating current – type of electrical current us...