Document title: VMS-100 User Manual
Document number: VMSC-82
Company Confidential
©
2019 SRT Marine Systems plc
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4.
General Operation
4.1
Product Overview
The VMS-100 product is an AIS Class B Device which will transmit the vessel position, status,
and catch related information to a central monitoring centre such that the location of the
vessel can be monitored to prevent illegal, unauthorised and unregulated (IUU) fishing. All
transmissions are encrypted such that only authorised control centres can view the location
of each vessel. Transmissions are received by coastal receiver stations and satellites,
ensuring full coverage wherever the vessel is located. The transceiver will also receive
messages from the control centre warning of weather alerts.
The transceiver will have been configured on one of three configurations:
Basic
–
The simplest of all configurations, using just the buttons on the transceiver to
identify what is happening on the voyage.
Basic+
- Identical to the basic configuration but will use the ERS1 (described later) for some
additional reporting.
Advanced
–
uses an ERS1 (described later) to interact with the transceiver and provide
additional catch reporting or other voyage information.
4.2
Button Functions
There are four buttons located on the top of the transceiver. Three of these are used to
identify the state of the vessel, and the fourth is an SOS Button to be used in emergency
situations.
Once a button has been pressed, the vessel will be flagged as in that state and the button
will light up showing that this state is selected.
Port
–
This button is selected when the vessel is inside a port boundary. This is the usual
power on state of the transceiver.
Transit
–
This button is selected when the vessel is outside the port boundary but not
engaged in a fishing operation. This is usually selected when transiting to a fishing ground.
Fishing
–
This button is selected when the vessel is actively engaged in fishing or searching
for a fishing ground.
In the Basic+ or Advanced configuration the ERS1 can be used to change these states.
SOS
–
The fourth button is for activating SOS messages in emergency situations. This is
described later.
Figure 1 shows the controls and indicators.
