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Operation
Once your AUTOTETHER
TM
system has been installed, turned on and
tested, it’s ready for operation. The following scenarios are provided to
give you an appreciation of the safety features provided by
AUTOTETHER
TM
.
Scenario # 1
– You are alone on the boat and getting ready to get
underway. AUTOTETHER
TM
is ON and you are the operator and wearing
your yellow FOB. The Host has registered the FOB, all system indicators
are flashing GREEN and the kill switch actuator clip is installed. The
engine is running as you move aft to pull up a fender. You trip and fall
overboard.
When the FOB you are wearing is submerged, the AUTOTETHER
TM
alarm
sounds and the kill switch actuator is released, shutting the engine off.
You climb back onboard. Press the RESET button to silence the alarm.
Reconnect the kill switch clip and press the POWER button to re-initialize
the system and register your FOB.
Scenario # 2
– You are enjoying a day of boating with three
passengers. You are all wearing your AUTOTETHER
TM
FOBs and the
system is flashing GREEN. One of your passengers falls overboard.
As soon as the AUTOTETHER
TM
FOB is submerged the AUTOTETHER
TM
alarm sounds and lights go steady red. You press the RESET button to
silence the alarm. You maneuver to pick up your passenger, who is
wearing a USCG approved flotation device.
While you are maneuvering to pick up your passenger you notice that
one of the FOB Signal LEDs is RED – it belongs to passenger who fell
overboard. Everyone else in the boat is still being monitored by
AUTOTETHER
TM
. Pick up your overboard passenger and, once the
passenger is safely aboard, press the Host POWER button to re-initialize
the system and register all of the FOBs.
.
NOTE
DO NOT press Host POWER button while passenger is in the water – wait until
passenger is safely recovered. If you press POWER button while passenger is in
the water, the overboard passenger’s FOB will be recognized, until it goes back
underwater, triggering the alarm
