You will see the SSID of the remote station listed with signal strength and a transit(TX) and
receive(RX) rate. You will know that the station is not available or you were not successful (if
say you entered the password incorrectly) when the signal bounces between 0 and some value
and the RX/TX rates drop to zero.
But… note there are easier and better ways to know if you are connected to the internet as
described in the “Verifying Internet Connectivity” section.
Enabling Tracking
To enable tracking, browse to the “Services->Tracking” page. Once there check the “Enable
Tracking” checkbox, note the “Serial Number”, and set the tracking interval to the desired value.
The default tracking interval is 15 minutes per position report. This value is fine for vessels
moving at displacement speeds. Faster moving vessels may want to decrease the interval
period.
Press the “Save & Apply” button at the bottom of the page to start the tracking service.
You will need to contact predict wind via e-mail at
to enable your
tracking portal. Please provide the tracking serial number (noted above) and your vessel name.
PredictWind support will reply with a tracking URL for your vessel. Here is mine
http://tracking.predictwind.com/MV_Bliss
This concludes the tracking setup. You should not be able to see tracks on your
tracking/blogging portal at PredictWind given that you have a valid GPS information and an
Internet connection to the DataHub.
DataHub Status LEDs
DataHub provides status LED on its top cover that rapidly allows you to know the status of the
GPS feed, Internet connectivity, and if you have position reports stored on the device that have
not yet been sent to PredictWind.
There are total of 3 LEDS, Blue, Orange, and Green.
The blue LED is illuminated when power is supplied to the DataHub.
The orange and green LEDs serve multiple purposes to display both GPS status, Internet
connectivity, and tracking spool state.
