Connect easyAIS to your Android device with WinGPS Marine

New: Free trial coming soon!

WinGPS Marine is the navigation app for your Android device. This app allows you to not only set routes, download GRIB-files for weather forecast and connect your easyAIS-wifi device but has many more features. The more developed WinGPS Marine Plus version also provides you with information about currents and tides (for The Netherlands) and allows you to connect your on board instruments, such as wind gauge, depth meter, log and compass.

Coming soon: request a free trial version of WinGPS Marine Plus!
This allows you to experience our handy navigation without any risks.
When you connect your EasyAIS wifi to WinGPS Marine, the AIS targets will be shown clearly on your chart, including their name, course and speed.  A list of all targets may also be requested.  By clicking on a ship in this list, all information will be displayed, such as MMSI, length, width, destination and type.

It is also possible to scale the targets on your chart.  This immediately shows you if a small sailing boat or big vessel is coming towards you. Customize the CPA (Closest  Point of Approach) and you will receive an alarm if a ship is on collision course.
WinGPS Marine may be used in combination with digital water charts by Stentec Navigation. Try the free DKW ‘Vaarkaart Friese Meren’ or World chart or order your specific charts on www.stentec.com

Download your version of WinGPS Marine and connect your EasyAIS wifi to your Android device.
After the trial period you can easily purchase and connect WinGPS Marine for just €49,99.
The more developed WinGPS Marine Plus costs €99,99.

Surf Weatherdock websites faster than ever before

Nuremberg 31.07.2015

In the past two years, our website easyais.com/ www.weatherdock.de  has undergone a positive transformation.

It has been optimized for search engines, provides now three instead of two languages and has a “responsive design”

It also has a new design and a structure that has improved the usability of the site.

Moreover, Weatherdock hat new websites:

rettungswesten24.de
lifejackets24.com
regatta-tracking.com
regatta-tracking.de

These and other innovations have increased the number of visitors considerably, and therefore, the traffic and the movement within our hosting has brought his performance to the limits.

In order to offer you a faster website, we have now a new powerful hosting.

Starting from August, all the pages of Weatherdock will be faster and you will have easily access to all our information.

Our sites offer not only information about our products, but also about interesting topics such as Radio technology, AIS SART, various tracking systems, and many more.

We wish you a lot of fun surfing on the web pages of Weatherdock.
Please feel at home!

Sydney International Boatshow 2015

Darling Harbour and the Sydney Exhibition Center are the scenarios for the Sydney International Boatshow 2015, an event that since 1968 has become the most important of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

This exhibition will take place in Australia, from July 30 to August 3. Weatherdock will be represented by its new partner, RWB Marine, a company with over fifty years of experience in the marine sector. Their headquarters are precisely in Sydney.

RWB Marinewill have at its booth the easyRESCUE-PRO, the easyONE, AIS-IS, and the TRX2S series. Visit their booth and have the opportunity to learn more about the advantages of Weatherdock technology for safe navigation.

New distributor in Japan

From this year, the presence of Weatherdock in East Asia will be reinforced by our new partner, Taro Yoshikawa and his company Q-Sync Corporation. He is not only responsible for the distribution of the Weatherdock products but he is also bringing ahead the approval of our devices and systems in Japan, in order to allow their use in that country.

So far, Mr. Yoshikawa had achieved the approval for these products:

All were approved on June 11, 2015. For the products easyTRX2S and easyTRX2S-IS the approval is in progress.

The company Q-Sync Corporation is also a partner of vesseltracker.com GmbH. with whom  Weatherdock has also since many years an important relationship.

The Office of Q-Sync is located in Tokyo, and they also have an online shop.
You will find the contact details every time on our distributors list here.

We are happy to have the presence of Q-Sync Corporation in our list of distributors and we expect this business relationship continues for many years and bring many advantages for both companies.

 

 

 

 

Champions, not just in sales, but also in sailing!

One of our most successful dealers in Europe, the owner and manager of the company “Holland Marine Hardware”, Dirk Bouma is also an excellent sailor.

On the 19th  and 20th of June the race “Ronde om Noord-Holland” took place. Weatherdock, together with Holland Marine Hardware participated as sponsors and Dirk Bouma also participated in the competition.

For the few who do not know the sailing race; “YSY around North Holland regatta” (http://rnh.ysy.nl):
Every year this regatta takes place on the Markermeer, the IJsselmeer, the western Wadden Sea and the North Sea. The Regatta starts from Muiden and the route leads through Enkhuizen, Kornwerderzand, Den Helder and finishes in IJmuiden. There were about 160 ships with around 700 participantsparticipants in the race around north Holland in 2015.

Dirk Bouma with his wife Sabine, were victorious in 3 different categories:
The fastest ship short handed (2persons).
The fastest ship of all short handed classes.
The fastest ship of the Yachtclub Seaport Ymuiden members.

When you face 5-6bf wind the only possible way to achieve three triumphs at a time is with courage, great skill and tactics.

Off course, the safety equipment on board is Besto and Weatherdock: Besto 275N lifejackets with the easyRESCUE (AIS-SART) inside for maximum safety in case of emergency.

Congratulations to Dirk Bouma and his wife Sabine! We will celebrate these beautiful prices with them when they visit us in Neurnburg.

Weatherdock in Nuremberg´s press

Nuremberg  9.06.2015

The Nuremberg’s press hat published an article on 9 June about Weatherdock. The journalist Klaus Wonneberger reports on the current events of our company: “Whether professional sailors or camels: The Nuremberg Weatherdock produces VHF positioning systems with growing success”. The text can be found on page 32 in the journal “Nürnberger Nachrichten” and page 26 in the “Nürnberger Zeitung”.

You can read the whole article online following the link bellow.  Source of the text is Nordbayern.de:

Text in German >> http://www.nordbayern.de/region/nuernberg/was-wustenschiffe-mit-alten-seebaren-vereint-1.4436971

INAMARINE 2015 in Jakarta

Nürnberg Mai 22. 2015

Der AIS Seenotsender easyRESCUE wird zurzeit auf einer Messe in Indonesien präsentiert. Die Messe INAMARINE, die vom 20. Bis 22. Mai 2015 stattfindet, ist ein internationales Business to Business “B2B” Fachveranstaltung. Die Schwerpunkte der Messe liegen in den Bereichen Schifffahrt- und Schiffsbau-Industrie..

Weatherdock present at the maritime safety exhibition in Bremerhaven

Besides the “World Maritime Rescue Congress”, organized by The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) in Bremerhaven, it takes place the exhibition on maritime safety, MMS for experts and general public. It begins at 30th May and finishes on the 2nd June.

Weatherdock will participate in these exhibition, and you can find us at stand number 11.

Another relevant event, which takes place parallel to the exhibition, is the 150 anniversary of German Maritime Search and Rescue Association (DGzRS), during the days 30th and 31st of May.

The exhibition, the congress and the anniversary offer an extraordinary framework to present the products of weatherdock, which are direct and explicit related to the main topic of all these activities: maritime safety.

Please visit us at our stand number 11, and we will be glad to welcome you and to answer any questions you may have about AIS SART.

mms-messe

PALSTEK: detailed market-test with emergency locator beacons

The magazine PALSTEK, Technical Magazine of sailors for sailors, published in its issue 3/15 a new article about the different maritime emergency beacons in the market.

The complete article is only available in the printed version and in German.

The reader can find in 22 pages important answers to his questions about maritime safety and emergency beacons. Some questions are answered with numerous technical information. For example: “What devices are useful for which purposes” or “What kinds of distress beacons are in the market.”

PALSTEK writes on his website: “Sven M. Rutter presents underlying systems, explains the respective limits and advantages of the beacons and suggest tips for die product selection.”

Besides the easyONE appear not only other AIS MOB, but Also EPIRB, PLB, ELT, AIS-SART devices which are by PALTEK analyzed and evaluated carefully.

At the end of the article, the publication presents a three pages table, with a selection of different models of emergency beacons with a lot of features in comparison.

Weatherdock once again at AIS Summit 2015 in Hamburg

Nuremberg, 24.04.2015

The third edition of the AIS Summit will be held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 and Friday, 8 May 2015 in Hamburg, Germany. One of the speakers of the first hour is once again Alfred Kotouczek the CEO of Weatherdock.

The Chief Executive of Weatherdock has the privilege to open, as first speaker, this event with his presentation:

“Small vessel tracking by AIS! Technology comparison Class A versus Class B”.

The AIS Summit is the most important conference for the AIS ship tracking technology. This event is not supposed to be a platform for commercial promotion but an opportunity for different professionals to exchange ideas and push ahead the AIS technology.

Weatherdock is proud to be a part of AIS Summit 2015, and will share the best of its experience and know-how in the context of these activities.

LIMA´15 -update

The vmsTRACK, weatherdock’s portable tracking device, is central issue of product presentation during the LIMA’15, the “Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition” in Malaysia. Weatherdock is represented by local distributor TeraJu with own booth.

Coastal protection and awareness is a hot topic and therefore the Royal Malaysia Police (Polis Diraja Malaysia PDRM) presented such a tracking unit vmsTRACK at his own booth to get people attention..
General Inspector of Royal Malaysia Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, with tracking device listen to explanation of Weatherdock distributor.

Such a tracking device can be used for effective fight against illegal fishing and smuggling.

Intensive service training for distributors

Dirk and Tjeerd Bouma from Holland Marine Hardware, our dutch generall distributor, stayed two days at Weatherdock headquarter for intensive service training on Weatherdock products, e.g. the easyRESCUE service.

Training lessons were given by Max Shuster, Head of Service. Additional refreshed product knowledge was part of the show. Only with such a close contact between manufacturer and distributor you can forward your customers excellent advice.

If you want to join same intensive service and product training, please feel free to contact us. Our service team is pleased to fix a possible appointment with you

Boot 2015 in Düsseldorf

Hall 11 / B52  – Scuba-diving hall: Hall 3 /B50

Preperation for the up-coming BOOT 2015 are finished soon. From Saturday 17th. to Sunday 25th the world largest water sport exhibition will open the doors again to present you the latest product for your passion.

Same on our own booth in Hall 11 / B52

Come to join us and say “hello” to our latest AIS MOB emergency transmitter called easyONE. Have a closer look to the complete product range of Weatherdock. We guess there is something interesting for you!

Weatherdock: sponsor of “The Royal Langkawi International Regatta”

The regatta tracking devices  of Weatherdock are now also used in the largest sailing event in Malaysia: “The Royal Langkawi International Regatta”. This event will take place from 12 to 17 January.

In collaboration with our distributor Teraju Tritech we are present there as a co-sponsor of this event.

easyRX2S

easyRX2S

This product range is no longer produced.

All downloads can be found here under “Downloads”.

We continue to offer the service for easyRX2S devices.

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Product information

Function

The Class B unit easyRX2S receives AIS ClassA and ClassB according to ClassB standard.

The easyRX2S performs a lot of usefull features:
By means of USB port connection to PC or Laptop is possible. With contained software it can be choosen between 38400 or 4800 Baud data rate. Function activity is shown by 8 LED’s.  The easyRX2S is able to interpret incomming AIS data for CPA alert or AIS S.A.R.T. ermergency messages. Additional the easyRX2S devices can be used as power surce for external alerting devices. All received AIS data can be stored with internal SD Card recorder. With the build-in multiplexer input 3 devices with different baud rate can be pluged to the easyRX2S units. At least the external cable harness gives the possibility for outsourcing functionaly like “change into silent mode ” or “PAN PAN emergency call” by switch.

easyRX2S and gadgets that fit together

Your PC has to work at least on WIN XP SP2 and screen resolution  1024*768 for configuration. Plotter or PC software have to be intermateable to AIS to display incoming AIS data on screen.

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Highlights

  • Additional USP port for more connectivity
  • 38400 or 4800 Baud rate selection possible by software
  • 8 operating LEDs for more convenience
  • SD Card recorder for blackbox employment
  • Enlarged voltage input
  • Integrated multiplexer
  • Separate cable harness for “silent mode” or “PAN PAN” persistent signal
  • Plotter independent CPA alert
  • Plotter independent AIS S.A.R.T. alert
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What is needed?

What is needed to run the easyRX2S?

The ClassB device needs a separate GPS antenna and an own VHF antenna. As an alternative you can run the easyRX2S with the VHF antenna switch easySPLIT-OCB for using your existing VHF antenna. A separate GPS antenne is still needed. An other alternative is the VHF/GPS combi antenna.

Technical Data

  • AIS receiver with integrated GPS receiver
  • 2 receiver
  • Responsivity: -107dBm minimum, typically -112dBm
  • Data rate: 38400 or 4800 Baud, bi-directional
  • NMEA telegram type: VDM
  • Adapter VFH antenna: 50 Ohm, SO2239
  • Adapter GPS antenna: 50 Ohm, BNC
  • Cabin mounting, IP60, -25°C – 55°C
  • Dimensions: 198mm (L) 158mm (W) 47mm (H)
  • Weight: approx. 275 grams
  • LAN-Module (optional)

Advantages over competitors

  • Plotter independent AIS S.A.R.T. alert
  • Plotter independent CPA alert
  • USB port
  • SD Card recorder

vmsTRACK in action

We receive interesting information from our colleague Jurgens Schoeman from South Africa. We want to share this with you. Jurgens write:

“Over the last two months it has happened twice that our vmsTRACK base station at Hondeklip Bay receives alert messages transmitted by locators in Port Nolloth, a distance of 133km (72nm). The transmitter is mostly at sea level and the receiving antenna about 20m above the water. The base station in Hondeklip Bay sends Petrus and me an SMS with the GPS position when it receives an alert.”

That situation shows how effective a vmsTRACK can work. The distance is considerable, 133 km or 72 nautical miles! Wow!

All about vmsTRACK here …

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Product information

VHF antenna with cable for attachment to the railing to receive AIS signals.

Technical Data

  • Antenna height: 1m
  • Cable length: 20m
  • Frequency range: 162 MHz

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New partner of Weatherdock in Turkey

The exhibition SMM in Hamburg offers not only the opportunity to present the new developments of our product line, it is also a good opportunity to make new partners.

On the second day of SMM 2014, Mr. Kotouczek-Zeise, CEO of Weatherdock, signed a partnership agreement with Mr. Nadir Gürel, manager of the Turkish company Texpert Teknoloji LTD. STI.

We are pleased to expand the list of our partners in Europe with this new deal.

If you are looking for our products in Turkey, please contact our new partner:

TEXPERT TEKNOLOJI LTD. STI.
Cumhuriyet Mah.
1997 Sok. No:5 A/02
34515 ISTANBUL / TURKEY
Tel.:+90 (212) 546 5252
You will find personally and professionally advisory service about the entire Weatherdock product line by Mr Nadir Gürel and his team.

easyRESCUE-DIVEpro on the Maldives

The easyRESCUE-DIVEpro of Weatherdock received at the beginning of 2014 the official approval to be used on the Maldives. That was already good news for our company. But the satisfaction of that achievement did not stop there. Recently one of the most important tourist centers of the islands, the “Ocean Sports Maldives” adopted easyRESCUE PRO as an instrument to strengthen security in offering their services.

Why does a company like “Ocean Sports Maldives” choose easyRESCUE-DIVEpro as an additional safety factor for its customers? The device is an emergency transmitter for diving groups with 2-stage communication: “Closed user position report” and AIS SART Alarm. The unit is developed out of the AIS S.A.R.T. emergency beacon easyRESCUE-DIVE for safari boats as well as diving bases. The unit of each member of the diving group will be activated before diving and handed out with specific briefing “how to use”. A persistent position report will be sent by every unit and received by the diving boat or diving center. By means of position report the diving group could be tracked on water surface to be “insight”. In case of emergency, an AIS S.A.R.T. Alert can be triggered, that can be seen by all ships and (coast-guard) receiving stations in vicinity.

There is no doubt that customers of Ocean Sports Maldives may feel more secure and therefore they can enjoy better their stay on the Maldives. Security means comfort. Providing security is a source of pride and satisfaction for the whole Weatherdock team.

A179 easyTRX – SOLAS AIS Class A

AIS Class A | Inland Transponder in cooperation with CNS Systems™
  • Increased situational awareness for inland navigation, the system communicates the blue sign for inland waters.
  • The AIS transponder can be configured to operate either as an AIS Inland or a Class A transponder.
  • The system communicates required static, voyage related and dynamic data.
The easyTRX – SOLAS AIS Class A/Inland transponder provides SOLAS compliance and BSH certification at very attractive prices. The easyTRX – SOLAS AIS Inland transponder is based on the well proven AIS Class A transponder of CNS Systems and developed in accordance with the latest AIS Inland standard requirements.
The AIS Inland transponder is type approved by Fachstelle der WSV für Verkehrstechniken FVT.
The data link communication covers standard AIS messages and the required static, voyage-related and dynamic data as well as blue sign messages for inland navigation for increased situational awareness and improved safety for the individual ship.
The SOTDMA technology used in the AIS transponder transmits and receives information on all vessels within VHF coverage. This information includes position, identity, course over ground, heading, and rate of turn as well as navigational status and the destination of the ship.
The AIS Inland transponder broadcasts Inland blue sign status messages for upstream or downstream navigation; ships passing on starboard side, hazardous cargo carriage (Blue Cones), and estimated time of arrival at locks, bridges and terminals. Lock management, information on draught, type of cargo and destination is vital for decision making and safe maneuvering along the inland waterways.
The information received from, and provided to, the ships is easily plotted on any ARPA radar or electronic chart system. Maximum situational awareness is accomplished.
Configuration and interfaces
The AIS Class A/Inland transponder is easy to install onboard any ship by connecting it to a GPS and VHF antenna, and is complete after connecting it to the onboard sensors. To maximize the benefi t of the investment, the AIS Inland transponder is delivered with an interface to the Inland ECDIS and/or ARPA radar.
The AIS Class A/Inland transponder consists of an integrated Minimum Keyboard and Display (MKD).
Power
Input voltage 11-36 V DC
Radio
Transmitter output power (adjustable) 1 and 12.5 W, 50 Ohm load
Bandwidth 25 kHz
Protocol TDMA (AIS)
Baud rate 9600 bps (AIS) / 1200 bps (DSC)
Modulation GMSK (AIS) / FSK (DSC)
Frequencies 156.025 MHz – 162.025 MHz
Default channels 87B (161.975 MHz), 88B (162.025 MHz), 70 (156.525 MHz)
Number of receivers 3 (2 AIS TDMA, 1 DSC)
Receiver sensitivity, 20% MER < – 107 dBm

 

GNSS Receiver
GNSS receiver GPS L1, 50 parallel channels
DGNSS support Yes

 

Environmental
IEC 60945 Protected installation
Interfaces
VHF antenna N female, 50 Ohm
GPS antenna TNC female, 50 Ohm
Power 3-way plugable screw terminal
Sensor Interfaces 1 to 3 (RS422) IEC 61162-1 or -2
Pilot/Auxiliary (RS422) IEC 61162-2
External Display (RS422) IEC 61162-2
Long-Range (RS422) IEC 61162-2
Blue sign interface Discrete Input 24 V DC / Open
DGNSS correction input (RS232) RTCM/SC-104
Alarm relay Normally closed

Standards
ITU-R M.1371-4
IEC 61993-2
IEC 61162-1, 2
IMO Resolution A.694 (17)
IMO Resolution MSC.74 (69) Annex 3,
TU-R M.825-3
ITU-R M.1084-3,
EC 61108-1,
EC 62288
IPC-A-610 (manufacturing)
RTCA/DO-178B (SW development)
CCNR Vessel Tracking and Tracing Standard for Inland Navigation version 1.01

Physical characteristics
GNSS receiver GPS L1, 50 parallel channels
DGNSS support Yes

Integrated MKD on the front panel
Plugable screw terminals for cable connections

Accessories included

Compliance
BSH Statement of Conformity
FVT type approved

 

easyPOSALERT, easyPOS’N’HOOK, vmsTRACK – Software

  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.74
  • Product: easyPOSALERT, easyPOS’N’HOOK and vmsTRACK-/PRO
  • Stand: 30.10.2023
  • Size: 33.787KB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New:
    • Admin-Light, further settings
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.73
  • Product: easyPOSALERT, easyPOS’N’HOOK and vmsTRACK-/PRO
  • Stand: 18.04.2023
  • Size: 32.435KB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New:
    • Liberia Map
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.72
  • Product: easyPOSALERT, easyPOS’N’HOOK and vmsTRACK-/PRO
  • Stand: 08.12.2020
  • Size: 32.290KB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New:
    • Qatar map differed to others
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.71
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK-/PRO
  • Stand: 21.04.2020
  • Size: 112.843KB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New:
    • Save Settings by User-INI File
    • Bug-Fix: Bracket- Usage
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.68
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK
  • Stand: 05.11.2019
  • Size: 32.260KB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New: added Qatar Map
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.67
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK
  • Stand: 15.10.2019
  • Size: 32.884KB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New: adding diff. countries for charts, bugfix on SAT-Extender
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.64
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK
  • Stand: 19.03.2019
  • Size: 41.944KB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New: internal Bugfix, Timing,
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.62
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK
  • Stand: 08.09.2017
  • Size: 28,7MB
  • Type: ZIP
  • New: Color difference in Track by ALERT / ON mode in GoogleEarth
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.60
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK
  • Stand: 08.09.2017
  • Size: 28,7MB
  • Type: ZIP
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.59
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK
  • Stand: 17.08.2017
  • Size: 28,8MB
  • Type: ZIP
  • Programming-Tool, Version 3.41
  • Product: easyPOSALERT and vmsTRACK
  • Stand: 30.05.2016
  • Size: 21,5 MB
  • Type: Zip

Firmware for easyTRX2

Version: 2.5.4 | Produkt: TRX2 | for Hardwarerevision: 6+7 (see under Help>About within the programming tool), if you have an older Hardwareversion then 6 or 7, please use Firmware 2.5.2 from below. | Size 114 kb | Typ: Zip | Change: GPS optimizing, GPS rollover issue | Updated on: 04.06.2019

 

Version: 2.5.2 | Produkt: TRX2 | Size 177 kb | Typ: Zip| Updated on: 06.03.2015
 

Firmware for easyTRX2-S

Version 3.3.0 | Product: easyTRX2-S | Size: 125KB | Typ: Zip |  Build-Date: 06.06.2019 | Changes: Optimizing of GPS reception, GPS rollover issue| Valid for Hardware-Revision: 8 – 14
 

 Version 3.2.8 | Product: easyTRX2-S | Size 125KB | Typ: Zip |  Stand: 13.05.2019 Change: Optimizing of GPS, GPS rollover issue
 

 Version 3.1.7 | Product: easyTRX2-S | Size 115KB | Typ: Zip |  Stand: 27.03.2018 Change: N2K, GPS, error removal
 

 Version 3.1.4 | Product: easyTRX2-S | Size 115KB | Typ: Zip |  Stand: 17.08.2016
 

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