The Universal Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a system of transponders installed on vessels which transmit over two dedicated digital marine VHF channels. An AIS transponder sends AIS signals, making your vessel visible to others with AIS equipment. It also receives AIS signals from AIS equipped vessels, Aids to Navigation and portable man overboard devices.
Unlike an ordinary AIS which only sends and receives data, smartAIS from Vesper Marine is an active safety system with smart alarm logic that proactively alerts you when you have potential collision situations, it plots your anchor position and alerts you if your anchor drags, it continuously watches for a man overboard and triggers an alarm for quick action.
Continuously determine crossing situations, receive collision alarms with full vessel information for critical action.
Sleep soundly, knowing you’ll be alerted if your anchor is dragging.
Be alerted when your crew activate an AIS MOB device and see their current location for easy retrieval.
Learn how smartAIS transponder alarms transform boating safety.
Scalable AIS platform updated with the latest transponder features automatically from your mobile
Monitors your navigation sensors, GPS & AIS data
Always on, always visible, always watching
WiFi access anywhere on-board
Fast 5Hz 50 channel GPS receiver
Determines risk situations
Monitor your vessel, customize alarms, control Anchor Watch and much more
Dedicated alarms with prioritization
Full Class B SOTDMA smartAIS send and receive with integrated no-loss splitter. Monitor and control on board systems and keep alerted on board or ashore from your smartphone. Get Anchor Watch off the boat. View Cortex M1 SOTDMA smartAIS
This full-featured smartAIS transponder from Vesper Marine has all the smartAIS functions of Collision Prevention, Anchor Watch and Man Overboard (MOB) Alarms actively keeping your vessel and crew safe. View WatchMate XB-8000
This is a fantastic piece of kit. The menus are simple and easy to use, even while in a heavy seaway, it’s incredibly smart about conserving power, and best of all it has the smartest alarms I’ve ever seen on an AIS device.
Daniel Collins, Georgia, USA
The WatchMate Vision is a truly magnificent instrument with intelligent in-built software. One may compare its features to some sort of ‘ABS for a car’. Nothing less! It proved to be a true ‘anti-collision’ device. I consider myself a happy owner and for the record, I have never given such feedback to anyone yet.
Arie Vermeiden, France