Reliable Buoy Position Tracking with German easyPOS’N’HOOK – fishermens new tool

Fishermen need to know persistently where these bouys are located.

Reliable technologies for commercial usage

The locator beacon easyPOS‘N‘HOOK is closing the possible gap of information of where the buoy will be after the current or heavy weather conditions dragged the buoy away and enables fishermen to re-locate their exposed nets and lines.

The easyPOS‘N‘HOOK has got a built-in 72 channel GPS receiver. A position report with updated current position will be transmitted continuously after activation in a pre-set time intervall, once per 3 minutes per default. Other reporting intervalls are selectable by software.

Produkt-Highlights for fishermen are:

• Palm-sized portable unit
• Extra long battery life span after activation of 120 hours (default transmission intervall)
• very low-temperature-working capability
• Additional encryption on customized VHF frequencies
• Additional special peering protocol with special tuned receiver unit
• Waterproof and heavy weather resistant
• Made in Germany

Real-Time-Tracking

The buoy‘s position reporting is realized in real-time via VHF, similar to the AIS system, but on special customized frequencies. Name or number of the buoy can also be added into the easyPOS‘NHOOK programming for a better identification of the buoys. As soon as the vessel is back in the transmission range of the easyPOS‘N‘HOOK, a special tuned Weatherdock receiver unit aboard the fishing vessel will get again real-time position reports of the marked buoy.

All settings and data to transmit can be checked with the TEST button before starting. As soon as the test position of the buoy is received, the unit is ready to go.

By means of a special peering between locator and weatherdock receiver, it is guaranteed that only buoys belonging to the vessel are displayed on the chart plotter.

Closed System

Each buoy which is to be exposed must be equipped with one easyPOS‘N‘HOOK. The charging station with inteligent power management ensures ideal charging for longest batterie lifespan possible. The object-related data is programmed into the device by the customer administrator or the manufacturer.

As a receiver, you need to have the Weatherdock AIS receiver easyRX2S which is tunable to the special customized VHF frequencies used for the marking and locating.