I almost overlooked this – but Maretron has released the Maretron SMS100 SMS/Mobile text Gateway & alarm module.
With the SMS100 installed – and paired with a Maretron Display – you can configure alarms for data on the NMEA 2000 network. The SMS100 can then relay the alarms to your mobile phone via SMS/Text messages.
You can also send an SMS text to the SMS100 to enquire about the status of your boat. And the box will reply back with the current status data.
While I think it is “nice” to get a mobile interface – an SMS interface is really outdated. The price of data packages via mobile today – is so cheap – that it would have not been a problem using GPRS data transfers and not just SMS texts. That would have given a lot more possibilities. But NMEA 2000 has its own issues – and is not really made for the year 2000+
For more information on the Maretron SMS100 – Click here
