WatchMate vs WilhelmSK

The WatchMate App connects with your Vesper Marine AIS Transponder to place remote control functionality and situational awareness in the palm of your hand on your iPhone or on your iPad. The WatchMate App becomes the user interface for configuring and remote control of your Vesper Marine AIS Transponder, especially where it does not have its own display such as the Vesper Marine XB-8000. - View AIS Targets received by your Vesper Marine AIS Transponder. - Setup and manage collision prevention alarm profiles. - Manage your MOB alarms. - Control and view your Anchor Watch alarm. - View your AIS Transponder's own GPS Position, Course and Speed. - Check the operational status of your AIS Transponder. - Remote control of your AIS Transponder settings. - Switch easily between Silent Mode and Normal Transmitting mode. - Configure your Vessel's AIS Static data. (MMSI, Call Sign, Vessel Type, Vessel Size) - Perform firmware upgrades. Connects to your WatchMate device's WIFI access point or by being on the same wifi network. - Supports Vesper Marine XB-8000 AIS Transponder. - Supports Vesper Marine WatchMate Vision®. The complex nature of our innovative WatchMate App makes coding mishaps difficult to eliminate despite the superhuman efforts of our developers so please remember Vesper Marine does not warrant that this product is error-free. As the adventurous user it's your job to exercise common sense and the best navigational judgement you can muster. Although we think the WatchMate App is awesome nothing beats using all your human senses, so best you still rely on these at least as much as you rely on the WatchMate App for making navigational safety decisions. Our advice is; even with the WatchMate App it’s still a clever idea to maintain a permanent watch and use more than one aid for navigation.

WilhelmSK is a highly customizable display, monitoring and control dashboard for your boat. WilhelmSK works best wth Signal K Server . It can also connect directly to some devices: º NMEA 0183 over TCP or UDP. (from for example, Digital Yacht's Smart WLN10) º Any modern Navico (Lowrance, Simnet or B&G) GoFree MFDs º NMEA 2000 via Yacht Device's YDWG-02, YDEN º NMEA 2000 via Actisense W2k-1 or W2K-2 º Victron Venus GX or CCGX º Victron VRM º Chetco SeaSmart Devices º Chetco HelmSmart RayMarine and Simrad/B&G Auto Pilot Support (via node-server or the YDWG only, W2K-1) º View or change current mode º View current target heading or Wind direction º Change target heading or Wind direction Alarms and Notifications º View list of current current alarms º Push notification support * º Setup server side alarms * º Set an anchor alarm with the push of a button * Navionics Maps If you already have the Navionics Boating application with an active subscription, you can now use the same Navionics charts in WilhelmSK. Ensure you are a registered user with Navionics and have a Username and Password. If you have not registered, go to the Navionics Boating App’s Main Menu, click on the top “Me” option and then click Login. In WilhelmSK click the login button on the bottom right of the map and enter your Navionics login information. Features: - Raymarine MFD: display and interact with a RayMarine MFD (discovered via Bonjour) - Fusion stereo (control zone volumes, source input, play, pause etc.) - Create a gauge for any value available via SignalK - Sophisticated anchor alarm (requires node server and signalk-anchoralarm-plugin) - Customize gauge display using SignalK meta.zones - Customize gauge range, min/max, etc. - Save custom gauges to node server or the cloud for use on other devices - Wind Angle gauges can optionaly be rotated so that they always point ot the bow of the boat, regaurless of device positioning - Place gauges by long pressing on a gauge and choosing a differnt one - Make a gauge full screen by double tapping - Multiple layout support. Create a differnt layout for Steaming, Sailing, Home Monitoring, etc. - Customize the nuber of pages and their layout - Manuall connection configuration synced accross devices via iCloud - Automatic connection selection based on current ip (usefull when Bonjour is not available and you have multiple boats) - Two themes, dark and light - Animated gauge needles - iPad Slideover and Split View support (Your gauge configuration can be customized for these views) - Connections can be configured to be refreshed manually or at a specific time interval - Design your own custom gauge templates - Share your custom templates via Air Drop, eMail, Text, etc. - Edit ApplyTV or other device layouts and templates remotely using your iPhone or iPad - Most gauges can be configured to be digital or analog - Enter the SignalK path and title for any gauge to show data not supported by default - Displays AIS targets in the Map views - Configure node server plugins inside of the app - IP and RTSP camera display * Some advanced features require signalk-server-node and special plugins installed. Setup Instructions at https://github.com/sbender9/wilhelmsk-node-server-setup