Vessel Guard | by Hazelton Technologies

An Unparalleled and Comprehensive solution providing boat owners with security and peace of mind.

Vessel Guard Boat monitoring and control

All in 1 Marine Vessel Management Solution

The Vessel Guard VG-300 protects your marine vessel by providing remote monitoring and control through cell phone communications and GPS/GLONASS satellite position monitoring. Users receive instant warning alerts from their vessel via SMS alerting of threat including: Fire, Gas, Mooring Drift, Bilge Pumps and Intruders. The Vessel Guard VG-300 is easy to use and guards your vessel whilst unattended.

Security System

Bilge Pump Monitoring

Gas & Smoke Monitoring

Battery Monitoring

GPS Position Monitoring

Mobile SMS Reporting

Intruder detection with built in motion sensor and alarm system.

Monitor the activity and health of two bilge pumps. Receive SMS alerts.

Monitor gas and smoke detectors for hazardous events aboard your vessel. Receive SMS alert before serious events occur.

Monitor battery levels and usage. Keep track of charge and discharge profiles.

Continuously monitor your vessels mooring and receive SMS alert if movement is detected outside of allowed area.

Receive SMS reports from Vessel Guard about the status of your vessel. Send SMS commands to turn off or on equipment.

The VG-300 provides the user with real-time cell phone updates of the health and status of any marine vessel. Command words can be set within the VG-300 so that it can receive SMS commands to turn On and Off: Lights, Refrigerators, Fans, Pumps, Air-conditioners and much more via internal 3 Amp relays.
The VG-300 offers flexible customisation to analogue or digital signals to measure: fuel or water tank levels, ship-to-shore power failure, submersible boat floater fault signal, electric cathodic protection systems and much more.

Real-Time Cell Phone Alerts & Remote Control

Vessel Guard - GPS Mooring Position Monitoring

The VG-300 can continuously monitor the anchored position of a vessel and provide an alarm and/or cell phone SMS warning if the vessel drifts outside your chosen mooring zone. The VG-300 incorporates the latest Qualcomm gpsOne Gen8 technology that is able to track 16 GPS channels and 14 GLONASS channels. The VG-300 accurately pinpoints the latest coordinates, drift heading and speed.
The user can also SMS the VG-300 at any time, to receive the vessel’s location and movement details, including URL link mapping of your vessel’s real-time location. The VG-300 gives peace of mind for possible anchor dragging or mooring failure during inclement weather.

GPS/GNSS Mooring & Anchoring Position Monitoring

Security Alarm System

The VG-300 provides a cabin security system by incorporating a built in microwave motion sensor that detects movement within your vessel. When the security system is triggered the unit’s inbuilt 120dB siren sounds and an SMS alert is sent to the user’s cell phone. Additional sensors such as: door magnetic sensors or pressure step mats can be wired into the VG-200’s electrical inputs to provide additional coverage and monitoring. The easy to use interface makes setup, arming and disarming intuitive and easy. The security features are flexible for the user’s desired security level, providing an invaluable deterrent and warning system of intruders.

Bilge Pump Monitoring

Keep track of your vessel’s bilge pump activity, current consumption and performance. The VG-300 can monitor up to 4 bilge pumps and can alert the user via SMS if a bilge pump has been running for longer than a specified period of time or is experiencing high overload current. All bilge pump activity and run time duration is recorded in the VG-300’s Events screen. The VG-300 provides early warning of bilge pump blockage or failure by monitoring pump performance and current usage. Bilge pump high current can be a sign of:
•   Process liquid of higher viscosity due to oil contamination.
•   Rotating parts in contact with stationary parts.
•   Worn or damaged bearings or bent shaft.
•   Exerting excessive pressure on the mechanical seat.
•   Pump running dry.

Fire & Gas Monitoring

Vessel Guard Fire, Smoke and Gas Monitoring System

The VG-300 provides continuous monitoring and early warning of gas leaks and smoldering fires by reading signals from fixed gas and smoke detectors. The VG-300 can be setup to provide you with advanced warning of hazardous flammable gas or petrol vapor accumulating within your vessel, by sending an SMS alert, while enacting counter protective measures by activating an extraction fan. Ensure that your vessel is safe to enter before stepping aboard, by sending an SMS to the VG-300 to receive a status report.
The user can be alerted to smoldering fires, common to electrical faults, allowing you to act before the fault escalates.

Battery Monitoring

The VG-300 can monitor the voltage of up to 4 batteries to measure charge levels, battery depletion and warn of low power levels. The unit can send an SMS to the user if the battery reaches a low level, to protect against depletion damage of expensive marine batteries.

Battery charge and discharge trends are recorded to give the user a history of battery usage and performance.

Events Log & Trends

The VG-300 can record 10,000+ events into a log with time and date stamp. Event log history can be viewed to gain insight into the sequence of events that have occurred on-board your vessel. The easy to used touchscreen interface allows the user to view Alarm & Events with Up & Down scroll features. Analogue input signals, such as battery voltage or tank levels, can be viewed as trends.

Use the touchscreen to zoom In & Out as well as Forward & Back in time of any trends. The Event log and Trend data can be downloaded into a USB memory stick and opened and viewed in any spreadsheet computer program.

Diverse Inputs & Outputs

The Vessel Guard VG-300 can be powered from 9 to 45 Vdc and is designs to consume minimal power.

Inputs:

4 x Analogue 0-25Amps – Bilge Pump Monitoring
4 x Analogue 0-15V – Battery Monitoring or Sensor Signal
8 x Digital 10-32V – Door Security Sensor, Pressure Mat, Fault Signal from external system

Outputs:

4 x Digital (Relay) 60Vdc, 3Amps.
1 x RS-485 (Power & Communication)

Vessel Guard Signal and Logic Operations

The VG-300 can perform logical operations on Input & Output signals that are either Digital or Analogue, in the form of Equations. Logical operations such as AND, OR, <, >, can be used to perform functions such as; turn on outputs or send SMS if an input signal reads a certain value.

Equations & Signal Operations

Wired & Wireless Connectivity

In addition to directly wiring devices to Vessel Guard, the units control and monitoring capabilities can be expanded via a serial communications network. The VG-300 Vessel Guard unit can be programmed using a structured text language to perform automation tasks. This system allows a secure connection to the internet via 3G & 4G cellular networks. Enabling remote reading of any sensor and control of any equipment connected to the network.

For ocean going vessels outside of the cellular networks range, a satellite communication terminal can be connected to the network. This allows remote monitoring from any locations at sea.

Easy to use & Life-Time Firmware Updates

The VG-300 device is designed to be intuitive and easy to use. All setup and control is done through the colour 4.3” touchscreen. Meaning that there is no need for any laptop computers, communications cables or external software.

This product comes with lifetime free firmware updates that can be loaded onto the device with use of a USB memory device. This enables new features and functions to be added.