Monitor blackbox

Only available in: BSS and BMS

Monitoring a blackbox shows the current state of the blackbox.

Monitor a blackbox

A blackbox can be monitored one ship at a time. To open the monitor screen, right click the mouse on the relevant ship in the ship overview screen and choose Monitor blackbox from the pop up menu. A connection with the blackbox is being attempted. If succesfull, the monitor screen will gradually fill with data.

Monitoring will automatically stop after a timeout, which can be set in the Station settings.

Note: if you would like to see the communication from and to the blackbox during monitoring mode, you first have to open the Terminal screen.

Monitor screen content

The monitor screen is divided in 11 blocks, in which the following data is shown.

GPS data

The following information is displayed in the GPS data block:

Field	Content
Date	The date in the blackbox, noted as ddmmyyyy
Time	The time in the blackbox, noted as hhmmss
Latitude	Latitude of the position in [00]DDMM.MMMM N/S
Longitude	Longitude of the position in [0]DDDMM.MMMM E/W
Speed	The gps speed from 0.0 - 99.9
Course	The course in degrees
GPS quality code	The gps quality in code (0, 1, 2) - 0: no fix - 1: normal fix - 2: DGPS fix
D quality	The gps mode in code (1, 2, 3) - 1: no fix - 2: 2d fix (no height) - 2 3d fix with suffix: - -o for gps antanna open - -s for gps antenna short.
Average speed	The average speed in knots

Analogue inputs

The following information is displayed in the analogue inputs block, per analogue input:

Column	Content
Name	The analogue input
Value	The analogue input value in mV
LA	The analogue input low alarm in mV
HA	The analogue input high alarm in mV
Hys	The hysteresis in mV
Filter	The filter in seconds
Delay	The alarm delay in seconds

Pulse inputs

The following information is displayed in the pulse inputs block, per pulse input:

Column	Content
Name	The pulse input
Value	The pulse input value in mV
DC	The ratio of the time that the pulse input is active and the total period, noted in percentage
PPR	The number of pulses per revolution
Factor	The configuration factor for gear or shaft of the pulse input

Ship state settings

Under construction 

System info

The following information is displayed in the system info block:

Field	Content
Ship	The ship code
Serial number	The serial number of the blackbox
Version BB application	The current software version on the blackbox, noted as P13140-10 {version number}
Version BB bootloader	The current bootloader version on the blackbox, noted as P13140-20 {version number}
Blackbox type	The type of the blackbox
Last configured	The datetime of the last configuration, noted as dd-mm-yyyy hh-mm-ss
Last updated	The datetime of the last software update, noted as dd-mm-yyyy hh-mm-ss

Alarms

Under construction

Board monitoring

The following information is displayed in the board monitoring info block:

Field	Content
Board supply	Voltage of the board supply, noted in mV
Supply charge	Voltage of the charge supply, noted in mV
Supply battery	Voltage of the battery supply, measured with controller, noted in mV
Supply bat mon	Voltage of the battery supply, measured with battery monitor, noted in mV
Charge current	Charge current of the battery supply, measured with controller, noted in mA
Charge current mon	Charge current of the battery supply measured with battery monitor, noted in mA
Battery capacity	Current capacity of the battery supply, noted in %
Battery temp	Temperature of the battery, noted in °C
Supply namur 1	The pulse input supply, noted in mV
Supply namur 2	The pulse input supply, noted in mV
Supply 5V	Voltage of the 5V supply, noted in mV
Supply 5V_W	Voltage of the 5V_W supply, noted in mV
Supply 3V4	Voltage of the 3V4 supply, noted in mV
Board temp	Temperature of the board supply, noted in °C
Supply 15V	Voltage of the positive 15V switched supply, noted in mV
Supply -15V	Voltage of the negative 15V switched supply, noted in mV

Jumpers

Under construction

Status info

The following information is displayed in status info block:

Field	Content
Registration pointer	The pointer of the last retrieved registration
Ship state	State of the ship
Recording paused	Feedback after the terminal was paused to read data
Record buffer full	Logging buffer of the records is full
BB status	State of the blackbox
Failure counter	Number of blackbox failures

Modem info

The following information is displayed in the modem info block:

Field	Content
GSM signal quality	Quality of the gsm signal
GSM signal strength	Strength of the gsm signal, noted in dB
GSM state	State of the gsm signal
GSM substate	Substate of the gsm signal
SMS number	The mobile number used for text messages
SMS service number	The mobile service number used for text messages
SMS collect time	Length of time for collecting text messages, noted in minutes
SMS start time	Start time of reading text messages, noted in hours
SMS end time	End time of reading text messages, noted in hours
Max SMS messages per day	The maximum number of sms messages send per day

Setting info

The following information is displayed in the setting info block:

Field	Content	Fleet dependent
GPS alarm delay	The delay setting when the GPS alarm is active, noted in seconds..
Power alarm delay	The delay setting when the board voltage alarm is acitve, noted in seconds..
Interval unknown	Registration if the ship state cannot be determined, noted in seconds.
Interval standby	Registration interval on internal battery (without on-board voltage), noted in seconds.
State deep disabled	If the blackbox should beep during a transition: - True: beeping is on - False: beeping is off
Text message duration	Message duration of a text message.	X
Max concessionaires	Number of maximum concession holders that can be set.	X

Monitor data screen

To open the monitor data screen, click on the menu item Monitor data in the monitor screen.