Sms

Only available in: BSS

If a blackbox does not function properly, the blackbox sends an sms with the notification in it. These text messages are shown in the sms screen and can be accepted for one or more ships.

The sms history screen contains all sms messages sent through the blackboxes of one or more ships over the selected period.

Sms screen

Open sms screen

The sms screen can be opened for one or more ships. To open the screen, click on the relevant ship or ships in the ship overview screen and then the menu items: Info → Sms. The screen can also be opened for one ship, by right clicking the mouse and choose Sms from the pop-up menu.

Sms screen content

The sms screen shows the following data in list view:

• Ship: the ship code;
• Datetime: the date time when the sms was sent;
• Sms alarm code: the code of the sms see Meaning alarm codes and text;
• Sms alarm code text: the content of the sms, see Meaning alarm codes and text.

Accept sms

To accept one or more SMS messages, tick the boxes of the relevant lines in the sms screen under the first column:

To accept all sms messages at once, check the box in the column header:

Only when you close the screen with X, the ticked sms messages will be saved and marked as accepted. When an sms is accepted, it will disappear from the sms screen. The sms will still be available in the sms history screen.

Note: an accepted SMS can no longer be undone, only if the screen has not yet been closed.

The sms messages that have not been accepted, will remain available in the sms screen.

Sms history screen

Open sms history screen

The sms history screen can be opened for one or more ships, via:

• the ship overview screen → Info → Sms history or
• the sms screen → Info → Sms history.

You can then enter the date and time of the period for which you want to see the received sms, see select period.

Sms history screen content

The sms history screen shows the following data in list view:

• Is read: if the sms is accepted, the checkbox is checked;
• Ship: the ship code;
• Datetime: the date-time when the SMS was sent;
• Sms alarm code: the code of the sms see Meaning alarm codes and text;
• Sms alarm code text: the content of the sms, see Meaning alarm codes and text.
• Last updated by: The name of the user who accepted the sms. If the sms has not yet been accepted, it will say iws_usr.
• Last updated on: The date and time the smswas accepted.

Meaning alarm codes and text

The table below lists the alarm codes, associated texts and causes of the text messages that can be sent by a blackbox.

Sms alarmcode	Sms alarm	Cause
1	No vessel supply	The vessel supply is below 22V or has disappeared
2	Power failure after delay	The vessel supply is longer below 22V than the set delay* of the vessel supply
3	Bad or no gsm connection	The gsm connection is bad/absent, or sending an sms failed after repeated* attempts
4	Cold reset	The system has been reset after the vessel supply and battery power has been lost
5	Warm reset	The system has been reset after the watchdog was triggered, a voltage dip, software reset has occurred or at power-up from sleep
6	Default configuration parameters loaded	The default configuration parameters are loaded into the system after a configuration or SD card failure during configuration
7	Configuration parameters changed	The configuration parameters have been changed
8	Logging failure	The system could not write the log lines to the SD card
9	No gps position	The system has received gps data without position information
10	Gps receiver failure	The system has not received gps data
11	Gps antenna failure	The gps antenna has a short circuit, a broken wire, is not connected or is broken
12	Failure on analogue input 1	Analogue input 1 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
13	Failure on analogue input 2	Analogue input 2 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
14	Failure on analogue input 3	Analogue input 3 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
15	Failure on analogue input 4	Analogue input 4 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
16	Failure on analogue input 5	Analogue input 5 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
17	Failure on analogue input 6	Analogue input 6 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
18	Failure on analogue input 7	Analogue input 7 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
19	Failure on analogue input 8	Analogue input 8 has gone too high or too low according to the set* value
20	Power cable disconnected	The power cable is disconnected or broken
21	Enclosure opened	The enclosure of the system is open
22	RTC failure	Real time clock (RTC) anomaly detected
23	SD card failure	The system cannot read or write to the SD card
24	RAM memory failure	The system cannot read the settings from the RAM after booting
25	Service message received	A message from the service station has been received by the system and is displayed on the terminal
26	Communication error terminal	The system cannot establish communication with the terminal
27	Failure on namur pulse input 1	Pulse input sensor 1 has a short circuit, a wire break, is not connected or broken
28	Failure on namur pulse input 2	Pulse input sensor 2 has a short circuit, a wire break, is not connected or broken
29	Battery temperature too high	The battery temperature is above 60°C or unavailable
30	Board temperature too high	The board temperature is above 60°C or unavailable
31	Calibration failure	The system cannot read the calibration
32	Battery voltage too low	The battery voltage is below 11.7V or a battery test will be performed after 24 hours when the blackbox has switched to AC power
33	Moving during standby	The gps position has changed more than 0.1 minute
34	Configurable alarm 1	Configurable via configuration (not yet available)
35	Configurable alarm 2	Configurable via configuration (not yet available)
36	Configurable alarm 3	Configurable via configuration (not yet available)
37	Blackbox alive signal	The system has booted after being in standby for 5 minutes
38	Software update finished	The system has successfully transferred the new software
39	Spare
40	Spare

*Configurable via the configuration of the blackbox.