Sms
If a black box does not function properly, the black box 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 black boxes 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 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 black box.
| 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 or software reset has occurred |
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 enclose 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 black box 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 black box.

