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About your AIS class B transponder | V3100 User Manual
About your AIS class B transponder
About AIS
The marine Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a location and
vessel information reporting system. It allows vessels equipped with
AIS to automatically and dynamically share and regularly update
their position, speed, course and other information such as vessel
identity with similarly equipped vessels. Position is derived from the
Global Positioning System (GPS) and communication between ves-
sels is by Very High Frequency (VHF) digital transmissions.
Product description
V3100 is an SOTDMA AIS class B, the next evolution of AIS technol-
ogy. Its 5W transmit power, higher reporting rate and professional
grade time division management make V3100 an overall more ad-
vanced product compared to AIS class B based on CSTDMA scheme.
The globally approved device contains 1 VHF transmitter, 2 AIS
receivers on 2 VHF channels and 1 MCU with cutting edge soft-
ware -defined radio technology. Its internal GNSS receiver with 50
channels is able to process signals from GPS, Galileo, BeiDou and
GLONASS with differential capability. It receives DSC, time-sharing
with AIS receivers.
Its enhanced housing with IPx7 waterproof and shock and tem-
perature robustness is ideal to survive harsh marine environments.
Chartplotter and PC can be easily integrated over its NMEA 2000,
NMEA 0183 and waterproof USB port. Its built-in data logger can
record AIS data on micro SD card in the most intuitive way.