User's Manual

85355_UM_AIS-SART_F

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1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Tron AIS-SART is a battery powered AIS emergency transmitter in a sealed

waterproof enclosure consisting of:

1. Tron AIS-SART unit

2. Mounting rope for life rafts / life boats.

The Tron AIS-SART is developed by Jotron AS to meet the rules and regulations

for use on vessels and life rafts in the maritime service.

Tron AIS-SART meets the speciﬁcations for use in search and rescue opera-

tions at sea.

The operating range of the Tron AIS-SART is 7 -10 nautical miles from vessel

AIS Class-A, and more than 40 nautical miles from an airborne AIS receiver.

Tron AIS-SART is buoyant, however to obtain maximum performance, the unit

should be placed in a vertical position and as high up as possible in order to

achieve maximum coverage.

Several mounting brackets and mounting aids are available to ensure correct

mounting and use of the radar unit.

The purpose of the Tron AIS-SART is to perform a secondary alarm when

search and rescue units are searching for a life raft / lifeboat in distress. The

Tron AIS-SART includes a built-in GPS, which will help the units to pinpoint

exactly where the distressed boat is located in a larger area. This is done with

the help of the AIS on the searching ship or helicopter. When started, the Tron

AIS-SART sends its position data in an ordinary AIS message.

In addition the Tron AIS-SART sends a safety text message every forth minute,

containing text: “AIS SART”. This will be received by other AIS systems within

the range.

The batteries of the Tron AIS-SART will last at least 96 hours when activated.