Nautilus Lifeline Radio

[Rred]

Dawgfan, I'm guessing you are referring to new software for the new (N2) unit. My old original did not have any options to change the MMSI, you had to contact the maker and they could reset it, and that was all.

I'd think the option to leave it or clear it just reflects a programmer's writing skills. What they are trying to get at is actually a trinary not binary option and of course, programmers only speak binary or hex.(G)

That is:
IF you have an MMSI set, do you want to leave it (1) or clear it? (2)
IF you do not have an MMSI set, do you want that to remain unset? (3)

So if you haven't set one, you can still "clear" the unset MMSI, which is a pointless exercise but still valid programming. A 3-way choice of clear/change/ignore.

If you contact Nautilus and let them know that's a bit confusing and not elegant programming, maybe they'll buy a vowel and clean it up in the next upgrade.

 

[DawgFan]

Dawgfan, I'm guessing you are referring to new software for the new (N2) unit. My old original did not have any options to change the MMSI, you had to contact the maker and they could reset it, and that was all.

I'd think the option to leave it or clear it just reflects a programmer's writing skills. What they are trying to get at is actually a trinary not binary option and of course, programmers only speak binary or hex.(G)

That is:
IF you have an MMSI set, do you want to leave it (1) or clear it? (2)
IF you do not have an MMSI set, do you want that to remain unset? (3)

So if you haven't set one, you can still "clear" the unset MMSI, which is a pointless exercise but still valid programming. A 3-way choice of clear/change/ignore.

If you contact Nautilus and let them know that's a bit confusing and not elegant programming, maybe they'll buy a vowel and clean it up in the next upgrade.

I do have the new unit. The way you explained it makes sense. I'm planning to contact Nautilus to confirm and will let them know it's confusing. They also don't seem to have anyone monitoring this site and I'll nudge them on that as well.

 

[billt4sf]

When you get to the boat or resort, ask them what channels they use and test it with them. Make sure you bring a method to change channels with you (laptop, cable).

Regarding MMSI, I have nothing to offer.

 

[billt4sf]

Dan, you finally convinced me. We're hopefully going to waste a few hundred dollars. Can't wait!

Now just tell me how I can do it all from Indo.

- Bill

I got one of these for $200 after rebate.
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Then, for diving deeper than 50 feet, I put it in an old camera case that I bought from eBay for $10. It is now good down to 130 feet (40m).
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It is registered to NOOA with complete of my emergency contact.
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I'm planning to be on a 13-day liveaboard diving in Indonesia next month. I hope I won't get lost at sea, but if I do, hopefully this little guy will alert NOOA to contact US Embassy in Jakarta & they will ask BaSARnas with nearby US Navy ship to come & look for me.

 

[billt4sf]

Heck ya!

Well, so far it's a complete waste of money, and Dan hopes it continues to be so.

 

[Dan]

Dan, you finally convinced me. We're hopefully going to waste a few hundred dollars. Can't wait!

Now just tell me how I can do it all from Indo.

- Bill

$200 for 5-7 years peace of mind is a good price to me.

Do you have relative in USA?

 

[Dan]

Well, so far it's a complete waste of money, and Dan hopes it continues to be so.

I just came back from skiing in Utah with it. Knock on wood, nothing bad happened. There were runs near the top of the mountain in Alta without any phone signal & it was a cold day of -3F (-20C). Imagine that I get into an accident, buried in snow (it’s been a good season this year, up to 83” of snow) without being seen by anyone & without PLB1 to send out SOS.

 

[woodcarver]

I recently bought one of the new units. A little confusing on the setup, but based on most of our diving in the Caribbean, set it to international. Leave the MMSI blank unless you know what it is for the specific boat you're on. You might want to leave it blank regardless so it will send to all boats immediately, rather than just the one that left you for 30 minutes before it sends to all boats.
A very important thing that I ran in to is that the programming must be done with a smart phone or tablet that has a camera with flash (hadn't seen that in any of the website info). And it is not compatible with the latest versions (7 or 8) of Android! Fortunately, it did work with an iPhone 7.
When I talked to the guy at Nautilus, they weren't aware of the compatibility issue, but he was submitting it to be checked out.
Like everyone else, I hope I never need to find out if it works...

 

[ScubaSteve85]

I recently bought one of the new units. A little confusing on the setup, but based on most of our diving in the Caribbean, set it to international. Leave the MMSI blank unless you know what it is for the specific boat you're on. You might want to leave it blank regardless so it will send to all boats immediately, rather than just the one that left you for 30 minutes before it sends to all boats.
A very important thing that I ran in to is that the programming must be done with a smart phone or tablet that has a camera with flash (hadn't seen that in any of the website info). And it is not compatible with the latest versions (7 or 8) of Android! Fortunately, it did work with an iPhone 7.
When I talked to the guy at Nautilus, they weren't aware of the compatibility issue, but he was submitting it to be checked out.
Like everyone else, I hope I never need to find out if it works...

Setting the MMSI just identifies the radio as belonging to you and tells folks who they're looking for. It won't discrimate when sending out an emergency signal and will in fact go to any boats in the area. Upon receiving the distress signal, the radios on board these boats will automatically switch to the international marine emergency radio channel, which is 16, and compatible radios will display your MMSI identifier and your GPS coordinates.

 

[Dogbowl]

Setting the MMSI just identifies the radio as belonging to you and tells folks who they're looking for. It won't discrimate when sending out an emergency signal and will in fact go to any boats in the area. Upon receiving the distress signal, the radios on board these boats will automatically switch to the international marine emergency radio channel, which is 16, and compatible radios will display your MMSI identifier and your GPS coordinates.

@ScubaSteve85 , I believe you might be referring to the original Nautilus Radio. The first generation Nautilus Radio does require a MMSI and that MMSI belongs to you, the diver/owner of the unit. The second generation Nautilus Marine Rescue GPS does in fact discriminate - if you enter your ship’s MMSI into the unit, it will send a distress signal first to your ship, then only after 30 minutes, it will send a universal distress signal to all ships in the area. The two generations work very differently.