Berthing Aid System Uses Embedded Computer and IR Beams to Detect Vessel Speed and Distance Detectio

July 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Larger ships are delivering more and more products and the demand is for them to be on time. An area, which can cause problems, is berthing  and leaving of the ship. Traditionally radar and sonar are used to gauge the ships position but this is proving not to be accurate enough so any warning can come too late for the ships crew to correct. A new solution is now available which integrates embedded computers into the Birthing Aid System (BAS) to aid in the speed and distance detection by utilising Infrared beams.

In order to protect both vessels and landing docks, a real-time, efficient berthing and warning system has been developed. This real-time BAS continuously detects the position of the vessels and uses embedded computers to collect and send the data of the vessel's position to a large display on the dock and to the control centre simultaneously. This allows operators to manage the berthing and un-berthing of the ships in a smooth and controlled manner. The operators can also send pre-warnings to the ship, which allow time for action to be taken before it is too late.

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This latest system employs Moxa's IA240-T embedded computer relays this information to a dock display in real-time. At the same time, the IA240-T will send this information along with humidity and temperature readings back to the control centre.

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