AIS Alert

[R29Sunshine]

I’ve had what I’m assuming is my AIS chiming 3 times at intermittent intervals lately. I have the alert set at “always off”. Has anyone else had this issue? Even with my boat on the lift, I’m getting the chimes with the Garmins off. I have a 2020 R29S, 2 Garmin 8612xsv‘s, and an AIS 300 T/R.

Help…ugh!!!

Thanks

Tim K.
R29Sunshine

 

[baz]

You mention AIS 300 T/R. If the R stands for Receive I don't believe AIS 300 receives.... but my knowledge maybe rusty about this.

I have AIS 800 on my 2019 R29 CB and it certainly transmit and receives, and yes, I turn off the AIS Alarm almost immediately after I power on my two Garmin chart plotters.

If the issue persists give RT a a call for advice.

 

[Matty]

This is probably not it but look under alarms and settings for various alarms. I had a chirp that I kept hearing. Could not figure it out. At a rendezvous the garmin representative checked it out. Turns out it was the fish finder. Apparently lots of fish under the boat that never took the bait.

 

[R29Sunshine]

Actually....I believe I do have the AIS 800. I went thru all the alarms tonight...fuel alarm was set on one garmin at 75 gallons and I had 61....so I adjusted it to a lower setting and thought that fixed it....but later the alarm returned. I’ll check the fish finder in the am....

Thanks!!!

 

[Rocky Lou]

Are you getting any messages associated with chimes? As soon as I power off GPS units, I'll get cadenced AIS alerts on VHF letting me know there is no longer any GPS. It can be annoying if I want to monitor radio traffic while sitting in the harbor. Since we have networked systems, the VHF has to know your position in case you initiate a distress call. In that case, your coordinates, and MMSI if set up, will be sent while opening the emergency radio channel.

 

[R29Sunshine]

No alarms today!!! Hopefully it was just fuel alarm. For some reason I thought it was the AIS...thanks guys!!!

 

[Matty]

Great. Hope it is solved. If you are ever up this way give us a shout.