User's Manual

Key Terminology 4
HELP
Help sends a request for assistance to your designated contacts for non-
life-threatening emergencies.
CHECK-IN/OK
Check-in/OK sends a pre-defined message with your GPS location to your
designated contacts.
TRACK PROGRESS
Track Progress automatically updates your location on Google Maps™
allowing your contacts to track a virtual breadcrumb trail of your progress
in near real-time.
PREDEFINED MESSAGE
A predefined Message is a message that has been created and saved
in the user’s account and can be sent with a variety of message modes.
These messages are included with the Basic Service.
GEOS SEARCH & RESCUE INSURANCE
GEOS provide the SOS/911 monitoring included in your Basic Service.
You can upgrade to the GEOS Member Benefit for reimbursement of up
to $100K in Search and Rescue (SAR) expenses - even coordinating a
private SAR contractor if needed to get you to safety.
SPOT ASSIST MARITIME
SPOT Assist Maritime provides satellite-based notification to third party
professional service providers to help ensure your safety on the water - at
the push of a button.
SPOT LINK
To link a SPOT Assist Maritime Membership, we require a linkage fee to
link the SPOT device to that service. This linkage fee allows the service
provider access to receive direct location-based messages from your
HELP button.
MESSAGE PRIORITY
The message modes in the SPOT HUG system are assigned to different
priorities and some message modes will override others. Message modes
are classified as Critical, Urgent and Casual.
• Critical – SOS and Unauthorized Movement
In general, Casual modes will be overridden by Urgent modes; which in
turn will be overridden by Critical modes except when stated otherwise.
• Urgent – Help and Sensor Alert
• Casual – Check-in/OK, Track Progress, Daily Status and Power
Source Switching
UNAUTHORIZED MOVEMENT
If the asset moves more than 500 meters without the user’s authority and
the key FOB is not present, unauthorized movement is detected and an
alert is sent to a third party Asset Monitoring Center.
DAILY STATUS
Daily Status Message that includes Tracker ESN, power source status,
Unauthorized Movement status, Vibration sensitivity, Tracker battery
status, Sensor Alert status, GPS location, date and time and a link to
Google Maps to see where your boat is located.
SENSOR ALERT
Notification from SPOT HUG wired connections for monitoring various
additional accessory sensors on board the vessel. There are 4 (2 open
and 2 closed) external contacts for sensor monitoring.
SENSOR ALERT BUNDLE
Provides 50 event messages for a bundled price for alarms delivered
through the “dry contacts”. A la carte “events“ will be charged on a per
event basis.
SPOT HUG BASIC SERVICE
Includes: Unauthorized Movement monitoring, Daily Status message and
SPOT functionality of Check-in/OK, Help and SOS.
THE ASSET MONITORING CENTER
The service SPOT uses for monitoring Unauthorized Movement.
TRACKER
Unit that contains the GPS chip and satellite transmitter for sending
messages from the SPOT HUG.
TRACKER MOUNTING BRACKET
Holds the Tracker. This is the equipment that will be attached to the boat.
KEY FOB
Wireless remote device that automatically Arms/Disarms SPOT HUG and
can be used to activate SPOT functions of SOS, Help, Check-In/OK and
Track Progress.
KEYPAD
The Keypad is mounted on the boat to control the SPOT HUG functionality
in addition to or when the FOB is not present. Can also be used to
activate SPOT functions of SOS, Help, Check-In/OK and Track Progress.
KEYPAD MOUNTING BRACKET
Holds the Keypad. This is the equipment that will be attached to the boat.
SOS
SOS alerts the GEOS International Emergency Rescue Coordination Center
(IERCC) of your GPS location in a critical emergency.
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