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Getting Started with Forwarding Alarm and Warning Notifications to MFDs

Learn how Vanemar notifications are delivered to MFDs using the Vanemar NMEA 2000 Boat Adapter.

Overview

Vanemar allows critical system alarms to appear directly on compatible MFDs. This article explains how alarms travel from Vanemar sensors to your MFD and which components make this possible.

How the Alarm System Works

Vanemar alarms originate from onboard sensors and are processed by the Vanemar Gateway. To display these alarms on an MFD, Vanemar uses the Vanemar NMEA 2000 Boat Adapter, which bridges Vanemar’s ecosystem to the boat’s NMEA 2000 network.

Notification flow:

  1. A Vanemar sensor detects an event

  2. The Vanemar system processes the notification

  3. The notification is sent to:

    • The Vanemar App

    • The MFD (via the NMEA 2000 Boat Adapter)

Animation showing a high water level alarm on an MFD chart screen and in the Vanemar App on a phone beside it.

Note: The Vanemar Gateway communicates wirelessly with the Vanemar NMEA 2000 Boat Adapter. No physical cable connection is required between them.

What You Need Before You Start

Required Hardware

  • Vanemar Gateway

  • Vanemar NMEA 2000 Boat Adapter

  • Compatible MFD (This feature works with the MFDs that supports Alert (126983), Alert Response (126984), Alert Text (126985) PGNs.)

  • Powered and terminated NMEA 2000 backbone

Important: The Vanemar Gateway alone cannot send alarms to an MFD. The Vanemar NMEA 2000 Boat Adapter is required.

How to Set Up Alarm and Warning Notifications on MFD Screens

Access to the alarm and warning notifications settings

  1. Open Vanemar App

  2. Tap on the menu button on the top right of your Vanemar App.

  3. Select your boat

  4. Tap on the "Security Settings" option

  5. Tap on the "MFD Notifications"

  6. From MFD Notifications menu, tap on either alarms or warnings.

Screen recording showing how to access the Alarms and Warnings options in MFD Notifications through the Vanemar App Security Settings.

Enable the Alarms

  1. From MFD Notifications menu, select "Alarms".

  2. Enable by switching "Show Alarm Notifications on MFDs" on.

  3. Select whether clearing alarms from the MFD screen should clear the alarm from the Vanemar App (alarm history and details remain available in the Vanemar App, ensuring nothing is lost or forgotten.).

  4. Customize your alarm types that will be shown on MFDs.

  5. Save.

Screen recording showing how to enable MFD alarm notifications in the Vanemar App, choose whether clearing an alarm on the MFD also clears it in the app, select alarm types, and save the settings.

Enable the Warnings

  1. From MFD Notifications menu, tap on "Warnings".

  2. Enable by switching "Show Warning Notifications on MFDs" on.

  3. Customize your alarm types that will be shown on MFDs.

  4. Save.

Screen recording showing how to enable MFD warning notifications in the Vanemar App, select which warning types appear on the MFD, and save the settings.

Disable the Alarms

  1. From MFD Notifications menu, tap on "Alarms".

  2. Enable by switching the toggle near "Show Alarm Notifications on MFDs" off.

  3. Save.

Screen recording showing how to disable alarm notifications on MFDs by turning off Show Alarm Notifications on MFDs in the Vanemar App and saving the settings.

Disable the Warnings

  1. From MFD Notifications menu, tap on "Warnings".

  2. Enable by switching the toggle near "Show Warning Notifications on MFDs" off.

Screen recording showing how to disable warning notifications on MFDs by turning off Show Warning Notifications on MFDs in the Vanemar App.

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