This is the technology the Yamaha Variety Jet Trek will be using this year to keep everyone on the water safe.
In Australia this product is supported by Australian Volunteer Coastguard
PRE-EVENT INSTRUCTIONS
Please download the SafeTrx app to your mobile device and follow the set up instructions.
*PLEASE ENSURE YOUR VESSEL IS NAMED WITH YOUR PWC NUMBER*
ON-EVENT INSTRUCTIONS
Each morning an SMS will be sent to you with the daily event code. Open up the app and click 'track only'.
Follow the on screen instructions to enter the daily code. See below for instructional video.
Ensure you set the track interval to 5 minutes. Then press START.
At the end of the day go back into the app and press STOP.
The SafeTrx app uses a number of methods to determine position and these do consume battery power. However the app monitors the Smartphone’s battery in real time and adapts to declining battery levels. If the battery level falls below 30%, the location transmission interval is adjusted from 1Km to 2Km to save battery power. There is also a failsafe to ensure that if the battery level falls to 10%*, SafeTrx suspends in order to preserve battery power for emergency calls. When the Smartphone is plugged in to recharge, trip monitoring is automatically resumed.
*Please note that the battery levels reported on some Smartphones are rounded down to the nearest 5%, therefore trip recording may be suspended when the battery level is between 10%-15%
Variety Queensland tested this App recently for a period of 8 hours on a 5 minute tracking interval. The battery on the smart phone was at 100% at the start of the day and by the end of the 8 hour test was at 75%. It is important to note that on analysis of the battery usage, of the 25% battery that was used SafeTrx only contributed to 8% of the total. This equated to SafeTrx only using 2% of the total battery life for 8 hours tracking.