The SAT-101 mobile satellite terminal gives tracking and remote monitoring capability to the maritime, transport, security, energy and utilities sectors.

The SAT-101 is a key component in a range of customised direct-to-desktop solutions. The compact technology enables the position and status of mobile assets, including personnel, to be monitored from any location with an Internet connection. It also allows industrial installations and remote premises to be monitored and controlled in the same way. Satamatics' low-cost services generate multiple business benefits, offering significant increases in supply chain management efficiency, as well as greatly enhanced security, with cost-savings at many levels.

The SAT-101 can be programmed to transmit location reports and status messages at user-defined intervals. It enables a constant watch to be kept on functions defined by the user, such as the position, direction, speed and security status of mobile assets, and on the performance and status of remote systems or premises.

Featuring a built-in GPS receiver, and a high degree of integral data processing intelligence, the SAT-101 provides exception-reporting capabilities that enable the transmission of data only when a particular condition has been met or exceeded. For example, this could be triggered when a vehicle, ship or lone worker reaches a specific destination, or unexpectedly moves beyond a designated zone, to provide maximum flexibility across multiple industries. The freight distribution, hire and charter industries benefit from the security that this high level of asset control can offer. This technology also represents a powerful micro-telemetry solution for the oil and gas industries - for monitoring security and Cathodic Protention monitoring systems.

The SAT-101 is compact and light enough to be carried by individual personnel, and therefore particularly appropriate for lone-worker situations, The individual can activate a manually-operated panic button or an automatic tumble-sensor can warn of a man-down situation.

The Satamatics SAT-101 terminal incorporates a number of powerful facilities:

• Automatic transmission of location reports
• Remotely programmable, with exception-reporting functionality
• Comprehensive interfacing for multi-channel system monitoring
• Flexible powering options for long-term unattended operation
• Miniature format, with low-profile antenna for unobtrusive installation

A two-way communications device, the SAT-101 can also be used for text messaging.
Incorporating a 12-channel GPS receiver for high-accuracy location reporting, the SAT-101 consumes minimal power for long-term unattended operation, and can be powered from its battery pack, a local supply, or a solar panel. Effectively, the terminal is "asleep" between transmissions, hence its low power consumption. By pressing a panic button, the message transmission frequency can be dramatically increased - for example, to every few minutes, to provide Search and Rescue authorities with rapidly updating position reports.

The SAT-101's ability to interface with a variety of external sensors and systems, combined with its built-in data processing intelligence, allows status information about parameters such as fuel levels and warnings of illegal door openings to be gathered and stored, and transmitted direct to the customer. The terminal's ultra-compact dimensions assist with its unobtrusive installation, and it is supplied complete with a low-profile antenna that maintains satellite contact down to very low elevation angles. This ensures that full advantage can be taken of the satellite footprints, out to the extremes of their coverage, to ensure effective service availability throughout the world.