safeAnchor

About safeAnchor Android App

Let safeAnchor stand anchor watch. While you go on a shore excursions and are notified if your anchor drags with the app’s notification capabilities. Or stay on board and receive an alarm sounds. The app runs in background so you will still get alarm notices even when the device screen in locked.

Alarms for:
* GPS Off
* GPS Not Accurate
* Exiting Guard Zone
* Reentering Guard Zone
* Low Battery
* Low Memory
All alarms can be configured for all or none of the following:
* Sound on your device
* Send Email message
* Call phone
We recommend that you do not use the GPS Off or the GPS Not Accurate alarms since this can happen frequently and can become annoying.

The Exiting alarm email contains the following information:
* Distance outside guard zone (feet/meters)
* Speed the boat is moving (mph, km/h)
* Direction (bearing)
If you choice to send email notices you must have a Gmail account. It also requires your Gmail password.
Call phone option is not available on Android 8.0 devices.

The app includes Battery Saver technology. This technology reduces the GPS refresh rate when you boat is sitting still. When your boat exits the guard zone or is moving quickly on the hook the GPS refresh rate is increased to give you quicker notifications of changes. Battery Saver will also reduce GPS refresh rate when the battery is getting low.

The app also includes Smart Memory Manager technology which monitors the app’s memory usage and reduces it if required. First it will remove old drift paths. If more reduction is still required, the app will turn off Google Maps and use the non-map display. If even more reduction is required, the app will turn off all map display and run with no display.

Configuration options include:
* Units (English/Metric)
* GPS Accuracy (feet/meters)
* Phone Number
* Exited Zone Notification Interval (minutes)
* Map Options
* Use Google Maps or data saving non-map display
* Display drift path (on/off)
* Boat Size (length/width/freeboard)
* Anchor Type (all chain/all rope/both)
* Adjust Guard Zone (change anchor spot/change radius)

Anchor options are:
Auto Set method:
This is the easiest anchor method. It uses your device GPS to determine your approach pattern to the anchor location. All you need to do is:
1. Have the app running before approaching the anchorage
2. At any time after you have anchored press the Set button
The Guard Zone is now active.

Automatic Calculation method involves:
Having the app running before approaching the anchorage. Once anchored:
1. Enter the water depth.
With the line out taught:
2. Press the Set button.
The Guard Zone will then be active.
When you enter the water depth the app will than show you the recommend amount of anchor line. This is based on the Anchor Type ratio. Both the ratio and the Line Length can be changed.

The Two Point method involves:
1. Standing over the anchor spot and press the app’s Set button
2. Move to the back of your boat and with the anchor line out taught press the app’s Set button
The Guard Zone will then be active.

The Manual method involves
1. Entering the GPS coordinates of the anchor location
2. Entering one of the following:
• Guard size (feet/meters)
• Current location
• GPS coordinate
The Guard Zone will then be active.

Once the guard zone is set you can place limits on the swing angle by using the Set Exclusion Zone option.

PRIVACY POLICY:
Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Any personal information, such as your phone number, email address and email password are all encrypted and stored on your device. No one at PrettyPuppy Apps has access to this information.
For more details please check the privacy policy link.

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