The AnchorLink enables you to monitor your boat's status during anchorage, even when you are not on board. It sends all anchor alarm information to another device, allowing you to bring it with you while off-board.

To use the AnchorLink, you must have an active Advanced Tools subscription.

AnchorLink Settings

You can access the AnchorLink settings at the bottom of the Anchor Alarm settings page.

Mirroring

This is one of the most appreaciated and recommended features of Anchorlink.
Enabling this option will replicate the same Anchor Alarm behavior of the main device (sender) on a second device (receiver). Not only will you see your boat's position and anchoring status on your remote device, but also any additional data received by your sensors (wind, depth, and heading).

NOTE: To use this feature, you must have two devices with Aqua Map installed, log into the same GEC account in both apps, and keep both devices connected to the internet.

The sender device will share with one or more devices (receivers), which will act as if you were on board:

Anchor Alarm information (status, distance from anchor, boat speed, ...)
Any Alarms raised are depending on the anchoring parameters
All the additional data received with through Wi-Fi connection (depth, wind and heading)

With the Mirroring function, the link between the two devices (sender and receiver) is driven by the GEC Account; both devices must be logged into the same GEC Account. The procedure is described in detail within the app, accessible via the Mirroring "Settings" page (see below).

Summarizing:
1) Log in to the same GEC Account on both devices (sender and receiver).
2) Open Aqua Map on the sender device (the one you will leave on-board), set up the Anchor Alarm, access the Mirroring settings page, and activate "Send to a remote device".
3) Open Aqua Map on the receiver device (the one you will bring with you), if you are logged in with the same GEC Account as the sender, you will receive an alert to use Anchor Alarm remotely. Press "Start receiving".

On the receiver device, when you start receiving, the app will enter a special mirroring mode that disables all other functionalities and menus. To stop receiving the mirroring info and exit this special mode, tap on the Alarm info view on the screen and switch off the Anchor Alarm.

Telegram notifications

Enabling this option, you will receive the Anchor Alarm alerts from the device left on board (sender) as Telegram notifications to your Telegram account.

NOTE: To use this feature, you must have 2 devices connected to the internet.

So ensure you have Telegram installed, with notifications activated, on your receiver device (the one you bring with you).

To "pair" your Telegram account with Aqua Map, follow the procedure described within the app, accessing the Telegram "Settings" page (see below).

Once the pairing is done just switch on the "Enable Telegram notifications".

Email notifications

Enabling this option allows you to receive Anchor Alarm alerts from the device left on board (sender) to your email address.

NOTE: To use this feature, you must have 2 devices connected to the internet.

Ensure you have your email account installed with notifications activated on your receiver device (the one you bring with you).

Simply type your email address in the designated box and switch on this function.

URI Actions

This advanced setting provides two special URIs that the app uses to inform you of an alarm (e.g., when you are not on board).

Once an alarm starts or ends, the corresponding URI is called by the app to perform whatever action the URI is configured for.

A URI is an HTTP address that can be used to send emails, SMS, or other communications between two digital devices. Some cellular providers offer a way to define customized URIs.

NOTE: For this feature to work, the device must be connected to the internet.
NOTE: URI Actions are available only on iOS.

To set up the URI to be used, access the URI Actions "Settings" page (see below).

It is possible to test the used URI with the "Test URIs" button, which will call the inserted URI, simulating an alarm start and an alarm end.

AnchorLink window

When the AnchorLink mirroring is active, you will have an additional small blue flashing window on the main map view.

This window allows you to easily understand which is the sender device:

and the receiver device:

Tapping on this window will open the Anchor Alarm settings page.

On the receiver device, this is the only menu that you can access while the mirroring mode is active.