Sent as it goes.
With mobile signal, each position is sent as it is taken. Out of mobile range the tag sends by satellite instead: every 2 minutes at first, and less often as the charge drops.3
Positions go out as the boat moves.
1min
A new position on a trip. Every 2 min at lower charge.1
2–5min
Between satellite sends while the tag has charge. An estimate.3
Quiet
On the rack a tag only checks in occasionally, and reports when the boat starts moving.1
Alerts first
An alert goes by the fastest link available and never waits for the next send. Under water a tag cannot send.9
Updates over mobile.
Software updates arrive by mobile signal while the boat is racked and the tag is charging.1 A tag that never sees mobile signal cannot be updated over the air.
On the rack, in the sun, with signal.
Boats in a group share the load.
Out of mobile range, tags close to each other take turns to send one satellite message for the whole group, so each tag sends far less often: about 78 % fewer messages in a group of 7. On its own, a tag sends every 2 minutes for about the first 5.5 hours of a 10-hour trip, then every 5. In a group of 4 or more it keeps sending every 2 minutes for the whole trip. Estimates from a simulation; group sending is still in development.3
On its own
In a group of 4+
The satellite service is new, and we have not yet tested a tag on it.2 Under water a tag cannot send.9 What it does not do
Talk to us
Know where every boat is.
If you run a resort, a camp or a rental dock, tell us about your site and your fleet, and we will tell you plainly whether Hodalo fits.
A short call, no slides. Or write to hello@hodalo.com.
Where we are
This is a plan, not a promise.
- Now Design on paper. No tag has been tested yet.
- Next Satellite link test from a real tag.
- Then Pilot season with a small number of sites, 10 tags per site.
- 2028 First paid deployments (target).