Be Future Ready with your AIS Shore Infrastructure
VSH-D650
VDES Shore station
The VSH-D650 future-proofs AIS shore infrastructure with a software-defined platform designed to evolve from today’s AIS to full VDES without hardware replacement. Supporting AIS Base Station, AtoN and Repeater functionality today, new capabilities such as authentication and VDES data communications can be progressively activated through software, protecting existing infrastructure investment while preparing maritime authorities for the next generation of secure digital maritime communications.
Good Reasons
One Platform. AIS Today. VDES Tomorrow.
The VSH-D650 provides a future-ready replacement for existing AIS shore infrastructure, with a software-defined architecture that evolves from AIS to full VDES without hardware replacement. Its seven-channel concurrent receiver provides exceptional VHF visibility, while a single platform supports AIS Base Station, AtoN and Repeater functionality alongside emerging VDES services.
VDES Technology Built by the People Shaping the Standard.
At its core is S3C’s proprietary Software-Defined Radio technology, developed through more than a decade of VDES innovation, operational deployments and standards development. Active participation across IALA, IMO and IEC (including IEC TC80 WG15 and IEC 63514) ensures the VSH-D650 is designed around the evolving international standards it will ultimately support.
Protect Today’s Investment. Unlock Tomorrow’s Capabilities.
The VSH-D650 allows maritime authorities to modernise at their own pace. Capabilities including authenticated AIS and AtoN messaging, VDES data communications and future services can be progressively enabled through software as requirements evolve, providing a low-risk transition to secure digital maritime communications while protecting investment in shore infrastructure.
Features
AIS Base Station compliant to IEC 62320-1, including all VSI and FSR requirements
Output of GNSS sentences GGA, GNS, GSV, RMC
AIS AtoN Station compliant to IEC 62320-2
Repeater Station compliant to IEC 62320-3
VDES Shore Station (Standard in Development)
Seven concurrent receivers (AIS1, AIS2, DSC, ASM1, ASM2, VDE-TER Upper and Lower leg)
Ethernet with built-in switch, UDP, UDP Multicast and TCP2 support
Web server for configuration and software update
SNMP status monitoring
Internal buffering of received data
Fanless design
Authenticated AIS as per IEC 63514 CD3
MTBF >100,000 hours