Supported Devices
Small battery-powered sensors on the boat talk to a DockNeighbor Station up to a mile away. If your marina runs one, the sensors are all you buy. If it doesn't, or you cruise, the station comes aboard.
The DockNeighbor Station
One small box, plugged into power and the internet, that carries every DockNeighbor sensor within range to the cloud. A marina runs one for the whole facility. A boat that wants its own runs one aboard. Set up from the app in a few minutes; the station never counts against your plan's devices.
SenseCAP M2 Multi-Platform LoRaWAN Indoor Gateway (US915)
Marinas, clubs, and boats with Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or wired internet. The station for a marina office, a clubhouse, or a boat with internet aboard.
SenseCAP M2 Multi-Platform LoRaWAN Indoor Gateway, 4G (US915)
Boats that cruise, and marinas without internet
Adds a cellular connection with your own SIM. For a marina without usable Wi-Fi, or a boat that takes its station along.
Buy exactly these models. Seeed sells several gateways under similar names, and the ones made for other networks will not work as a DockNeighbor Station.
DockNeighbor sensors
Each sensor runs for years on its own battery, needs no Wi-Fi, and reaches the station from anywhere on the boat, including the bilge. Add one by scanning its code in the app. Dockside includes 2, Weekender 15, Voyager 25.
Water where it shouldn’t be
Two ways to catch rising water: a pair of probes at the height you choose, or a sealed float switch in the bilge.
Water leak sensor
Dragino LWL02
Two steel probes mounted at the height where water means trouble. The alarm waits long enough to ignore hose spray.
- Where
- Bilge, sump, under a sink
- Power
- Two AAA batteries, years of life
Bilge float sensor
Dragino CPL03-LB
A sealed, waterproof unit with a float switch. Sets up over Bluetooth from the app.
- Where
- The bilge itself
- Power
- Sealed battery, years of life
Batteries
A dead battery is a dead bilge pump. Watch the house bank, or put battery, bilge and shore power in one box.
Battery voltage sensor
Dragino PS-LB-NA
Two fused leads on the bank and nothing else. Reports voltage and alarms on a threshold or a fast drop. Sets up over Bluetooth.
- Where
- House or start battery
- Power
- Its own battery, years of life
Battery, bilge and shore power in one box
Dragino LT-22222-L in a DockNeighbor housing
One unit on the battery that also takes a bilge float and watches shore power. For most boats it is the whole install.
- Where
- Near the house bank
- Power
- Runs from the house bank, a few milliamps
Shore power
Know the moment the pedestal drops, before the fridge warms up and the charger stops.
Shore power outlet switch
Dragino LC03
Tells you when shore power is lost and when it is back, and doubles as a switch you can turn on and off from the app.
- Where
- Any outlet on the shore-power circuit
- Power
- Plugs into a cabin outlet
Shore power current sensor
Dragino CS01-LB
A clamp around the shore-power conductor reports the amps you are drawing. Sets up over Bluetooth.
- Where
- Behind the AC panel
- Power
- Sealed battery, years of life
Shore power loss sensor
Dragino POM01-L
Wired to the mains, with its own backup power so it can report the outage itself the moment it happens.
- Where
- At the shore-power inlet
- Power
- Hard-wired, with a backup cell
Location
Where the boat is, from a sensor that stays aboard.
GPS tracker
Dragino TrackerD
A small GPS tracker that reports the boat’s position through the station.
- Where
- Anywhere with a view of the sky
- Power
- Rechargeable battery
Prices are approximate retail prices and change.
Partner devices the station reads
Gear that is already on your boat and on its network. The station reads it over that network and shows it alongside your sensors. Nothing is installed on the device. Partner devices are on Weekender and Voyager, and each one uses a device slot like a sensor does.
- LinkTap City-water valve: shuts the dock hose off on a flood alarm, and from the app.
- Shelly Wi-Fi relays, meters and sensors already on the boat.
- Starlink Dish status and whether the boat is online.
- Peplink Router health, cellular signal and failover.
- Cradlepoint Router health, cellular signal and failover.
- GL.iNet Router health, cellular signal, and GPS where the router has it.
- Chartplotter GPS The boat’s position from an NMEA feed.
Not sure what your boat needs?
Start with one sensor on the thing that worries you most, and add the rest when you want them.