Maritime software for ships: antenna control, passage planning, onboard displays and shipboard IT

Every line of code has crossed an ocean.

Antenna control, passage planning, live onboard displays and the daily work of shipboard IT, from firewall devices to NAS backups and the clock of every PC. Developed by a shipboard IT officer and tested under real conditions at sea, not in a lab.

  • Windows 10 / 11
  • Debian Linux
  • Android
  • ORDA registered
AntennaPilot / locked SES-9 108.2°E
RoutePilot / next leg Darwin
Wakeline / live position 09°03.6′S 116°15.0′E

Our products

Six tools. One mission: reliable operations at sea.

Five Windows applications, one also available for Android, that you can try for free, plus a Debian-based onboard system delivered ready to run.

one month free Windows 10 / 11

AntennaPilot

Maritime TVRO / VSAT antenna control

Keeps the TV antenna on the right satellite: it computes AZ/EL beside the ACU and re-points the antenna after blockage or a wrong lock.

  • Parallel AZ/EL model vs ACU
  • Automatic re-pointing above your threshold
  • Back on target after shadow zones and at high latitudes
  • Target vs current NID, AGC trend and logs
one month free Windows / Android

Device Manager for SonicWall by AntennaPilot

Manage crew and guest devices on SonicWall firewalls from your phone or laptop

Registers laptops, phones and tablets as MAC Address Objects in the right groups, and lists them for removal, with your confirmation, on the day their access ends.

  • One form per person, clean names
  • Expiry date: remove from groups or delete
  • MAC scan with the phone camera
  • Syslog alarms on Android
one month free Windows 10 / 11

BackupPilot for Synology NAS by AntennaPilot

Backup monitor for Synology NAS units

Watches one or many Synology NAS units from a Windows dashboard and alarms when a backup window is missed or a backup looks wrong. Any third-party backup written to the NAS becomes a monitored source.

  • Deadline rules per source, like every day by 06:00
  • Smart validation of every run against its history
  • Watched folders for Veeam, Acronis, robocopy, rsync
  • Strictly read-only, no cloud, weekly PDF report
three month free Windows 10 / 11

RoutePilot

Marine passage planning

Interactive route planning with weather matched to the ETA of every waypoint, live NMEA tracking and ECDIS exchange.

  • Route builder with great-circle ETA
  • Weather overlays matched to waypoint ETA
  • NMEA 0183 live tracking, USB GPS supported
  • ECDIS import / export: RTZ, GPX, KML and more
three month free Debian Linux

Wakeline by AntennaPilot

The ship's live position on every screen on board

Live chart, weather, alerts and ship's time from your bridge data, on PCs, phones, kiosks and cabin TVs. Delivered configured for your vessel.

  • Live chart with 24-hour wake track
  • Weather, cyclone and NAVAREA alerts
  • NTP time server synchronised to the ship's GPS
  • Kiosk and cabin TV channel via IPTV
one month free Windows 10 / 11

EightBells Fleet Time Manager

Time and control for every PC on the ship domain

Sets the timezone and repairs the clock of every Windows PC in the ship’s domain, finds and removes software fleet-wide and manages PCs remotely over WinRM. One admin PC, no agents, no cloud.

  • Fleet-wide timezone and NTP, now or scheduled
  • Software inventory and silent uninstall
  • Nine remote modules over WinRM, no agents
  • Undo for every reversible change

Built from shipboard reality

No lab assumptions. Tools that work at sea.

Every product is developed by a maritime professional with hands-on experience in shipboard IT, satellite systems and bridge operations, and used on an expedition cruise vessel before it reaches you.

Read the story behind the software
WindowsNative apps for Windows 10 and 11
FreeFree trials for five Windows apps and one Android app
ORDACopyright registered software
OnboardWakeline delivered configured and tested

Beta programme

Free 3-month licence for officers and technicians at sea.

Use the software on real voyages and help shape the next release.

Apply for the beta