MECHANIC LIVE · PRODUCT ROADMAP
Your boat’s diagnostic system.
In your pocket.
When something happens once—a shutdown, stumble, alarm, voltage drop, or reading that simply felt wrong—Mechanic Live is designed to preserve what the entire recorded system was doing before, during, and after it, so your mechanic sees the exact moment instead of your best guess.
Replay an example Roadmap
INCIDENT ML-014 · PORT ENGINE● RECORDED
EXACT EVENT TIME14:32:18JUL 18 · TRIP 028
Engine shutdown captured. Review the recorded lead-up, the event, and what followed without trying to make the problem happen again.
SELECTED MOMENTPort engine stopped
Port RPM and fuel flow fall to zero. Salinity keeps the shutdown separate from the coolant rise that began 18 seconds earlier.
OBSERVED SEQUENCE
Coolant left normal first. Port coolant crossed the learned 30 MPH group 18 seconds before RPM fell to zero. That is useful evidence for a mechanic, not a final diagnosis.
Illustrative product preview. Values are example data—not a real boat, diagnosis, or manufacturer limit.
Before and after.
The event includes lead-up and aftermath, not one frozen gauge reading.
Everything on one clock.
RPM, GPH, pressure, temperature, voltage, speed, alarms, and other supported channels line up by timestamp.
Before the truck rolls.
The mechanic can review the engine, event, likely work area, tools, and possible parts before traveling.
FROM INCIDENT TO ANSWERS
One moment becomes a usable record.
The smallest useful version does five jobs and does them without asking a boat owner to speak like a technician.
Capture
Salinity keeps the trip’s supported NMEA readings together and can preserve a marked or detected event with time before and after it.
Sequence
The timeline identifies which recorded channel changed first and which readings changed only after the event.
Context
Every reading stays attached to boat speed, operating group, engine, load, position if included, and the learned normal for that moment.
Catalog
Shutdowns, warning events, voltage dips, unusual fuel burn, and owner-marked moments collect in one searchable irregularity history.
Prepare
Before leaving the shop, the mechanic receives the engine identity, exact event, fault codes when available, service history, owner notes, and selected raw data needed to plan the visit.
THE TRUST MODEL
What happened is not the same as why.
A value and timestamp received from the boat network.
A time-ordered relationship Salinity can show directly.
A useful lead—not a claim that software has proven the cause.
PRE-VISIT TRIAGE
Give the mechanic the job before they drive to it.
A mobile mechanic should be able to review the evidence at the shop, identify the likely system involved, choose the right test equipment, and—when the evidence and exact engine identifiers are sufficient—arrive with the right part more often instead of driving out just to diagnose and returning a second time.
IRREGULARITY CATALOG
The boat’s problem history, organized.
Every saved event can carry the captain’s note, mechanic response, service performed, and whether the issue returned.
RecordEventExact timeFirst changeStatus
Illustrative catalog—no real customer or boat data.
MECHANIC PACKAGE
Send the event.
Keep the rest private.
The owner chooses the incident, time window, notes, and whether to include location. The package is designed to reach the mechanic before the service visit and open without special diagnostic hardware or a Salinity account.
Mechanic Live is a product design on the roadmap, not a released diagnostic service. It can only preserve channels the installed equipment actually publishes and the gateway successfully records. Missing or interrupted data must be labeled missing—not filled in. It can help a mechanic arrive better prepared, but the mechanic must confirm any final part number against the exact engine serial and official manufacturer information. It will not certify a cause, replace manufacturer diagnostics, or tell a captain to continue operating an unsafe engine.
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