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Student Stations

Each student station is equipped with two high-resolution 21" color monitors. Operation of the terminal is enabled by manipulating a cursor, using a single mouse to operate both monitors. The student interface is very easy to operate requiring minimal training and no previous computer experience allowing it to be suitable for all students.

• The model is visible as a series of mimic diagram 'pages', which may be as many as twenty for a complex ship/terminal. All monitoring and control is achieved through these pages, rather than dedicated hardware consoles. This allows maximum flexibility in planning training programs for multiple model types, and provides significant realism with reference to the latest ships which have similar types of cargo control systems.

• The student changes the graphics pages displayed by 'clicking’ an entry on a page index and then confirming the instruction by use of a control bar located at the bottom of the display. The mimic may be used to indicate equipment status and/or control. The student selects a device (valve, pump, spool-piece, etc.) by locating the cursor on it. It can be then be controlled by use of another control bar at the bottom of the page.

• Alarm status is indicated by the affected page number displaying red in the index. When the appropriate alarm(s) have been 'accepted' by the student it returns to white.

• Each ship model is provided with a commercially available stability / stress package ‘CargoMax’ for the particular vessel. The student can input cargo densities, quantities, stores, and fuel and check the resulting stability in terms of draught, trim, GM, GZ curve, shear forces and bending moments. A damage stability module is also available, enabling the student to check the cargo operation at all stages.

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