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Electronic Navigation Instruments

Electronic Navigation Instruments simulator is a suite of simulated electronic navigation instruments commonly found aboard modern ships. This suite consists of a Transit/GPS Satellite Navigator, Loran-C Receiver, Echo Sounder, and Scanning Direction Finder. The simulation is based on actual equipment supplied by major manufacturers such as Magnavox, Furuno, JRC, Raytheon, and others.

Students may select and operate electronic navigation instruments exactly as they would aboard ship. The design and use of the simulated Electronic Navigation Instruments for training complies with STCW performance standards for non-mandatory simulation (Section B-I/12) and applicable IMO Resolutions.

The simulated Electronic Navigation Instruments can be configured to operate as a stand-alone navigation station, connected to an FMSS bridge, or as a classroom of PCs networked together and controlled from an Instructor Station. When a navigation system is selected by the trainee, its faceplate appears on the color monitor. Simulated controls on the faceplate such as push-buttons, switches, and slide controls can be operated by touch, causing digital readouts and analog meters on the faceplate to respond like actual equipment. Ownship's position is displayed in latitude/longitude, or system-unique coordinates.

Customers may choose their preferred input devices, including touch screen, trackball, or mouse.

Electronic Navigation Instruments is a personal computer based software system that simulates the functions of major marine navigation instruments:

• GPS Satellite Navigator
• Scanning Direction Finder
• Echo Sounder
• Loran-C Receiver