Vidusayura Simulator Structure and Capabilities
Instructor Station
The Instructor Station (Control Room) contains all the necessary hardware, software and additional equipment, in order to perform the following functions:
Before the beginning of the exercise, the instructor is be able to:
- select the exercise area
- create a new scenario with the scenario editor module or select a pre-saved scenario
- select the own ships and surrounding ships type (from database)
- select the number of own ships (joint or individual scenario) and the number of surrounding ships
- select sailing conditions (state of sea, winds, current, visibility, time of day)
- on-screen visualization of scene content (sky, sea, terrain, visibility, own ship)
Physically Constructed Ship Bridge
The Physically Constructed Ship Bridge is a realistic mock-up of a real ship bridge, including a well balanced combination between real (“hands-on”) and virtual (“on-screen”) navigation equipment.
The main requirements for the Full Mission Bridge are:
Mock-up of a ship bridge structure, including:
- Windows
- Access doors
- Layout of the navigational equipment
Real ships controls:
- Steering wheel
- Throttle
Real ships indicators:
- Rudders indicator
- RPM indicator
- Compass indicator
Radar equipment:
- Radar control panel
- Medium screen display
- Radar simulation software
ECDIS equipment:
- ECDIS control panel
- Medium screen display
- ECDIS simulation software
Sound system:
- Alarm panel
- Engine sound simulation software
- Surrounding sound simulation software
Communications:
- Real VHF radiotelephone
- Internal communication system (interphone)
Visualization System:
- 3 Projection screens for 120 degrees horizontal field of view
- Video Projection equipments
- Visualization software