GMDSS Simulator
GMDSS Simulator trains mariners working in Sea Areas A1 - A4 for the General Operators Certificate and the Restricted Operators Certificate. It complies with the international requirements of INMARSAT, the IMO and the ITU.
Trainees will gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills in:
- the basic concepts of GMDSS
- the principles of GMDSS radio communication & alerting systems
- the uses of Maritime Mobile & Maritime Mobile-Satellite services
- use of GMDSS radio equipment & documents for emergency procedures, Maritime Safety Information & general communications
- actions in the event of false distress alert transmission
The Simulator provides documentation on GMDSS theory based on the IMO GMDSS Handbook, software modelling typical ship's GMDSS radio equipment (based on Skanti-1000 series) and an assessment program to test student knowledge.
It comprises one instructor station with the required number of student stations in a local network. The student station can be provided with a hardware console modelling the radio equipment.
There are three modes of operation :
- Individual work on the Simulator to study the equipment
- Individual work with software responses to calls
- Network mode with communication between the stations or circular broadcasting for all stations
GMDSS Simulator models :
- Power supply unit with option of operation from reserve power supply
- VHF
radio station with DSC controller VHF-1000/Sailor-4822 - MF/HF transceiver with DSC controller TRP-1000/Sailor-4500
- Watch receiver 2182 kHz
- NAVTEX receiver NX-300
- Radio TELEX modem (NBDP)
- SES INMARSAT-C TT-3020
- SES INMARSAT-B
- SES INMARSAT Fleet-77
- SART
- EPIRB COSPAS-SARSAT (406 MHz)
EPIRB DSC-VHF- Portable VHF
- Portable VHF for communication with flying objects
The radio console imitates the following equipment:
- VHF radio station with DSC controller VHF-1000
- MF/HF transceiver with DSC controller TRP-1000
- INMARSAT-C TT-3020
These actions can be carried out on the GMDSS Simulator:
- DSC calls between workstations in automatic and semi-automatic (with participation of instructor) modes
- Conducting RT and NBDP traffic between workstations; imitation of MSI promulgation via SafetyNET, NAVTEX & on HF NBDP
- GMDSS operation from main & reserve batteries
- Setting ships positions, selecting coast stations and displaying on charts; managing equipment status (working/broken down) on the trainee's station
- Creating scripts on Instructor station with ships position, equipment set-up and typical tasks
- Transfer of tasks or scripts to trainee stations, with an opportunity of repeated viewing of text messages
- Instructor monitoring of trainee dialogues
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