All vital systems in a ship’s engine room have been modeled and implemented.

This compact simulator has two unique features:

• Computer Aided Assessment designated for a competency evaluation,
• Checklist Support
  designated mainly for a stand-alone teaching. designated mainly for a stand-alone teaching.

VER4 has been developed in compliance with:

• STCW Code: Section A-1/12 and Section B-1/12.
• ISM Code: Section 6 and Section 8.

• Main engine: 2 stroke, low speed, 7 cyl., VIT simulation and exhaust emission control.
• Maine engine remote control (bridge and control room) and local control (from the engine side).
• Fuel system (MDO and HFO): storage and supply including fuel storage and separators.
• Lubricating system: storage, circulation, stern tube and propeller shaft lubrication.
• Cooling system: sea water and fresh water (central cooling).
• Compressed air system.
• Sewage treatment plant.
• Sludge and garbage incinerator.
• Steam system: auxiliary boiler, waste heat recovery, superheated steam.
• Power plant: 2 diesel generators, shaft generator, turbo generator, emergency generator, consumers (inc. bow thruster).
• Bilge system with oily water separator.
• Ballast system.
• Stearing gear with follow-up and non follow-up mode.
• Refrigerating system with 2 chambers.
• Domestic water system with evaporator.
• Air conditioning system.
• Own ship with fixed pitch propeller.

• Own ship model.
• ME emergency control from the local stand.
• ME indication diagrams.
• ME emission simulation.
• VIT simulation.
• Stern tube lubrication.
• Sewage treatment plant.
• Incinerator for sludge and garbage.
• Air conditioning.
• Emergency generator local control.

• The maritime colleges and marine training centers can use VER4 even if they already have a full mission simulator. VER4 can be used for preliminary education and training i.e. before the student will enter the full mission simulator. If the marine training center cannot afford to purchase a full mission simulator, VER4 can be used as a low-cost substitute.
• The crewing agencies can use VER4 for a quick and objective assessment of competency. This should improve the quality of the engine room crew selected for their employers.

 VER4 offers different types of a user interface:

The control panels include very realistic, animated, virtual controls like switches, gauges and lamps. The control panels have to imitate the most important parts of the control room equipment.

The mimic diagrams present the layout of all vital engine room systems. They include active valves, animated status indicators and tank level gauges.

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The control panels show the typical engine room alarms with a buzzer, the blinking lamps and an easy access to the necessary information.

The green Checklist window shows the instructions, which belong to the selected checklist.

The control lamp, switch or virtual gauge specified in the checklist step blinks in order to make its identification easier.

The Assessment window includes the following information:

• A full list of errors with related penalty points.

• The total number of penalty points.

• The assessment final results (Passed or failed).

The Fault Simulation window contains a list of all available simulations and their status, which can be monitored and changed.

More than 50 different faults are available.

• VER4 is a highly realistic simulator for ship’s engine room training which can also be used as a low cost introductory simulator. is a highly realistic simulator for ship’s engine room training which can also be used as a low cost introductory simulator.
• The mathematical model simulates a typical ship’s engine room with a 2-stroke, low speed engine, its auxiliary systems, power plant and a steam system.
• The user interface includes actual all virtual controls and alarms and creates very realistic environment. VER4 supports XGA (1024x 768) and SXGA (1280 x 1024) screen resolution and two monitor display.
• The mimic diagrams with active valves, pump status indicators, tank level indicators and selected digital gauges enable comfortable engine room operation and monitoring.
• Multichannel digitized sound provides a very realistic ships’ engine room feel. The sound effects include: engine sound correlated with engine speed, the sound of a diesel generator starting and running, open indicator valve sound, alarm and machine telegraph buzzers. Additionally the volume level for all sound channels can be freely selected according to personal preferences.
• The integrated and computer aided assessment (CAA) is fully integrated with a simulator and can be used both; for a quick check while operating the engine room or for a standardized assessment, the results of which can be used for competency verification. The unambiguous penalty points methodology and clear pass/fail rules enables the comparison of results achieved in different training centers by different students.
• The software based VER4 simulator co-operates with a desktop type, hardware console.
• VER4 can co-operate with another personal computer connected in a local area network. This second machine will be used as an instructor terminal enabling the online monitoring of student activities, fault simulation and the telegraph communication between a bridge and an engine room. can co-operate with another personal computer connected in a local area network. This second machine will be used as an instructor terminal enabling the online monitoring of student activities, fault simulation and the telegraph communication between a bridge and an engine room.

• Learning ship's engine room typical operating routines.
• Ship's engine room operation training. The user will have the possibility to accomplish any operational task starting from different setups, both pre-prepared and saved by a user.
• Corrective action learning when faults occur. Different faults can be mixed in the run-time or loaded from disk.
• Standardized assessment divided into several tests. These unique assessments have been positively approved by an international group of the simulator experts. Competence is measured in penalty points and can be compared with other student results.