It is a didatic tool used for training sea-faring people
For its training purposes, Vox Maris offers features for two different roles: the communications operator on board and the communications
operator at the coastal station. During a simulation exercice, operators can establish communitations using different GMDSS radio equipment
VHF, Portable VHF, MF/HF, DSC, NAVTEX, Inmarsat C, Inmarsat B, RadioTelex, EPIRB, Radar, SART). So that those communications can occur,
the operators necessarily will have to make the correct election of equipment, frequencies and equipment powers.
The course Instructor counts on a module in which he can define the simulation scenario, where the working conditions for each student are set
(position, equipment on board, identification). Also the instructor can assign some events that will happen along the simulation,
these events can be equipment failures or wrecks. Once the execercise has started, the course instructor can evaluate each student perform
in real time, observing the actions of the students step by step, being able to take part to correct errors or omissions at the moment at
which they take place.
About students, each simulation allow students to learn to evolve in differents rolls that can ocurr in a real emergency situation.
By this way, students can perform as a support ship in search and rescue tasks, or as ship that suffered an accident or is in need of assistance.
Also, students can take part in training exercices that do not involve accidents or help requests, such as communitations related to navigation
security, urgencies, harbor operations or another particular subjects.
It reproduces in trustworthy form the real conditions of sea radio communications
It fulfills the ITU requirements for the following GMDSS communications equipment::
.: Instructor and Student :.
Vox Maris is made up of two modules, the first one to set all the simulation enviroment and control the stations (Instructor),
and the other one simulates a ship and its radio/satellite devices on board (Student).
The Instructor defines the simulation scenario, position of each student station, and sets the equipment of each student
and the equipment of the coastal station.
Also sets the transmission environmental conditions and generates simulation wrecks or failures, main reason for the use of GMDSS system.
.: Why use a simulator? :.
The need of using a simulator resides in which tests nor drills cannot be made on the real system, because it is not possible to generate "test alarms" nor to interfere either in the space of real communications. Doing that would be to put in risk the effectiveness of the system. For all this, is very important to count on with a GMDSS simulator that faithfully reproduces the existing conditions of the sea communications.