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January 2016 Simulation News of Western Services Corporation

New Products (contnued)

New Instructor Aide: 3KEYTAB

Instructor Staton Tablet NAV Menu
WSC has developed a Windows-based Tablet (3KEYTAB) for The NAV buton, which is always displayed, brings up the
use as a portable instructor staton with a customizable confguraton. 3KEYTAB Navigaton Menu (shown to the lef). From these butons, the
can be used with Full Scope, GlassTop or Classroom Simulators. instructor selects which workspace menu to be displayed.
Due to the smaller size screen of a tablet, WSC tailors the customer’s Instructor Graphics Workspace
Staton to allow for easy interacton with the user’s fngers and the touchscreen. The Graphics Menu (menu on the right) is
A brief overview of the Tablet-based Instructor Staton is provided below. used to easily maneuver to vital areas of the
Features plant. All statuses that are in the Desktop
A few features that make 3KEYTAB a great additon to 3KEYMASTER are: Instructor Staton can be included with the
3KEYTAB Graphics Workspace. Additonally,
 User Friendly Customizable Menus (some may have scrolling propertes or the graphics are capable to have MF
multple levels)
propertes for the instructor to insert any
 Large Butons for easy access malfuncton. The ease of navigaton can
 Easy Navigaton provide the instructor more opportunites to
 Custom Status Bars observe what the student is doing while
General Layout having access to any other part of the
The layout of 3KEYTAB includes four (can be more) “Workspaces” specifc to the NAV Menu simulator at the touch of a buton.
following main functons:
1. Main Control and Plant Graphic Overview – allows access to overview MF, RF, and EP Workspace
displays and provides the main controls such as Freeze/Run/Snap/Reset etc. This Workspace is very user-friendly by
2. Trends and Monitored Parameters – used to view custom trends and changing the way the menus are presented. Graphics
parameter tables The user frst chooses what they want to Menu
3. Malfunctons, Remote Functons, and External Parameters – access to user insert (MF, RF, EP, or Component MF) as
friendly MF, RF, and EP tables shown in the control menu. The queries menu no longer pops
4. Event Triggers and Scenarios – used to control scenarios, setup/initate up on the lef hand side, but instead a menu pops up with the
event triggers, etc. list of all actons (menu under the MF List). All MFs are
available through a series
The fgure below shows the four distnct display areas:
of “drill down” menus as
 Simulaton Status Bar (upper area – includes a Toggle Freeze/Run Buton) shown to the right.
 Control Bar (Butons change depending on the Selected Workspace; the The menus are organized
orange “Nav” buton at the botom is always present and is used to step by system to simplify
through the diferent Workspaces). fnding the specifc
 Main Display Area (Content is based on the Selected Workspace and desired acton. For
displays, P&IDs, Trends, Dialog Boxes, etc.) MF, RF, EP certain menus where
 Plant Conditons Status Bar (lower area – provides important plant status Menu input is needed, a sof
parameters) keyboard will appear on
the screen to assist typing a numerical value. When many butons are required
Customizaton Approach
for a given list, a one fnger touch scroll bar or two fnger gesture can be used to
Using a customer’s existng Instructor Staton confguraton, WSC evaluates and scroll through the menus.
develops an inital version of 3KEYTAB’s four Workspace layouts. Upon
completon, WSC and the customer review the confguraton and layout and Trends Workspace
further customize it as necessary to meet end-user’s needs. On the Trends Workspace, monitored parameters and trends
are available for providing students a deeper understanding of
Our Tablet Instructor Staton has been carefully designed to provide ease of use
to instructors in all industries. With the vast array of Instructor Statons WSC has the parameter changes (students can observe how
provided, we can customize each Tablet IS to a specifc design requested by the instrument/device manipulatons impact various parameters in
client. the plant).
With 3KEYTAB, the Instructor also has the
ability to create trends and monitored
parameters on the desktop instructor
staton, which can be easily installed on the
tablet in a mater of seconds with a fash
drive; or alternatvely, the instructor can
plug a keyboard into the tablet and create
them “on the fy.”
Event Triggers, Scenarios, and TPR
Workspace
This workspace allows the instructor to
Trends Menu control Scenarios, setup/initate Event
Triggers, setup/initate Trainee Profciency
Reviews (TPR) and review TPR Reports. The number shown
under Scenario and Event Trigger Butons informs the ET, SCN, TPR
instructor how many Scenarios are actve and how many Event Menu
3KEYTAB User Interface Triggers are pending.

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