Engine room console

The engine-room console is the central operator station in the engine control room (ECR) from which the watchkeeper monitors and controls the propulsion and auxiliary plant. It carries the alarm-monitoring and control displays of the integrated automation system, mimic panels, telegraph and propulsion control, generator and switchboard controls, and the main-engine safety and shutdown indications. In an unmanned-machinery-space (UMS) ship the console concentrates the data and routes unacknowledged alarms to the duty engineer’s cabin and the bridge. It is the human-machine interface layer above the field sensors and local control panels.