5.3.1.4 Console Height
The top of the consoles should not exceed a height of 1200 mm.
5.3.1.5 Console Leg Room
The upper leg room of the console should have a minimum of 450 mm in depth and the lower leg room a minimum of 600 mm in depth.
5.3.1.6 Chart Table Dimensions
The chart table should be large enough to accommodate all chart sizes normally used internationally for maritime traffic.
5.3.1.7 Chair Design
Chairs at workstations designed for a sitting position should be capable of rotating with the foot rest being arrested, adjustable in height, and capable of being arrested on the floor. Chairs should be movable out of the operating area.
5.3.2 Device, Control and Display Integration
5.3.2.1 Logical Arrangement
The devices, displays and controls should be fitted in a logical arrangement and combined into function groups.
5.3.2.2 Location Consistency
Location of recurring functional groups and individual items should be similar from console to console.
5.3.2.3 Visual Information for more than one User
Displays providing visual information to more than one person on duty should be located for easy viewing by all users concurrently, or if this is not possible, the displays should be duplicated.
5.3.2.4 Control and Display Location
Controls and their associated displays should be located that the information on the displays can be easily read, during the operation of the controls.
5.3.2.5 Simultaneous Use
A visual display that must be monitored concurrently with manipulation of a related control should be located so that the operator is not required to observe the display from an extreme visual angle and thus introduce the possibility of parallax error.
5.3.2.6 Controls/Indicator Discernability
Controls or combined controls/indicators should be visually and tactually distinguishable from elements which only indicate.
Rectangular buttons should be used for control elements, and round lights for indicator elements.
5.3.2.7 High Priority Displays
Where two operators must use the same display, and the displays have high priority duplicate sets should be provided whenever there is adequate space. Otherwise, displays should be centered between the operators, alternatively they can be placed that they can be easily monitored by both operators, e.g., above the front window.
