6 Operational requirements
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6 Operational requirements

  6.1 The design of the INS should ease the workload of the bridge team and pilot in safely and effectively carrying out the navigation functions incorporated therein.

  6.2 The integration should provide all functions, depending of the task for which the INS is used and configured, to facilitate the tasks to be performed by the bridge team and pilot in safely navigating the ship.

  6.3 Each part of the INS should comply with all applicable requirements adopted by the Organization, including the requirements of these performance standards.

  6.4 When functions of equipment connected to the INS provide facilities in addition to these performance standards, the operation and, as far as is reasonably practicable, the malfunction of such additional facilities should not degrade the performance of the INS below the requirements of these standards.

  6.5 The integration of functions of individual equipment into the INS should not degrade the performance below the requirements specified for the individual equipment by the Organization.

  6.6 Alerts should be generated and presented according to Module C.


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