2.3 Installation Testing - Program Installation Test Certificate
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2.3 Installation Testing - Program Installation Test Certificate

  2.3.1 Installation tests should be performed soon after the loading instrument has been installed onboard the ship.

  2.3.2 During the installation test one of the ship's senior officers should operate the loading instrument and calculate the test conditions. This operation should be witnessed by a Society surveyor. The results obtained from the loading instrument should be identical to the results stated in the endorsed test conditions. Should the numerical output from the loading instrument be at variance with the endorsed test conditions, no certification should be issued.

  2.3.3 An installation test should also be carried out on the second nominated computer, which would be used in the event of failure of the first computer. The results obtained from the loading instrument should be identical to the results stated in the endorsed test conditions. Should the numerical output from the loading instrument be at variance with the endorsed test conditions, no certificate should be issued. Where the installation test is carried out on a Type Approved computer, a second nominated computer and test are not required.

  2.3.4 Where the hardware is not Type Approved, it should be demonstrated that the Program Installation Test is acceptable on both the first and second nominated computers prior to the issue of a Program Installation Test Certificate.

  2.3.5 After completion of satisfactory installation tests, the Society surveyor should attach the endorsed test conditions to the previously reviewed operations manual. The Society should then issue the Program Installation Test Certificate.

Parent topic: 2. Approval Process
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