27 Manuals
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.252(83) - Adoption of the Revised Performance Standards for Integrated Navigation Systems (INS) - (Adopted on 8 October 2007) - Annex - Performance Standards for Integrated Navigation Systems (INS) - Module D - Documentation requirements - 27 Manuals

27 Manuals

  27.1 Operating manuals should include:

  • an overall functional description of the INS
  • the redundancy concept and the availability of functions
  • a description of possible failures and their effects on the system (e.g. by using part of the failure analysis)
  • guidance for the adjustment of the limits for alerts
  • the implications of using different reference locations
  • details of each data convention and common references: attitude axis, rotation, reference location of CCRP
  • details of the integrity monitoring provided by external sensors or subsystems and their required settings
  • details of the mechanism for marking valid, doubtful and invalid data
  • for an INS providing automatic control functions (e.g. for heading, track or speed) details of the external override and/or bypassing devices used in the reversionary mode.

  27.2 The installation manuals should include adequate information to allow the INS to be installed so that it can meet all requirements adopted by the Organization.

  27.3 The installation manuals should include the following:

  • details of sources, components and the interconnections forming the INS
  • details of the interfaces and connections for data import and export and the interconnection diagrams and interfacing details for external parts of the INS and for devices, sensors to be connected
  • instructions for the installation and connection of facilities for alert acknowledgement and cancellation including the back-up officer alarm in case of an INS providing automatic control functions (e.g. for heading, track or speed)
  • the details of the power supply arrangements
  • recommendations on the physical layout of equipment and necessary space for maintenance
  • for an INS providing automatic control functions (e.g. for heading, track or speed) details of the installation and connection of external override and/or bypassing devices used in the reversionary mode and if rudder angle, heading, propulsion data e.g. power, propeller pitch, are not be presented on a display of the INS workstation, the necessary details.
Parent topic: Module D - Documentation requirements
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