User's Manual

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6.4 Test of GPS receiver without transmitters activated
This information is restricted and is included in the Technical
manual only.
6.5 FRM annual check
In accordance with SOLAS Chapter V Regulation 18.8; -the S-
VDR system shall be subject to an annual performance checks. A
ship required under International rules to carry a functioning
simplified voyage data recorder (S-VDR), and under Paris
Memorandum Port State Control requirements a ship may be
detained if the S-VDR is not functioning properly.
The person carrying out the annual checks should be approved by
the ship’s Flag Administration and show evidence that he has been
authorized by the S-VDR manufacturer to service the particular
make and model of equipment. To act in accordance with the
requirements for bit-error-rate monitoring the status of the FRM
flash disk memory is to be checked during the annual survey to be
specified by the S-VDR manufacturers procedures.