2.3 Integrated system
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2.3 Integrated system

 A combination of computer-based systems which are interconnected in order to allow centralised access to sensor information and/or command/control.

Notes:

Integrated systems may, for example, perform one or more of the following operations:

  • passage execution (e.g. steering, speed control, traffic surveillance, voyage planning);
  • communications (e.g. radiotelephone, radiotelex, GMDSS);
  • machinery (e.g. power management, machinery monitoring, fuel oil/lubrication oil transfer);
  • cargo (e.g. cargo monitoring, inert gas generation, loading/discharging);
  • safety and security (e.g. fire detection, fire pump control, watertight doors).
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