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ii) Safety function seriously flawed:
will only partly work or work too late
Counter-measures:
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Clarity and simplicity of design documents – avoid notes on C&E
documents
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Strong management of change and verification procedures
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Test each change post-FAT
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Logic solver vendor competence (for post-FAT changes and site work)
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Read back signal via HART and compare to scaled analogue
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Competence – e.g. changes made during operation
Neil Wakeling, August 2014