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IEC 61508 Certification Kit for SCADE Display KCG™

Esterel Technologies' IEC 61508 Certification Kit for SCADE Display KCG contains tool certification documentation. This material demonstrates to certification authorities that KCG was developed by Esterel Technologies in compliance with IEC 61508 safety objectives of SIL 3. To take credit of the KCG development tool IEC 61508 certification by TÜV SÜD, simply refer to the Certification Kit in your Safety Management Plan (SMP) and Safety Case Report.

IEC 61508 Certification Kit Documents

The IEC 61508 Certification Kit for SCADE Display KCG includes the following documents:

• Tool Qualification Plan (TQP): Describes the strategy for the qualification of KCG Code Generator and references other project plans
• Compliance Analysis to IEC 61508 Standard: Presents the analysis of KCG plans with respect to the IEC 61508 standard
• Tool Operational Requirements (TOR): Contains the KCG Tool Requirements
• Interface Requirement Specifications (IRS): Describes the storage format for input files
• Graphic Libraries Interface Documents: Describe the graphic libraries interfaced with the KCG-generated code
• Tool Accomplishment Summary (TAS): Presents the compliance status with the Tool Qualification Plan, the conditions of use, the list of unresolved bugs, and tool limitations
• Software Configuration Index (SCI): Presents the configuration status of the tool
• Software Installation Procedure (SIP): Contains detailed instructions for installing KCG

Customers and their certification authorities can have access to KCG development certification data on site at Esterel Technologies:

• Certification Data: All material for KCG software development is available for audit, including design and source code, verification cases and procedures, verification results, software configuration management and software quality assurance records

Certification Kit Management

The Certification Kit is complemented by Maintenance Reports. Monthly reports are sent by Esterel Technologies Support and also available from our Support web site.

Updates of the Certification Kit are provided to customers currently under maintenance.

Certification Environment

• KCG 6.2 is certifiable on Windows XP SP2
• KCG 6.2 is integrated to SCADE Display 6.2

Certification Consulting Services

To help customers with certification activities, Esterel Technologies can deploy consulting services like:

• Certification liaison support for aspects related to tool certification
• Setting up SCADE Display-based development process from system requirements to software integrated on the target
• PSAC development support and reviews of certification documents based on the Certification Kit for SCADE Display KCG
• Compiler verification preparation