21-4 Industrial Communication Systems
Depending.on.the.required.SIL,.there.are.constraints.regarding.the.system.architecture..For.example,.
the.higher.the.SIL,.the.more.fault.tolerance.is.required,.which.is.reected.in.the.number.of.redundancies.
a.system.must.possess.
Depending
.on.the.SIL,.the.methods.used.for.the.design.and.development.of.the.system.are.also.
dierent..e.higher.the.SIL,.the.more.rigorous.are.the.methods.that.must.be.used..is.is.especially.
crucial.for.the.soware,.since.the.used.methods.play.an.important.role.in.the.achieved.soware.quality..
Soware.developed.with.more.rigorous.methods.are.less.likely.to.contain.undetected.faults.
In
.addition.to.architecture.constraints.and.required.methods,.the.standard.calls.for.adequate.docu-
mentation
.to.be.produced..e.documentation.is.necessary.in.order.to.be.able.to.verify.if.the.system.
has.actually.achieved.the.claimed.SIL..e.“proof.of.safety,”.oen.in.the.form.of.a.so-called.safety.case,.
summarizes.all.this.evidence..e.safety.case.must.then.be.approved.by.some.regulatory.agency.before.
the.system.goes.into.operation.
21.4 the Safety Lifecycle and Safety Methods
is.section.introduces.the.safety.lifecycle.and.then.presents.some.of.the.methods.that.may.be.used.
during.this.lifecycle.
21.4.1 Generic Lifecycle
e.safety.lifecycle.species.what.has.to.be.done.in.the.course.of.the.life.of.a.system.from.the.safety.point.
of.view,.from.initial.conception.until.the.disposal..All.safety.standards.specify.such.a.lifecycle,.with.the.
principles.being.comparable.in.all.of.them..For.this.reason,.we.will.present.here.a.generic.safety.lifecycle.
(Figure.21.2).
e
.rst.step,.the.hazard.and.risk.analysis.starts.with.an.identication.of.the.hazards.the.system.may.
pose..At.this.time,.there.should.already.be.a.rough.requirements.specication.of.the.system,.and.the.
major.functions.should.be.dened..Based.on.this.information,.the.potential.hazards.should.be.identi-
ed.
.is.step.is.crucial:.all.theoretical.hazards.have.to.be.identied,.otherwise.it.is.impossible.to.devise.
the.right.methods.and.countermeasures.for.them..Hazards.that.are.not.identied.at.this.step.will.not.
be.considered.adequately.during.the.remainder.of.the.safety.lifecycle.and.may.later.pose.a.risk.during.
system.operation..Aer.the.identication.of.the.hazards,.the.hazards.must.be.classied.according.to.
their.severity.and.probability,.so.that.the.resulting.risk.can.be.determined.
e
.next.step.in.the.safety.lifecycle.of.Figure.21.2.is.the.safety.requirements.specication..Based.on.
the.results.of.the.risk.analysis,.it.is.generally.necessary.to.dene.requirements.to.ensure.that.the.risks.
are.mitigated.to.a.level.so.that.they.are.acceptable..e.safety.requirements.can.be.of.various.types..ey.
can.either.be.functional.requirements,.which.require.an.additional.implementation.of.some.kind,.or.
they.may.be.nonfunctional.requirements,.such.as.the.requirement.to.perform.a.certain.specic.analysis,.
or.the.requirement.to.use.certain.processes.during.the.development..For.example,.a.functional.safety.
requirement.in.a.communication.system.may.specify.a.checksum.with.certain.failure.detection.and/or.
correction.properties..A.nonfunctional.safety.requirement.may.specify.the.need.to.perform.a.common-
mode
.failure.analysis.on.the.design.of.the.system..e.specied.safety.requirements.should.be.included.
in.the.requirement.specication.of.the.complete.system.
e
.third.step.in.the.safety.lifecycle.consists.of.the.performance.of.all.the.safety.analyses..ese.analy-
ses
.can.be.of.various.types,.and.some.of.them.will.be.described.in.the.following.sections..In.general,.the.
Safety requirements
specification
Safety analyses
Safety validation
Hazard and risk
analysis
FIGURE 21.2 Generic.safety.lifecycle.
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