KongsbergType Approval Certificate

Type Approval Certificate

This is to certify that the undernoted product(s) has/have been tested with satisfactory results in accordance with 

the relevant requirements of the Lloyd's Register Type Approval System. 

Manufacturer Kongsberg Maritime AS

Address Kirkegårdsveien 45, Kongsberg, 3616, Norway

Type Control Systems

Description Alarm / Monitoring and Control System

Trade Name K-Chief, K-Chief 700 and K-Safe

Application Marine and Offshore applications in environmental categories ENV1, ENV2 and 

ENV3 (EAP200 excluded) as defined in the LR Test Specification No. 1 (2021).

Specified Standard Manufacturers Specification

Additional Tests refer to Appendix

Other Conditions In case the K-Chief or K-Safe system is intended to implement emergency stop 

or safety critical functions, the software is to satisfy the requirements of LR’s 

Software Conformity Assessment. Alternative proposals providing an 

equivalent level of system integrity will be subject to special consideration 

(e.g. independent hard-wired backup, redundancy with design diversity, etc.) 

Final functional arrangements are to comply with appropriate Lloyd’s Register 

Rules and will be subject to the project related Plan Approval Process. 

Equipment marked with * can be installed in general power distribution zones, 

only. 

Type Approval Certificate

A netfilter similar to “Schaffner Type FN2080-16-06” has to be used for the RIO 

new hardware line (RCU 501, RSER 200-4, RMP 201-8). 

This certificate is not valid for equipment, the design, ratings or operating parameters of which have been varied 

from the specimen tested. The manufacturer should notify Lloyd's Register EMEA of any modification or changes to 

the equipment in order to obtain a valid Certificate.

The Design Appraisal Document HTS/ETS 41994-22 and its supplementary Type Approval Terms and Conditions 

form part of this Certificate.

Appendix

TYPE

Module Description

KM05 Operator station

ALC / ALC (NAV) Panel Alarm and Command panel

CRP (Mk2) Control Room Panel

BU AUT / DP / NAV / TC Configurable input panel

Input Panel (Mk2) Button keypad with trackball

BUS-TERM Termination board for Kongsberg RBUS and SPBUS

EAP (200) Extended Alarm Panel

EFI (16) Earth Fault Indicator

PTB Push Button Telegraph 

WCC 600 Watch Calling C600 panel

RCU501/502/502i/602 Remote Controller Unit

RDIO 401S/420S Remote Digital I/O module

RDIOR 420 Remote Digital I/O module and Relay channels 

RMP 420/422(i)

RMP 420S/422S(i)

Remote Multipurpose I/O module

Remote Multipurpose I/O module

RTB 420 Remote Termination Board

RMP 200-8/201-8 Remote multipurpose I/O module

RSER 200-4 Serial line communication interface

* HP 3600-24 (-SFP) Network switch

RMC-ST Remote media converter 

RHUB200-5 Communication Hub and Repeater

AIM Basis Software for Operator Station, IO drivers and common software functions in the RCU:

V8.3 V8.5 V8.6 V8.7 V8.8 V8.10

The AIM Safe System Software versions 8.3.4 up to 9.0.3 has been evaluated by TÜV Rheinland for compliance with IEC61508 

up to SIL3 applications. -refer to Safety Configuration Manual “378006(TC)”

Safe Type: For details and installation requirements in hazardous zones/spaces, see

-Certificate “Nemko 14 ATEX 1504 X” 

-Certificate “Presafe 18 ATEX 12094 X”

with special conditions for safe use.

Ingress Protection rating (IP)

ALC (NAV); EAP (200); KM05 (deep line and slim line) console IP22

EFI (EFI-16); Input Panel (MK2); RCU 501; RCU 502; RCU 502i; RCU 602; RDIO 

401S; RDIO 420S; RDIOR 420; RMP 420; RMP 420S; RMP 422S; RTB 420; 

RMP200-8; RMP 201-8; RSER 200-4; RMC-ST; RHUB200-5

IP2X

WCC 600 IP44

Acoustic Level

ALC; ALC (NAV); CRP; EAP (200) 75…80 dB

WCC600 81…85 dB

Compass Safe Distance

Standard Steering

ALC; ALC (NAV) ; BU AUT ; BU DP ;BU NAV ; BU TC ; CRP; 

Input Panel

35cm 20cm

EAP (200) 120cm 80cm

EFI (EFI-16) 50cm 40cm

PTB 10cm 10cm

WCC 600 120cm 65cm

RCU 501; RMP200-8

RCU 502

RCU 502i

RCU 602

15cm

15cm

29cm

30cm

5cm

8cm

14cm

15cm

RDIO 401S

RDIO 420S

180cm

185cm

110cm

105cm

RDIOR 420; RMP 420; RMP420S RMP 201-8; RSER 200-4; 

RHUB200-5

5cm 5cm

RMP 422S 30cm 15cm

RTB 420 15cm 10cm

RMC-ST 20cm 10cm

PLACE OF PRODUCTION

Kongsberg Maritime A.S. NORAUTRON Kongsberg Maritime China Ltd.

Kirkegardsveien 45 Nedrevei 8 136 North Fute Road,

3616 Kongsberg Bygg 25. P.O. Box 205 China (Shanghai)

Norway N-3192 Horten Pilot Free Trade Zone

Norway 200131 Shanghai – China

Kongsberg Maritime A.S. Kongsberg Maritime Korea Ltd 

Bekkajordet 8A 9-7, Sandan 3-ro, Jeonggwan-eup,

3189 Horten Gijang-gun, Busan 46027

Norway Korea