SIM Legal Metrology Working Group Activities in 2008 Group Meeting Quito, Ecuador March 10, 2008
Training course – Quito, Ecuador Software and hardware authentication for fuel dispensers March 11, 2008 Outline: General considerations about conformity evaluation concerning hardware and software specifications. Hardware verification Technical information from the manufacturers. Dispenser’s peripherals. Software verification Authentication process. Validation process. Implementation of audit trail Software authentication practices Reading firmware of integrate circuits and using cryptographic reduction. Reading software through communication ports and using cryptographic reduction.
Training courses Quito, Ecuador March 12, 2008 Standard capacity measures for testing measuring systems for liquids other than water. (OIML R 120) Dynamic measuring systems for liquids other than water. (OIML R 117)
Training course Quito, Ecuador March 13 and 14, 2008 Quantity of product in prepackages (OIML R 87) Metrological requirements for a prepackage. Reference test for metrological requirements. Statistical and general principles of control.
International Seminar on Software in Legal Metrology August 27 and 28, 2008 Buenos Aires Participants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Instructors from PTB, INTI and CENAM.
Survey on training needs: What are the priorities of each country or subregion? Nonautomatic weighing instruments Liquid fuel dispensers Evidential breath analyzers Taximeters Prepackages Instruments for measuring vehicle exhaust emissions Equipment for the measurement of the speed of vehicles Clinical thermometers
Two additional events scheduled for 2008 and early 2009 CARIMET (plus Belize) Dates and subjects to be defined. CAMET and ANDIMET Dates and subjects to be defined.