Practical Series Automation Library
This page gives access to all the project documentation, it is split into two sections, the first contains all the individual “Primary” documentation needed by the Project; these are organised by document number and this generally follows the phases of the project.
The second section contains the documents that are associated directly with a software module (generally, software module design specifications and software-Module-Test-specifications), these documents are grouped by type and listed in module number order within the groups.
All documents can be downloaded in either their native formats (generally Microsoft office format — docx, docm xlsx, mpp, vsdx &c.) or as pdf files.
The current revision of each document and its data of publication is also listed.
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The links to each document use a shortened URL (this is generated by the PSP alternative website https://psop.uk ). These shortened URLs have similar forms: https://psop.uk/pal-aaaa-bbb-c where aaaa is an abbreviation of the document (sds, tp, smds &c.), bbb is optional and identifies a block (e.g. fc01001). the c indicates the type of document: d docm (Word document) m mpp (Microsoft Project document) p pdf (Adobe Pdf document) s scanned and signed pdf (Adobe PDf document signed by the user) v vsdx (Visio document) x xlsx (Excel spreadsheet) z zip (A zipped, compressed collection of documents) |
Software Module Design Specifications (SMDS)
Software Calculation Sheets (CALC)
Software Module Test Specifications (SMTS)
Source Code Review (SCR)
Software Compatibility Verification (SCV)
Software Module Signed Test Packs
Each test pack for a module (module fcxxxxx) contains the following completed documents and files:
Any associated and verified calculation sheets (CALC)
Doc No: PS2001-5-2331-xxx
Signed Source Code Review (SCR)
Doc No: PS2001-5-4171-fcxxxxx
Signed Software-Module-Test-Specification (SMTS)
Doc No: PS2001-5-4111-fcxxxxx
Approved Software-Module-Test-Report (SMTR)
Doc No: PS2001-5-4112-fcxxxxx
Test software (zap16 archive)
File name: PS2001-PAL-<Test Ver>.zap16
Where a module has undergone multiple tests, these are numbered T001, T002, … &c., the highest number being the most resent test. The most current test for any module is shown in black, all previous tests are in blue.
Where:
Abb. | Meaning | Description | |
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SCR | Source Code Review | A visual inspection of the software to ensure it has been written to the correct standards, uses the correct structures within the software and is generally suitable for deployment. | |
SMT | Software Module Test | A full and detailed test of an individual software module in isolation. It tests all branches of the software, all interfaces to the module, any data recorded or stored by the module, all error and exception handling functions and tests all timed and interrupt driven operations. | |
SCV | Software Compatibility Verification | A mechanism for verifying that no executable code software changes have been made to a module following changes to comment fields and variable names. Allows typographical errors &c. to be corrected without forcing a full SMT on a module that has not functionally changed. |