The picture below shows the chaining of these operations within the life cycle of the recording equipment.

Operations within the Recording Equipment Life Cycle

Installation
Mounting of the recording equipment (or of one of its component) in a vehicle.

Activation
Operation at the end of which:
The security features of the recording equipment are fully in place,
The recording equipment starts recording activities, events and faults.

Calibration
Introduction in the memory of the recording equipment of the vehicle parameters. These parameters include the vehicle identification (VIN, VRN, and Registration Nation) and the vehicle characteristics (w, k, l, speed limiter value, current odometer value, and current UTC time).

Checks / Inspection
Set of operations performed to ensure that the recording equipment works properly and that its settings correspond to the vehicle characteristics.

Repair
Any operation on a main component of the recording equipment that require to disconnect its power supply or to disconnect it from other main components or to open it.