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AS/NZS 4024.1901:2014
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Safety of machinery, Part 1901: Displays, controls, actuators and signals — Ergonomic requirements for the design of displays and control actuators — General principles for human interactions with displays and control actuators
Adopts EN894-1:1997, which applies to the design of displays and control actuators on machinery. It specifies general principles for human interaction with displays and control actuators, to minimize operator errors and to ensure an efficient interaction between the operator and the equipment.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
PREFACE
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Design principles for operator-task relationships
4.1 Suitability for the task
4.1.1 Principle of function allocation
4.1.2 Principle of complexity
4.1.3 Principle of grouping
4.1.4 Principle of identification
4.1.5 Principle of operational relationship
4.2 Self-descriptiveness
4.2.1 Principle of information availability
4.3 Controllability
4.3.1 Principle of redundancy
4.3.2 Principle of accessibility
4.3.3 Principle of movement space
4.4 Conformity with user expectations
4.4.1 Principle of compatibility with learning
4.4.2 Principle of compatibility with practice
4.4.3 Principle of consistency
4.5 Error tolerance
4.5.1 Principle of error correction
4.5.2 Principle of error handling time
4.6 Suitability for individualisation and learning
4.6.1 Principle of flexibility
Annex A
A.0 Introduction
A.1 Overview
A.2 Attention
A.2.1 Deliberate and forced attention
A.2.2 Simultaneous attention toward several sources
A.3 The perceptual system
A.3.1 Decay times
A.3.2 Attention and expectancy
A.3.3 Perceptual organisation
A.4 The cognitive system
A.4.1 Short term memory
A.4.2 Long term memory
A.4.2.1 Declarative memory
A.4.2.2 Procedural memory
A.4.2.3 Expectations
A.4.2.4 Learning skills
A.4.2.5 Problem solving
A.5 Reaction times of the motor system
A.6 Performance shaping factors
A.6.1 Increased stress
A.6.2 States of reduced activation
A.7 Suitability of humans and machines for different tasks
