---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 547.12"
title: "25"
number: "547.12"
heading: "What are the minimum technical standards for downloading on a Class II gaming system?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/547.12"
---

# §547.12. What are the minimum technical standards for downloading on a Class II gaming system?

- (a) **Downloads.**
  - (1) Downloads are an acceptable means of transporting approved content, including, but not limited to software, files, data, and prize schedules.
  - (2) Downloads must use secure methodologies that will deliver the download data without alteration or modification, in accordance with [§ 547.15(a)](/cfr/25/547.15.md?p=a).
  - (3) Downloads conducted during operational periods must be performed in a manner that will not affect game play.
  - (4) Downloads must not affect the integrity of accounting data.
  - (5) The Class II gaming system must be capable of providing:
    - (i) The time and date of the initiation of the download;
    - (ii) The time and date of the completion of the download;
    - (iii) The Class II gaming system components to which software was downloaded;
    - (iv) **The version(s) of download package and any software downloaded.** Logging of the unique software signature will satisfy this requirement;
    - (v) The outcome of any software verification following the download (success or failure); and
    - (vi) The name and identification number, or other unique identifier, of any individual(s) conducting or scheduling a download.
- (b) **Verifying downloads.** Downloaded software on a Class II gaming system must be capable of being verified by the Class II gaming system using a software signature verification method that meets the requirements of [§ 547.8(f)](/cfr/25/547.8.md?p=f).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2706(b).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 58479, Sept. 21, 2012, unless otherwise noted.