Mike, The software will be inaccessible to the user, to the extent this is possible, and the final assembly and form factor would not lend itself to “hacking”. The end user would have no visual cues of the radio circuitry’s existence.
To your question of risk, if the finished product was consumer electronics of some sort I think the risk of unauthorized enabling of the radio could be considerably higher for a number of reasons. However, at the same time I’m guessing that software de-featuring of high volume electronics is rare because it is simply too expensive to ship unused (radio) components when the profit margins are so thin. The product system I was asked about would be very low risk, in my estimation. My thoughts ran to FCC regulations first, where radio products must identify the FCC ID on product label and in documentation. Is this still required if the radio part doesn’t work? At any rate, as Mr. Woodgate points out the manufacturer is left (once again) to argue and defend his or her position. Thanks for the replies, Chet Summers From: Mike Sherman [mailto:msherma...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 6:42 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] radio function "locked out" via software...which rules apply? Fun question! How accessible is the disabling software to the user? Put another way, what is the risk of the user enabling the radio? Mike Sherman Graco Inc. Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App ------ Original Message ------ From: Chester Summers To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Sent: July 10, 2017 at 5:49 PM Subject: [PSES] radio function "locked out" via software...which rules apply? Dear listmates, I was asked an interesting question recently that I’m pretty certain has the standard compliance “it depends” answer: *Is a radio product with all radio functionality intentionally disabled via external software load still considered a radio product? The intent is to repurpose a common electronic HW assembly containing an embedded radio as a non-radio finished electronic product. The finished electronic product will be incorporated into a much larger final machine assembly where the radio is not needed. In this particular case it is apparently easier and more economical to disable the radio function with software load than to modify the subassembly hardware BOM. *Must products that contain disabled radio function (by way of HW or SW) be disclosed as radios, and if so, which countries require the disclosure? I’m withholding my thoughts in order to be brief, however, I’m hoping the experts in this matter will release the hounds and wax eloquently. 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