RE: Approvals Matrix
Alex, I think your matrix is a great idea but for Australia and NZ (Australia in particular) it is not that simple to cover all the compliance issues for your product categories in a matrix this simple. Joe Randolph was correct about PSTN standards for Australia and NZ (AS/ACIF S002 and PTC 200). Concerning safety, ACA TS001:1997 is the present requirement. This should change very soon however to allow compliance with either AS/NZS 60950:2000 or TS001. AS/NZS 60950:2000 = IEC 60950 + Australian national deviations. There is likely to be a brief transitional period where compliance with either standard is acceptable then TS001 will be withdrawn and compliance with AS/NZS 60950:2000 will be required. For Australia and NZ there is a large amount of information required to be added concerning your major categories: - If Modem - ISDN - If Wireless - Short Range - Bluetooth - If Wireless - Short Range - 433 MHz - If Wireless - Long Range - GSM - If Wireless - Long Range - CDMA Unfortunately I can not spare the time here to populate your matrix for you for Australia and NZ. Sorry. If you really want to work on adding more information for Australia and NZ please contact me direct. Best regards, Kevin Richardson Stanimore Pty Limited Compliance Solutions for Technology Products (Legislation/Regulations/Standards/Australian Agent Services) Ph: 02-4329-4070 (Int'l: +61-2-4329-4070) Fax: 02-4328-5639 (Int'l: +61-2-4328-5639) Mobile: 04-1224-1620 (Int'l: +61-4-1224-1620) Email:kevin.richard...@ieee.org This material (this message and the information contained in all attachments to this message) is confidential and/or privileged information and is intended only for the addressee/s named above. Any unauthorised dissemination, copying, use of or reliance upon this material by persons or entities other than the addressee/s named above is prohibited. If you receive this material in error, please notify Stanimore Pty Limited and destroy all copies (electronic and hardcopy) of this message and all attachments immediately. From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Alex McNeil Sent: Friday, 5 September 2003 5:23 PM To: Emc-Pstc (E-mail) Subject: Approvals Matrix Hi Group, I have started an Approvals matrix for Europe, North America and Australasia for typical low power ITE office products. I would be extremely grateful if those experts amongst you could comment on the validity and indeed add to it. Thanks in anticipation of your usual response. Kind Regards Alex McNeil Principal Engineer This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
Re: Approvals Matrix
In a message dated 9/5/2003, Alex McNeil writes: I have started an Approvals matrix for Europe, North America and Australasia for typical low power ITE office products. I would be extremely grateful if those experts amongst you could comment on the validity and indeed add to it. Hi Alex: Just a technicality, but TBR 21 is no longer a regulatory requirement for analog PSTN equipment in the EU. It was formally withdrawn on April 8, 2000 when the RTTE directive was adopted. Under the RTTE directive, analog PSTN products are only subject to the applicable safety and EMC requirements. Many manufacturers have been uncomfortable with having no regulations whatsoever for the parameters formerly covered by TBR 21, so they have continued to self-impose TBR 21 compliance. However, TBR 21 has no regulatory significance. You may be interested to know that last month ETSI issued an updated document that is intended to replace TBR 21 as an advisory standard. The document number is TS 103 021, and it is available for download on the ETSI site (in three parts). In this document, some of the TBR 21 requirements have been revised and some new requirements have been added. Thus, if you want to show an advisory standard in your matrix, you should probably list TS 103 021 instead of TBR 21. The current analog PSTN spec for Australia is AS/ACIF S002:2001. For New Zealand the current spec is PTC 200 (1997). The safety requirements for all of the countries in your chart are based on IEC 60950, but each country has their own version with its own name. In Europe it is EN 60950, in the USA and Canada it is a binational standard often referred to as UL/CSA 60950 (but technically UL 60950 and CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-00), and in Australia I believe it is (finally) AS/NZS 60950. Joe Randolph Telecom Design Consultant Randolph Telecom, Inc. 781-721-2848 j...@randolph-telecom.com http://www.randolph-telecom.com
RE: Approvals Matrix
Alex I modified some parts but I am sure not to be complete. GSM is our special area and there are differences between regulatory testing and testing needed to get the access to the carrier networks. This testing is not covered for US and Canada in the table and the device has to be approved by the PTCRB before the carriers start their own testing. This structure is to complicated to be explained by a short email. If you need more information their, I am sure our GSM experts can help you. Regards Lothar Schmidt BQB Technical Manager EMC/Radio/SAR CETECOM Inc. 411 Dixon Landing Road Milpitas, CA 95035 ' +1 408 586 6214 7 +1 408 586 6299 From: Alex McNeil [mailto:alex.mcn...@ingenicofortronic.com] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:23 AM To: Emc-Pstc (E-mail) Subject: Approvals Matrix Hi Group, I have started an Approvals matrix for Europe, North America and Australasia for typical low power ITE office products. I would be extremely grateful if those experts amongst you could comment on the validity and indeed add to it. Thanks in anticipation of your usual response. Kind Regards Alex McNeil Principal Engineer Download free spam killer at http://eliminatespam.com File: Approval Synthesis w336.xls This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
