Re: [PSES] What means do you use to exercise Ethernet telecom ports?

2012-01-03 Thread Pawson, James
Hi Charles, To clarify my comment (which in retrospect is not at all clear!) - what I meant was you can't simply monitor link up status and extrapolate performance of the interface based just on this. Software response time and the criteria by which link up is decided are too variable in my

Re: [PSES] Protect An EMI Receiver

2012-01-03 Thread Kunde, Brian
Sorry to jump in on this so late but I've been on vacation. Our Conducted Emissions setup includes an AR Programmable Switch between the LISN and receiver. We also use a 10db attenuator on the input to the Receiver. The AR Switch defaults the input to the receiver as OPEN. So while we are

[PSES] A compliance archival query

2012-01-03 Thread Ron Pickard
Happy New Year to all of you and I hope that this new year finds itself to be rewarding an prosperous for us all. And embarking into the new year, I will be looking into ways to improve my compliance folder and record archival and retrieval system. At this point in time I do not as yet know if

[PSES] New material declaration standard

2012-01-03 Thread Ron Pickard
The IEC has just published the FDIS of IEC 62474 ed1 under its Safety classification, which is now out for vote until 3-Feb-2012. From this standard's introduction: --- The electrotechnical industry tracks and declares specific

Re: [PSES] A compliance archival query

2012-01-03 Thread Doug Powell
Sharepoint is a good solution, so long as the servers on the back-end have a robust backup system. In the last couple of years I went through some difficulty in proving this was true for my ISO 17025 lab certification efforts. The problem I found was the I.T. department policies, or rather

[PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Price, Edward
This is just a short note to let all my friends on the EMC-PSTC list know that I am retiring, effective 3 January 2012. Yes, I finally made my decision, and soon I'll be no more than a puff of smoke on the horizon. It may sound overly sentimental, but the people on the EMC-PSTC list have

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Don_Borowski
Hope you enjoy your retirement! I am starting to see that light at the end of the tunnel for myself (more than a year off at the earliest). I just hope it's not an oncoming train. Cheers, Donald Borowski EMC Compliance Engineer Schweitzer Engineering Labs Pullman, Washington, USA From:

Re: [PSES] New material declaration standard

2012-01-03 Thread Brian Oconnell
FWIW, Intel has already adopted the schema specified in a draft version. I have been watching this std. Am probably being foolish, but have many hopes for the adoption of a 'standard' data format. Environmental compliance have become a compliance engineering 'Nightmare on Elm St' and a resource

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Ken Wyatt
Hi Ed, I wish you the best of luck and hope you enjoy the new freedom. It's been a real pleasure having you as an active participant on EMC-PSTC and certainly hope to see you back on occasion. If you have any aspirations to go into consulting, I suspect there will be another EMC Consultant's

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread John Woodgate
In message 9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e02880...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub, dated Tue, 3 Jan 2012, Price, Edward ed.pr...@cubic.com writes: This is just a short note to let all my friends on the EMC-PSTC list know that I am retiring, effective 3 January 2012. Yes, I finally made my

[PSES] Japan and IP Phones

2012-01-03 Thread Peter Merguerian
Dear Members Has anyone heard of new requirements for IP phones in Japan this year? Sent from my iPhone Peter S. Merguerian pe...@goglobalcompliance.com Go Global Compliance Inc. www.goglobalcompliance.com (408) 931-3303 - This

[PSES] Experts and Wisdom

2012-01-03 Thread Doug Powell
All, With some folks retiring and others I know are changing careers (recently termed “retooling”), I had some pensive thoughts about losing many folks who are experts in the field or those with great wisdom. So it occurs to me, I would like to hear your favorite quotes on Wisdom and

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Cortland Richmond
Well... I'm retired too -- and in a bit I'll drive over to Belcan to see if a rumored contract has made it out of a customer's office yet. Why quit when you're having fun and getting PAID for it? Bear in mind that I'm typing from my Amateur Radio operating position and looking at shelves of

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Bill Owsley
Hey Ed, | just register a new ID here and keep commenting. From: John Woodgate j...@jmwa.demon.co.uk To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Goodbye In message

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Doug Smith
Hi Ed, Best wishes from this end for you and your family. We will miss your posts. I am one of those that will likely keep doing engineering stuff until I drop. Been doing this since age 10 for 54 years now. I figure another 30 or 40 years to go, if my wife

Re: [PSES] Experts and Wisdom

2012-01-03 Thread Pettit, Ghery
“Judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgment.” Robert E. Lee Ghery S. Pettit From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Doug Powell Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 10:44 AM To: EMC-PSTC Subject: Experts and Wisdom All, With some folks retiring

Re: [PSES] Experts and Wisdom

2012-01-03 Thread Ron Pickard
I think this one fits nicely. Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans. Best regards, Ron Pickard Sent from my Blackberry From: Pettit, Ghery [mailto:ghery.pet...@intel.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 01:22 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG

Re: [PSES] Protect An EMI Receiver

2012-01-03 Thread Ralph . McDiarmid
When at a small company, I once built a couple of LISNs and used anti-parallel, standard recovery 1A diodes attached across BNC output. (after blasting the attenuator on an HP8591 on a transient on day) Never had another failure after adding the diodes.

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Brian Oconnell
Ed Beware of retirement 'creep' - typically originates from spouse. Stay well. Doug The wife allows a soldering iron in the house? I am impressed. Brian -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf Of Doug Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:14

Re: [PSES] Experts and Wisdom

2012-01-03 Thread McInturff, Gary
Probably right after the battle of Gettysburg Gary From: Pettit, Ghery [mailto:ghery.pet...@intel.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:23 PM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: Re: [PSES] Experts and Wisdom “Judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgment.” Robert

Re: [PSES] Experts and Wisdom

2012-01-03 Thread Pettit, Ghery
Could well have been. Ghery S. Pettit From: McInturff, Gary [mailto:gary.mcintu...@esterline.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 12:57 PM To: Pettit, Ghery; 'EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG' Subject: RE: Experts and Wisdom Probably right after the battle of Gettysburg Gary From: Pettit, Ghery

Re: [PSES] Goodbye

2012-01-03 Thread Doug Smith
Hi Brian, I try to keep it hidden from her. Doug On 1/3/12 12:46 PM, Brian Oconnell wrote: Ed Beware of retirement 'creep' - typically originates from spouse. Stay well. Doug The wife allows a soldering iron in the house? I am impressed. Brian -Original Message- From: