RE: W32.Magister virus

2002-01-24 Thread paul_j_smith
Naftali The subject virus was not on my system, so I am surprised by your email. Maybe interscan was reacting to the subject text. Thanks Paul J Smith, Teradyne Naftali Shani nsh...@catena.com on 01/24/2002 04:14:01 PM To: 'paul_j_sm...@notes.teradyne.com'

Re: EN 61000-3-2 applicability and let-outs

2002-01-24 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that cherryclo...@aol.com wrote (in 84.222da8c6.298 1a...@aol.com) about 'EN 61000-3-2 applicability and let-outs', on Thu, 24 Jan 2002: Dear John I understand the following statements to be true. Please make corrections / comments where necessary. 1) EN

RE: W32.Magister virus

2002-01-24 Thread Naftali Shani
The IEEE anti-virus scanner just reported this: InterScan has detected a virus PE_Magistr.B in the file (arguments.exe) in the mail traffic sent to you by ... Regards, Naftali Shani, Catena Networks (www.catena.com) 307 Legget Drive, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 3C8 613.599.6430/866.2CATENA

Re: Ambient noise limits for OATS?

2002-01-24 Thread Cortland Richmond
Fortunate? Good fortune, or bad? Heh! Cortland (I didn't write a thing that speaks For my employer at all; If anything I say is wrong, I'm the one to take the fall!) Pettit, Ghery wrote: David, Ideally an OATS should have no ambient signals within 6 dB of the lowest limit that you intend

RE: Ambient noise limits for OATS?

2002-01-24 Thread richwoods
Clause 16.4 of CISRP 16-1 has a specification for ambient noise. Clause 5.1.2 of IEEE C63.4:2000 basically says the ambients are to be 6 dB below the signals. If the site is located anywhere near civilization, you can forget that. Your customer will probably have to learn to live with the noise

RE: Mil Strd 461 Cand D

2002-01-24 Thread Price, Ed
-Original Message- From: Alan E Hutley [mailto:nutwoo...@nutwood.eu.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:35 AM To: Emc-Pstc Discussion Group Subject: Fw: Mil Strd 461 Cand D - Original Message - From: Alan E mailto:nutwoo...@nutwood.eu.com Hutley To: emc-pstc

RE: noise immunity on mains powered equipment

2002-01-24 Thread Price, Ed
I can add that there is a Ford vehicular EMC specification, document ES-XW7T-1A278-AB, that includes a Method RI-112 bulk current immunity test. (I can send you a pdf on request.) Regards, Ed Ed Price ed.pr...@cubic.com Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA

Medical Devices in Japan and Australia

2002-01-24 Thread Mike Cantwell
Does anyone know: 1) Standards for medical devices in Japan and Australia? 2) Approval procedure for medical devices in Japan and Australia? Any help/direction would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike Cantwell --- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society

Ferrite tiles

2002-01-24 Thread CE-test - Ing. Gert Gremmen - ce-marking and more...
The creation of a FAR using ferrite tiles works using a resonant system with ferrite tiles. The resonant frequency is dependent on the thickness of the tiles. At this frequency the damping is maximized and approx rising at 6 dB/oct . Standard tiles resonate at 130-150 Mhz. Has anyone of you

Re: Conducted emission testing for EN55022 - diode + caps

2002-01-24 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that jrbar...@lexmark.com wrote (in 200201241322.IA a22...@interlock2.lexmark.com) about 'Conducted emission testing for EN55022 - diode + caps', on Thu, 24 Jan 2002: A50-250nFcapacitor across each rectifier usually works well. Those values seem very large compared

RE: SAR Test Facility

2002-01-24 Thread Bailey, Jeff
If you decide to look into Canada you may also want to check out UltraTech. They are in Oakville (just a hop from Toronto's Pearson Int'l airport) http://www.ultratech-labs.com Cheers! Jeff Bailey Compliance Engineering SST - A Division of Woodhead Canada Phone: (519) 725 5136 ext. 363

W32.Magister virus

2002-01-24 Thread paul_j_smith
Have you folks heard of a W32.magister virus There are two (2) variants that I have heard of w32.magister.24876@mm and w32.magister.39921@mm Is there any way an infected system with windows 98 can be booted with the above virus? Is there any available website with

EN 61000-3-2 applicability and let-outs

2002-01-24 Thread CherryClough
Dear John I understand the following statements to be true. Please make corrections / comments where necessary. 1) EN 61000-3-2 only applies to equipment consuming up to 16A/phase, and there are no mandatory harmonic limits in the EU (yet) for higher-powered equipment, other than what the

Fw: Mil Strd 461 Cand D

2002-01-24 Thread Alan E Hutley
- Original Message - From: Alan E Hutley To: emc-pstc Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:33 PM Subject: Mil Strd 461 Cand D Hi Group Can anyone tell me or point me to a web site where I can find the difference between these two standards. Thank you Alan E Hutley EMC Compliance

Mil Strd 461 Cand D

2002-01-24 Thread Alan E Hutley
Hi Group Can anyone tell me or point me to a web site where I can find the difference between these two standards. Thank you Alan E Hutley EMC Compliance Journal www.compliance-club.com

RE: Ambient noise limits for OATS?

2002-01-24 Thread Pettit, Ghery
David, Ideally an OATS should have no ambient signals within 6 dB of the lowest limit that you intend to use. Now, after everyone has had their laugh and picked themselves up off the floor, let's look at the practical aspects. There are very few OATS facilities in the world that meet the

Re: noise immunity on mains powered equipment

2002-01-24 Thread Ken Javor
I was hoping someone would be able to answer this more authoritatively than I can, but if there have been any replies, I missed them. I am aware that the US FDA imposes a BCI type requirement like MIL-STD-461 CS114. Of course that is for medical equipment. RTCA/DO-160 imposes a very similar

Re: EN 61000-3-3 - Now Andrew's waveforms

2002-01-24 Thread Andrew Carson
Chris Pretty much our response when we say those traces, hence why myself and a facilities engineer were on a plane a few days later to visit the installation. I still have the original data, but unfortunately it is all hard copy. Also it contains too much confidential information to make

UK Members only EMC+Safety+Environmental Test Technician/Engineer

2002-01-24 Thread Alex McNeil
Hi Group, I hope no one objects to me placing this on this excellent forum. I am looking for a Test Technician or Engineer to help me run a pre-compliance lab I have managed to put together. Duties involve mainly EMC testing to EN55022, EN55024, FCC Part15. Knowledge of Safety testing to

Ambient noise limits for OATS?

2002-01-24 Thread Gelfand, David
Hello all, We are being asked to evaluate ambient noise for a possible rooftop OATS. Are there any published limits to ambient noise for an OATS location? Thank you, David. David Gelfand Regulatory Approvals Kontron Canada --- This message is from

RE: Conducted Emissions---Sandy's Question and John's Question

2002-01-24 Thread Chris Maxwell
Hi Richard, It is a test measurement product used in a telecom environment. So we often test DC conducted emissions on the 48VDC input to a hodge-podge combination of EN61326-1(which uses EN 55022 limits), 300386-X and certain customer specific EMC standards. Some of our customers reference

RE: Conducted Emissions---Sandy's Question and John's Question

2002-01-24 Thread Stone, Richard A (Richard)
Is this a telecommunications product? if so, then need DC conducted Emissions to new EU std. 300386. Done from 20khz to 30mhz. If product is ITE, then NO DC cond. is needed. Richard, -Original Message- From: Chris Maxwell [mailto:chris.maxw...@nettest.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23,

RE: Conducted emission testing for EN55022 - diode + caps

2002-01-24 Thread CE-TEST
Any value will do (1-20 nF 4 pieces), some experimenting won't do harm ;))) Gert Gremmen -Original Message- From: gunter_j_ma...@embraco.com.br [mailto:gunter_j_ma...@embraco.com.br] Sent: donderdag 24 januari 2002 10:52 To: CE-test - Ing. Gert Gremmen - ce-marking and more...;

RE: SAR Test Facility

2002-01-24 Thread K . Maclean
Hi, Bob - That depends on whether or not you consider Canada to be the 51st state (as some do) grins. The pointer is: || || Kindest regards,|| || \||/ Kathy M. MacLean\/ President, APREL Laboratories -EMC-RF

Re: EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller

2002-01-24 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Andrew Carson acar...@uk.xyratex.com wrote (in 3c4fd4e8.31a84...@uk.xyratex.com) about 'EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller', on Thu, 24 Jan 2002: As much as I can say, was a large number (600+) of switch mode supplies, installed in such a manner that their front

RE: Conducted emission testing for EN55022 - diode + caps

2002-01-24 Thread jrbarnes
Gunter, I discuss this on pages 71-72 of my book, Electronic System Design: Interference and Noise Control Techniques, published by Prentice-Hall in 1987 (now out of print, but you might find a copy by searching for the ISBN number 0-13-252123-7). A50-250nFcapacitor across each

Re: EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller

2002-01-24 Thread CherryClough
Dear Ghery I don't think I disagree very much with what you said below. John Woodgate's summary yesterday was most interesting. He analysed the reasons why harmonic mitigation at system and site level were not being employed and concluded that: It is almost axiomatic that the best overall

Re: Harmonic current emissions

2002-01-24 Thread CherryClough
Dear Rich Many thanks for your useful analyses. I was wrong to suggest that the 'computer industry' is in denial about mains harmonics - I realise that many people in that industry have made and are making valuable contributions in that field. But I am sure that the claims that there is 'no

RE: EN 61000-3-3 - Now Andrew's waveforms

2002-01-24 Thread Chris Chileshe
Andrew, What on earth is that? You wouldn't happen to have the harmonic spectra for these waveforms would you? I believe the last time I saw a mains voltage fundamental struggle so hard to make an impression was during my research days at Uni when I had an erroneous switching pattern in an

Re: EN 61000-3-3 compliant heater controller

2002-01-24 Thread Andrew Carson
As much as I can say, was a large number (600+) of switch mode supplies, installed in such a manner that their front end emc filters were ineffective. It was not on a European or US distribution distribution and once a simple fix was in place, near perfect sine waves. John Woodgate wrote: I

SV: EMC for Residual current monitors

2002-01-24 Thread h . knudsen
Hello Amund, EN 61543 is on the harmonization list 105/30 dated 5.4.2001: EN 61543:1995 Residual current-operated protective devices (RCDs)household and similar use - Electromagnetic compatibility Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of the superseded standard: Date expired

Re: Harmonic current emissions

2002-01-24 Thread John Woodgate
I read in !emc-pstc that Rich Nute ri...@sdd.hp.com wrote (in 200201232308.paa21...@epgc264.sdd.hp.com) about 'Harmonic current emissions', on Wed, 23 Jan 2002: The additional cost for a PF-corrected SMPS is not a constant adder; it is proportional to power output. One must use higher power

Re: 601-1 Factory Tests

2002-01-24 Thread Tania Grant
Brian, You will 100% manufacturing tests (assuming they are required) in Appendix D of your UL Procedure The UL Appendix is in the front of the Procedure, and before the Section General. (UL should have called it Prefix rather than Appendix!) Note that the UL Procedure contains the Appendix

Fw: 601-1 Factory Tests

2002-01-24 Thread Jon Griver
Brian, The text of IEC/EN 60601-1 does not relate to production testing, but the General Guidance and Rationale section at the end of the standard covers this issue under the guidance for Clause 4.1. The section opens as follows: In order to ensure that every individually produced item of