There are both intelligent and dumb BRI cards. The intelligent ones only need approval as a card, since they do all the signalling internally. The dumb ones need approval of the driver software on the host. See the i4l drivers as an example. The driver within the Linux kernal has approval in Europe. Tamper with the driver, and you break the approval. The Tor2 card is dumb, so its driver would need to be approved, locked down, and maintained in an appropriate way.Thats what I specifically asked... Should the whole system be approved (eg. Computer, cards, software) or just the components. The answer I got back from two agencies was that hardware approval under R&TTE should be sufficient. Same as ISDN BRI card manufacturers do...
In either case, applications programs are exempt from approval in in EU. A number of other countries require system level approval, though.
When getting people to quote about approvals take care they are giving you the whole picture. You can often get step by step approval. This is useful, as it means you don't need to keep repeating, say, the electrical safety approvals when all you want is to add more supported signalling protocols. It does, however, mean you need to make sure the approval you get is the highest level you need.
Regards, Steve
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