Dear John Quite a number of EMC and Safety experts took part in creating the IEE's Guide on EMC and Functional Safety, including a lawyer who specialises in high-tech issues. You will find their names listed at the end of the 'core' of the guide (downloadable from www.iee.org.uk/Policy/Areas/Electro). Many of these experts also involved their colleagues and others so we got a very wide spread of opinion.
The IEE's Safety-Critical Systems Committee also reviewed the draft Guide and very useful input was received from its chairman, Professor Andy McGettrick. Before the IEE would publish this Guide they sent it for comment to five UK experts who had not been involved in its creation. I am pleased to say that there were no significant dissensions among the WG members or their colleagues during the 18 months it took to create the guide, or any significant dissensions from any of the reviewers. So I am surprised that you are claiming that there are problems with this IEE guide. I would appreciate it if you would spell them out to me so we can discuss them in detail - instead of just making vague statements to the emc-pstc that tend to discredit a lot of hard work put in by a number of people. If you don't wish to engage in a constructive and detailed debate - maybe you could let me know who these other experts are so I can ask them what their problems seem to be. I repeat that neither the IEE or anyone in the IEE's WG (as far as I know) has had anything other than good feedback on this Guide. While chairing the WG that created this Guide I tried to ensure that it reflected good engineering practices, and I hope to improve it still further to that end. So your detailed input is welcomed. If there is something wrong with it, I want to know what it is so I can put it right. Constructive comments are always welcomed. Keith Armstrong www.cherryclough.com In a message dated 31/12/01 16:23:13 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:Re: EMC-related safety issues > Date:31/12/01 16:23:13 GMT Standard Time > From: [email protected] (John Woodgate) > Sender: [email protected] > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> > (John Woodgate) > To: [email protected] > I read in !emc-pstc that [email protected] wrote (in <123.96b6ec6.296 > [email protected]>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Mon, 31 Dec 2001: > > (A key member of the IEC 61000-1-2 committee is a very senior safety > expert > > and also a key member of the IEE Working Group that created this guide > - > > helping to ensure compatibility between the two documents.) > > This very senior safety expert holds strong views that are not by any > means shared by all of his colleagues, especially internationally. These > strong views have, it is said, 'coloured' both the IEC TS and the IEE > document. > > In the future work of the IEC, it is to be hoped that other equally > senior experts will participate, so that a real international consensus > is established BEFORE any standard is adopted unilaterally in Europe, > either de facto or de jure. > -- > Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. > http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk >
