All - My reading of the RTTE indicates that it does indeed apply to an IP telephone. Please refer to the below, paying particular attention to the use of "...indirectly by any means whatsoever..."
"Article 2 "Definitions "or the purpose of this Directive the following definitions shall apply: "(b) "telecommunications terminal equipment" means a product enabling communication or a relevant component thereof which is intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means whatsoever to interfaces of public telecommunications networks (that is to say, telecommunications networks used wholly or partly for the provision of publicly available telecommunications services);" > From: Ilan Cohen > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:16 PM > > I do not think that IP phone is under the RTTE > directive. For a simple > reason, voltage is limited to 48 V (SELV) and the > phone itself is a SELV > unit with a microphone, a speaker and a fancy LCD. > Clearly if we "try hard" we may squeeze an IP > phone under the RTTE > directive, but the proper compliance path should be LVD. > > Ilan Cohen > > > From: John Woodgate > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:12 PM > > > > AIUI, it falls into the category in which the > > manufacturer can choose > > either RTTE or LVD + EMCD. > > -- > > Regards, John Woodgate ------------------------------------------- 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: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
