Hi Greg, I guess it seems to me that if the device is non-functional, then none of the regulatory information applies.
As to the other point about the warning being visible constantly, I agree - careful consideration must be given before using the display to present a warning. I'm more thinking along the lines of radio type approval ID's, etc, the displaying of which have no conceivable detrimental impact on safety. Thanks for your input. Doug -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:04 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: e-Labeling Doug, I think it's an interesting idea. Unfortunately, you have as many different regulators to convince as you have labels. As a former "certifier", I have a few questions that I think would need to be resolved. For example, if there were some question about the device that an authority needed the label information for, and the device were not functioning, the information would not be retreivable. I don't see how you could argue that the device itself was properly marked in that case. Depending on the particular standard and marking requirement, the packaging materials may suffice for this. Also, I believe that for warnings that are intended to appear on the device itself, the intent of the standard would be that such warnings would have to be displayed continuously, not just when a screen is pulled up or at startup. While there is no guarantee a user will actually read a warning, all users must at least be exposed to the warning. A second user picking up an already switched-on device will not be exposed to the warning prior to use, unless the warning is always present on the screen - I suspect you do not intend to do that. There are other questions lurking in the back of my mind, but it's late and I'm too tired to get them out of the cobwebs. Those two should be enough for you to chew on for now. Good luck. Greg Galluccio www.productapprovals.com ------------------------------------------- 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"
