I read in !emc-pstc that Ralph McDiarmid <[email protected]> wrote (in <67C475A5ECE7D4118AEC0002B325CAB602D2F9C0@BCMAIL1>) about 'Performance Criterion' on Wed, 23 Apr 2003: >I have a question about Performance Criterion B as described in EN61000-6-2. > >Scenario: >A product temporary looses communication over a network connection during an >EMC disturbance like an ESD event. It self-recovers and resumes >communication after about a minute. > >Question: >Is the above event considered an acceptable loss of performance or a loss of >functionality? > >If it is a loss of functionality, even a temporary one, then I would say >that is fails Criterion B, but meets Criterion C. I don't think it a >question of loss of performance in this example. > >Is this a correct interpretation?
It depends on whether the delay in resuming normal communication matters or not. If it doesn't matter, it's Criterion B. If it does matter, it's C. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! 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] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
