Amund I’d look at it the other way around:
Product B isn’t a radio without product A attached, therefore product A is part of a radio system and the R&TTE Directive applies. Product A contains some fundamental radio parameters that you have mention (modulation, demodulation) and probably some others as well such as Frequency accuracy/stability. Does it offer any useful functionality without being connected to B? (some other regulatory regimes often only require “certification” of the bit that actually “transmits”, but the R&TTE directive is a bit different) Regards Charlie From: Amund Westin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 March 2013 10:41 To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] RTTE - Radio product or not Item A: Processing unit. Connection to PC and LAN (not directly to telecom network). Radio modulator & demodulator. Output radio signal 800MHz / 0dbm on cable to Item B. Item B: Upconverter to 10GHz and High Power Amplifier and antenna Item A and B together is a complete radio system and RTTE apply. Item A stand-alone: I would say that it’s not a radio product since it does not transmit / receive to space. The radio signals (TX and RX) in on the cable to Item B and could be categorized as a signal line. LAN connection is not directly coupled to public telecom network. RTTE will not apply, that’s my opinion. The system integrator (Item A + B) will put his system into use and should be responsible for fulfilling RTTE. Folks, do you agree? Cheers, Amund PS: From RTTE guidelines: Telecommunications terminal equipment is defined as a product enabling communication or a relevant component thereof which is intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means The wording “indirect” makes maybe Item A to a telecom terminal equipment …. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> David Heald <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
