Hi, My company makes 2.4 GHz proprietary wireless products for European use (not WiFi, BT or ZB). These units are qualified under EN 300 328. We understand that EN 300328 v1.8.1 will become law the 1st of 2015.
We've been selling wireless products for many years in the EU and the installed base is in the 10s of thousands of units. However, the changes dictated by v1.8.1 will break our radio protocol and destroy the compatibility between new units (that must be v1.8.1 compliant) and those already installed in the field. This is a huge issue for us and any other vendor that may have the misfortune of having a large installed base of pre-existing products. Is there any provision in ETSI rules that allows for backwards compatibility with preexisting products? I have a hard time believing that they wouldn't have made some sort of provision for this. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. 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