Hello Carl - What does the purchase agreement call for? In other words - what are you testing to CISPR22 in the first place?
I suggest you research the medical EMC requirements for devices involved in ambulances, police cars and so on that will guide you. Best Regards Charles Grasso Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications (w) 303-706-5467 (c) 303-204-2974 (t) [email protected] (e) [email protected] (e2) [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Carl Newton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] AU CISPR 22 Class B Interpretation Group, My customer builds vehicular laptop and tablet docking stations intended for hard mounted use within emergency vehicles such as police and ambulance, as well as work trucks and forklifts. The vehicular power supply narrowly missed CISPR 22 radiated Class B limits. Then their AU Responsible Party told us they called the ACMA and they "insisted" this is a Class B device. I then sent my own request to ACMA and received the reply below. In my opinion the ACMA individual is clearly biased toward the Class B rating, but the fact that he leaves the door open to the Class A rating is enough proof for me that he agrees that it is a Class A device. However, my customer is looking for safety in numbers. The author raises a valid note of caution concerning receivers within vehicles, but these systems are already compliant with CISPR 25 and are widely used within North America and Europe with no interference problems so we're not concerned with that warning. I would appreciate it if some of you would review this information and provide your professional opinion as to whether vehicle mounted ITE qualifies as Class A or Class B: +++++++++++++++ Dear Mr Newton Clause 4.1 of AS/NZS CISPR 22 (which is identical to CISPR 22, Ed. 6.0 (2008)) includes the following; Class B ITE is intended primarily for use in the domestic environment and may include: - Personal computers and auxiliary equipment. Note: The domestic environment is an environment where the use of broadcast and television receivers may be expected within distances of 10 m of the apparatus concerned. Given that the class B limits apply to “personal computers” (which would also include “tablets”) it would seem logical that your mounting stations “for computers and tablets” (which I would think fall within the definition of “auxiliary equipment”) should comply with the same limits as the devices they are intended to hold. I would also think that, because police and ambulance vehicles will probably have a broadcast (AM/FM) receiver installed in them this would probably constitute a “domestic environment”. I would also question whether it would be prudent to have a device meeting the class A limits installed in a vehicle that relies heavily on two-way radiocommunications equipment where said device may interfere with the operation of this on-board radiocommunications equipment. Having said that, clause 4.2 of AS/NZS CISPR 22 includes the following; Class A ITE is a category of all other ITE which satisfies the class A ITE limits but not the class B ITE limits. Such equipment should not be restricted in its sale but the following warning shall be included in the instructions for use: Warning This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. It is up to you whether you wish to comply with the class A or the class B limits however, I would personally err on the side of caution – if an ambulance or a police car were unable use its radiocommunications equipment and it turned out it was due to interference from your device the legal ramifications could be costly. Regards XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX Technical Regulation Development Section Australian Communications & Media Authority ++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks group, Carl -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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