Hello Robert & Bruce. Thank you for your reply. The user would only be requested to select the country in which they were located. All the power settings and available channels would automatically be set in the software for that particular country. The user would not be able to adjust any settings or channels that weren't permitted for that country. However; as I understand it, for the USA, not even the country selection menu is permitted and the unit must be factory set with no option to select a country. I was just wondering if any other countries required this arrangement.
Many thanks in advance. Ian McBurney Lead Compliance Engineer Allen & Heath Ltd. Kernick Industrial estate, Penryn, Cornwall. TR10 9LU. UK. Tel: 01326 372070 Email: [email protected] From: Robert Bonsen <[email protected]> Sent: 24 September 2020 21:16 To: McBurney, Ian <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PSES] Wifi user settings Hi Ian, Regardless of whether a country does surveillance on this issue or not, it's usually a violation of local spectrum laws to even allow selection of wi-fi settings which could exceed what is locally allowed. As part of most regulatory documents, verbiage is included requiring a method that ensures locking in settings to not exceed allowable levels, or rather the levels that were used to demonstrate compliance of the transmitter. It's risky to allow users to change settings of a transmitter if there is potential for exceeding compliance levels as regulators would go after the manufacturer rather than the user to mitigate compliance violations. >From a specific surveillance perspective, depending on the target segment and >whether the product is OEM or ODM, you may run into issues with a few >countries like China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Brazil, Russia and a few others >who have in recent years stepped up control of their own wireless space. The question that regulators may ask during evaluation or if/when regulatory issues arise is why this selection functionality is exposed to users to begin with. Most products have country-specific SKUs and settings, so some level of customization takes place on the device anyway prior to shipping-- why not include wireless. I've had to deal with such an issue in China some time ago, where the company decided on an export-only solution that determined wireless performance based on user input during the setup phase to help out product integrators. That caused a ban on that particular product and additional customs scrutiny and delay in subsequent submittals for China-marketed products as well. Cheers -Robert On 2020-09-24 06:41, McBurney, Ian wrote: Dear colleagues. I understand that this may not be the correct forum to discuss this issue but I'm hoping someone may be able to answer my question or refer me to someone who can. We have a product with a built in Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module. For the USA, it is not permitted for the user to be able to select any other country Wi-Fi settings and any alterations must only be those permitted for the USA. e.g. channels & power settings. For other countries & territories we will have a country selector GUI for the user to control. Does anyone know if there are any other countries that necessitate the Wi-Fi settings to be fixed and not permit the user to select another country? Many thanks in advance. Ian McBurney Lead Compliance Engineer Allen & Heath Ltd. Kernick Industrial estate, Penryn, Cornwall. TR10 9LU. UK. Tel: 01326 372070 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Allen & Heath Ltd is a registered business in England and Wales, Company number: 4163451. Any views expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of the company. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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