RE: Certification of Access Control Equipment in the EU

2008-10-23 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
Hello Christine, I haven’t been involved in access control for a few years – there was a group that developed standards for alarm systems and a few standards were under development. I hadn’t seen them in the OJ last time I looked. I suspect that access control would be covered by RTTE

RE: Harmonic/Flicker Measurement Equipment

2008-10-21 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
We already had a California Instruments system to perform 61000-4-11. CI had a package that could extend the capability to harmonic and flicker. When Agilent abandoned us, we went to CI. We are please with the system. Don Umbdenstock Manager Compliance Engineering Tyco Safety Products /

RE: Korean EMC Standards - where can I purchase?

2008-08-01 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
The site referenced below has various links that will take one to different regulations and decrees; I am not sure about standards (haven’t looked recently). A caution, those documents that are offered in English are usually 1-2 revisions behind what is available in Korean. The site is

RE: EMC in the news: RFID Medical

2008-06-25 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
125 kHz and 868 MHz. Interestingly, one would think filtering at the higher frequencies would be easier to implement, but indications are that the higher frequency had more hits. It doesn’t indicate the degree of compliance with the medical devices immunity requirements. Don 561 912 6440

EuP lot 7

2008-06-19 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
Does anyone know where I can find either a copy or a draft copy of lot 7? Does anyone know if discussions are still occurring on lot 7? Don Umbdenstock Manager Compliance Engineering Tyco Safety Products / Sensormatic 6600 Congress Avenue Boca Raton, FL 33487 USA Phone: 561.912.6440

RE: Antwort: Re: FCC requirements for Card Readers

2008-06-12 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
If the card reader operates as an intentional radiator and at frequencies less than 490 kHz, it is also covered by the 40 dB exemption. This exemption says that if the device has more than 40 dB of margin to the limit, it can be treated as verification instead of certification. Many card

Record Retention in the EU

2008-05-14 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
The FCC is specific in how long compliance records are to be kept. Is there a similar requirement in Europe? I have not been able to come up with EMC, LV, or RTTE record retention requirements (if they exist). Am I missing something or are there no records? Thanks in advance for your help,

Withdrawal of UL 913 edition 6

2008-05-13 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
Is anyone familiar with the reasoning behind the withdrawal of this standard? Does it mean that edition 7 becomes mandatory now instead of 2012? What are the changes driving edition 7? Regards, Don Umbdenstock Manager Compliance Engineering Tyco Safety Products / Sensormatic 6600 Congress

RE: Safety regulations

2008-05-02 Thread Umbdenstock, Don
LPS designated power supplies are specified for ITE when there is no fire enclosure (i.e., plastic enclosure not qualified for fire enclosure). Other standards achieve fire protection by specifying a maximum of 15W power source if there is no fire enclosure (IEC 60065). Don Umbdenstock

Printed Circuit Board Grounding

1999-10-08 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Group, We are having a debate concerning the best practice for grounding of a printed circuit board containing digital logic. These boards are multi-layer with a ground plane and a power plane. One school of thought is to tie the ground plane to chassis ground in many locations, thus

RE: Schaffner ESD gun Calibration

1999-10-06 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Randall, We have the same model. We have ours calibrated at Liberty Labs (www.liberty-labs.com). They are responsive and price competitive. Hope this helps. Don Umbdenstock Sensormatic -- From: randall.flind...@emulex.com[SMTP:randall.flind...@emulex.com] on behalf of

OATS Survey

1999-09-27 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Group, I would like to conduct a brief survey regarding some common aspects of an OATS. I will summarize and publish the results. How many labs 1) have a screen mesh OATS? If not mesh, what do you use for the ground plane? 2) use mesh with an opening size of .25

RE: Average Measurements above 1 GHz

1999-09-08 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
John, Interesting question that you have posed. A few years ago, I submitted a product to the FCC that required average detection. It seemed that the FCC had a certain distrust of the implementation of average detectors by various manufacturers. The data that I was submitting was for a system

RE: Immunity Problems ??

1999-09-08 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Compliance with an immunity regulation is no guarantee that a product will work. It only asserts compliance. Several years ago, we had a POS product that passed the 16 kV requirements but still failed in the field in the northern states in the winter. Diagnostics indicated that the product

FW: OATS Rework Results

1999-08-31 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
The flux used was Indalloy Flux # 2, made by Indium Corporation of America 1676 Lincoln Ave PO Box 269, Utica, NY, USA 13503 Phone: 315-853-4900 There may be better solder to use, but we just used 60/40 resin core solder. The resin did not seem

OATS Rework Results

1999-08-30 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Group, I would like to report on the results of implementing the recommendations offered by many. We found the wire cloth to be rusty where clamped between the stainless steel ring and the concrete pad. This no doubt contributed to the 40 ohm impedance. We replaced a 3 m square of

RE: Concrete as an insulator???

1999-08-23 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Doug, Years ago, I worked in a facility where I was told General Electric made inductors for powerline carrier systems that withstood 700kV from high power transmission lines. These were made from some sort of ceramic compound, formulated for insulating properties as well as structural

FW: ETS 300 328

1999-05-06 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Senton GmbH is a test lab in Germany that is certified for ETS 300328 testing. Contact Johann Roidt at Senton GmbH EMI/EMC Test Center Aeussere Fruehlingsstrasse 45 D - 94315 Straubing Germany 49 - 9421/5522 13 j.ro...@senton.de Hope

RE: C Tick..

1999-03-01 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
George, See Comments below. -- From: Sparacino,George[SMTP:sparaci...@andovercontrols.com] Reply To: Sparacino,George Sent: Friday, February 26, 1999 4:25 PM To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: C Tick.. Good day, I was asked to investigate what is

Signal Line Output Surge Protection

1998-12-08 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
One of our products required surge protection on a transmit output line to comply with a UL requirement. The designer chose an MOV across the differential output. When we performed a radiated emissions measurement, we found the previously compliant design to be screaming (~ 15 dB over the

RE(2): Coatings that affect EMC performance

1998-12-04 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
or high Z and high corrosion resistance. There are also porosity of the film with processing conditions. This is my best guess with the information available. Be glad to help you on more specifics. Richard Haynes 609-497-4584 -Original Message- From: UMBDENSTOCK, DON umbdenst

Coatings that affect EMC performance

1998-11-30 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Group, I remember recently (within the last quarter?) reading a thread about different coatings, one of which everyone said don't use. I have searched through the RCIC Recent Threads and could not find a related subject. Can anyone steer me to that thread? (something about yellow ?)

RE: Lorie Nichols

1998-11-13 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Try http://www.conformity.com -- From: randall.flind...@emulex.com[SMTP:randall.flind...@emulex.com] on behalf of Flinders, Randall[SMTP:randall.flind...@emulex.com] Reply To: Flinders, Randall Sent: Thursday, November 12, 1998 4:11 PM To: 'emc-pstc' Subject:

RE: ANSI C63.4-- OATS construction issues

1998-11-13 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Related to the issue of reflections on an OATS is contaminants. I have heard from a few sites that have all weather test capabilities, that they need to periodically pressure clean their shelters -- 6 dB was suggested as a variation due to contaminants. If the effects of contaminants apply to

RE: Burning Card Module

1998-11-06 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
A couple of lifetimes ago, we saw something similar due to large sized chip capacitors becoming resistors. Something about being at the manufacturing process limitations of the large size of the capacitor. In those days it was a 330 nF capacitor that caused the problem. I know that processes

RE: Re(3): Conducted Emissions, average method.

1998-09-30 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Scott, What you have outlined below sounds dangerous to me. Here's why. We also have used HP8591EM for a few years. We had discovered that care must be taken to establish where the marker is placed to obtain an accurate auto reading. We previously had used 5-20 MHz spans, marked the peak

RE: OATS

1998-09-11 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
In addition, I would suggest to place your site as far as you can get it from above-ground power poles. Our site is located about 250 feet from the closest power poles. We started out with a clean site with occasional random interference which eventually grew until it washed out any meaningful

RE: FCC Part 15 Docket 20780

1998-07-01 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Bob, Regarding FCC Part 15 rules and Class A specifications, these are known as 47 CFR Part 15 ( Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47) and can be found on line on the FCC Web page. Go to the page for the Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC Rules and Regulations. You will find a section

RE: generating 50Hz power in the US

1998-06-12 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Richard, We have used power converters that cover a range of voltage, frequency and current for a few years. The versatility of separate converters providing different power requirements in various labs caused us to move away from a single motor-generator to the converters. The numbers

FW: RFID European Rules

1998-06-10 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Everyone, I need some information regarding RFID systems in Europe: What are the European limits for RFID systems operating at 2450 MHz - licensed and un-licensed operation. If an RFID product currently requires 500 mW EIRP to operate at an acceptable range, what rules would

Islands -- Vcc, Ground

1998-03-18 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
While reviewing the EMI mitigation techniques of our engineers, a few of us have been debating the use of ground islands on a multilayer board. The designs have one layer for Vcc, one for ground and 2 signal layers. The Vcc layer is isolated into various islands. The debate involves the

RE: FTZ standards

1998-02-17 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Andrew, I believe the FTZ is defunct, has been for a couple of years now. FTZ was the office that managed transmitters in Germany. If my information is correct, the BAPT (Federal Office for Post and Telecommunication) now manages issues and generates regulations for transmitters. Most

RE: Strange specification

1998-01-21 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
John, MPR 1990:8 is the standard for Test Methods for Visual Display Units. It deals with visual ergonomics as well as emission characteristics. A companion document, MPR 1990:10 is the User's Handbook for Evaluating Visual Display Units. I believe the current name of the standards group is

RE: NSA tests services

1998-01-20 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Bonjour Benoit, There are numerous qualified labs that can assist you. I have had good luck with Elite Electronic Engineering Co. They helped us perform our NSA and trained us when we first set up our sites. They operate OATS as well as anechoic chambers, so they should be able to help you.

Re: Antenna Calibration/Site Attenuation

1997-08-26 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Great dialog, just the path that I was hoping would develop. One thing I have learned since the question was first asked, all biconical antennas are not made equal. The original antenna calibrated at an outside test organization, exhibited a 5 dB difference between the vertical and horizontal

Antenna Calibration

1997-08-15 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Hello Group. We are trying to establish correlation between our site and a site in Europe. One of the issues is antenna calibration. Due to ambients, we do our tests at 3 meters. Because we measure at 3 meters, we also did the NSA profile at 3 meters and had our antennas calibrated at a 3

13.56 MHz Restrictions Worldwide

1997-08-08 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Does anyone know where I can find information on the restrictions of using 13.56 MHz (ISM band) for transmitters/intentional radiators? I have information regarding FCC and ETSI regulations; I would like to know what the current and proposed regulations are elsewhere worldwide for this band.

IEC 1000-4-5

1997-07-12 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
We have recently purchased a 5kVA source for harmonic and flicker testing. The instrument also doubles as a power converter to provide European voltages, including the source voltage when performing IEC 1000-4-5 surge testing. My situation is this: The surge generator has a backfilter on it

German Regulations

1997-04-17 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
I have been informed that Germany has adopted I-ETS 300330 with exceptions. Does anyone know where I can find an English version of 1) the German document Vfg 5/1996? 2) the formally issued German document BAPT 222 ZV 122, March 1997? ( I have a draft copy, Sept 96

Australian Regulation, Low Interference Potential Devices

1997-04-17 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Spectrum Management Agency has announced its intentions to revise its regulations for LIPDs. Comments are due by May 2, 1997. It appears that the text of the European Standard for Short Range Devices, I-ETS 300330 is being adopted in the form of AS4268.1 -- 1996; however, SMA has indicated

ERGONOMICS/Color Red Restrictions

1997-01-22 Thread UMBDENSTOCK, DON
Does anyone know if there are any formal restrictions to using red colored lights for front panel displays and indicators? Is there a harmonized European standard or regulation or a specific national regulation that requires the restriction of the color red for warning, danger, etc. It seems it