Dear Ilan,

Thanks for your response and we shall be in touch.

I hope I didn’t confuse you with my use of the term “handset”. What I meant
is the “receiver” part of the feature phone – the part of the phone that
contains only the microphone and earpiece and is lifted off the hook for
speaking. To install the adjunct device, the receiver is disconnected from
the base of the feature phone and the adjunct device is connected between
them.

Regards,

David Drori

Novarex Enterprises Ltd.,
PO Box 45178,
Room 204, 2nd Floor, Park Center,
Hamarpe 1,
Har Hotsvim Industrial Area,
Jerusalem 91450,
Israel.
Tel: +972 2 540 0168
Fax: +972 2 540 0169
GSM Cellular: +972 54 828011
E-mail: [email protected]

-----Original Message-----
From: Ilan Cohen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:33 PM
To: 'Novarex Enterprises Ltd.'; 'TREG'
Subject: RE: Safety question regarding feature phone adjunct device

Dear David
The application need to be looked into more carefully.
In general, your circuit could be defined as SELV or TNV2/3, or both. Since
the handset may be considered TNV-3 than your power supply may be required
to be a TNV-3 power supply and not a SELV power supply.
Your USB is a SELV interface and should be insulated from TNV-3/2 circuits.
Typical insulation is 1.5mm and 1000Vrms, yet it will be different if you
look into other countries besides the US.
You are invited to use our consulting and testing services.
Ilan

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Ilan Cohen
Manager, Telecom Division
I.T.L (PRODUCT TESTING) Ltd.
26 Hacharoshet St, POB 211, Or Yehuda, Israel.
Tel 972-3-5339022, Fax 972-3-5339019
[email protected], website: http://www.itl.co.il <http://www.itl.co.il/>
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Novarex Enterprises Ltd.
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:48 AM
To: TREG
Subject: Safety question regarding feature phone adjunct device
Dear Treggers,

We are involved in the development of an adjunct device that will be
connected to a multitude of PABX proprietary feature phones from different
manufacturers. The connections will be made through the narrow 4-pin socket
connecting the handset to the base of the telephone. The add-on device will
be connected to the handset itself.

The add-on device will be powered from a low-voltage mains adaptor with
relevant CE-mark and UL listing. The device will also be equipped with a USB
connection to allow connection of a personal computer.

Can anyone specify (quoting the relevant safety standard paragraph) the
degree of safety isolation required between the portions of the device that
are connected to the externally connected PC (that are referenced to PC
ground), and the portions of the device that are connected to the four
terminals of the handset socket on the feature phones? This isolation will
govern the cost/complexity of magnetic and optical isolation components, and
the type of relay used for restoring original operation of the feature phone
in the event of a local power outage.

It is due to the difficulty of ensuring adequate isolation between
normally-open and normally-closed contacts of reasonably economical relays
that I am asking this question. I am hoping that the requirement may be
sufficiently low that we will not require expensive relay types for this
application.

Thanks in advance for all answers received.

David Drori

Novarex Enterprises Ltd.,
PO Box 45178,
Room 204, 2nd Floor, Park Center,
Hamarpe 1,
Har Hotsvim Industrial Area,
Jerusalem 91450,
Israel.
Tel: +972 2 540 0168
Fax: +972 2 540 0169
GSM Cellular: +972 54 828011
E-mail: [email protected]

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