Richard, At the moment in Australia, carrier equipment is exempt from safety/interworking requirements. This may change after July 1997 with deregulation, as the new act has a broad definition of who can be a carrier. The EMC requirements under the EMC framework do however apply (from 1 Jan 1997) for new equipment.
A seperate issue that many suppliers may not be aware of, the SMA have allowed (thru Austel's past practice), residential type CE to only meet class A for CISPR22. This allowance is until Jan 1 1998. After that date, new & EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY BEING SOLD must comply with class B, whether it was 1st sold before Jan 1 1998 or not. BEWARE ! Best Regards > > FROM RICHARD STEELE > Organization: Digi International > > Fellow Treggers, > > Jon D Curtis wrote: > > > > From: Kevin Richardson <[email protected]> > > Subject: Standards applicable to transponders & interrogators > > > > I do not believe there are any specific international standards concerning > > rail transportation and associated transponders/receivers. The > > requirements would therefore be derived from generic standards for safety > > and EMC concerning similar radio transponders and receivers. > > > > This type of scenario in Australia I believe would be handled as follows: > > Safety would be covered by generic safety standards and in addition "Work > > Safe" standards. EMC would be covered also by generic standards and the > > normal requirements under the new EMC Framework in Australia. In addition, > > for Australia a "Class Licence" for a low power radio transmitter would > > probably be required. > > Does anyone know what the Safety requirements for Exchange based > telecommunications equipment such as multiplexor switches are in > Australia/New Zealand? > > What are the "generic safety standards" and "work safe standards"? > > Regards > > Richard Steele
