Dick Shultz wrote: > > Martin, > > Any word from Austel on the date of required compliance to the standard > and grandfathering, if any, of products which were granted "temporary" > approvals under the earlier procedure? Has Austel provided any > information on compliance testing requirements, i.e. will test reports to > the European test suites be accepted? > > Dick Shultz > Dick,
The temporary approvals you mention (Beta Permits) were due to expire end of March. Austel have rolled them over till July. They are still issuing Beta's based on the requirements often mentioned in this forum, namely European compliance certificate originals for layers 1,2 &3, plus TS001 for safety & AS3548 for EMI. I am still trying to ascertain if Telstra will consider the S-bus as SELV for the OnRamp service, or will still consider it as part of the network and hence at TNV potential per current Microlink requirements. There are no test houses accredited to the new standard, as it was only published a week or so ago. Mandatory compliance to TS031 may not be required, as the Standards working groups have been told to put an axe thru any interworking requirements, ISDN, PSTN, leased or whatever, that don't strictly involve network integrity or safety. Revision of all interworking standards is currently underway, with the only certain requirements to remain post July 1997 being safety & EMI. Austel host a conference for 3 days next week in Melb, which is shaping up to be a stormy & tempestuous affair. Many of the questions regarding post July compliance requirements will be raised. I expect few will be answered, as it seems to be "seat of the pants" flying, Aeroflot style! Best Regards. Martin Garwood > >From: Martin Garwood, [email protected] > > > >Austel TS031 for ETSI BRI has now been published & is available from > >Standards Aust. > > > >Regards.
