Category: ACMA

Adopting AS/NZS 62368.1 into national comms cable component and wiring standards (Australia)

by Paul, posted in ACMA, Compliance Engineering, Electrical Safety, General, LinkedIn, Telecommunications

Communications Alliance has published two draft standards for public comment on their web site, which now incorporate the principles of the new hazards-based standard: AS/NZS 62368.1:2018 (IEC 62368-1 2nd ed [MOD]). There is also an explanatory background paper. Public commenting closes on 24 May 2019. The standards are:

DR AS/CA S008:2019 Requirements for customer cabling products, and
DR AS/CA S009:2019 Installation requirements for customer cabling (Wiring rules)

Background Paper: DR S008 & DR S009 public comment background paper

The drafts are available for download from Communications Alliance at the following web address:

https://www.commsalliance.com.au/Documents/public-comment

Draft: DR S008_2019 (1,025 KB)

Draft: DR S009_2019 (2,442 KB)

The New Australian Regulatory Compliance Mark

by Paul, posted in ACMA, Australian ICT, Australian Product Compliance Notes, Electrical Safety, EMC, LinkedIn, RCM, Telecommunications

The RCM is now mandatory for electrical safety in Australia and New Zealand On March 1, 2013, Australia’s Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) commenced the transition to replace the C-tick and A-tick …

Source: The New Australian Regulatory Compliance Mark

Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) for Australia and New Zealand | paulspiece.com

by Paul, posted in ACMA, Compliance Engineering, Electrical Safety, EMC, LinkedIn, Product Safety, Radio communications, RCM, Telecommunications

This paper and companion presentation were written by Paul W Robinson, Australia, and presented to the IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering (ISPCE) in Orange County, May 2016 …

Source: Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) for Australia and New Zealand | paulspiece.com

ACMA – RCM – end of transition period approaching

by Paul, posted in ACMA, Australian ICT, Australian Product Compliance Notes, Compliance Engineering, EMC, LinkedIn

The single Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) was introduced on 1 March 2013 with a three-year transition period to 29 February 2016.

The RCM illustrates a product’s compliance with all applicable ACMA standards—telecommunications, radiocommunications, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic energy (EME).

Suppliers must register on the online national database and start using the RCM by 1 March 2016.

Products that have already been labelled with the C-Tick or A-Tick can continue to be supplied until labelled stock has been exhausted.

Source: Single compliance mark—end of transition period approaching!