Re: IEC 61508

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           [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Simon Brown" writes:

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> "John Woodgate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > It's at least partially intended as a guide to product committees
> > writing their own standard on the subject. Especially for something as
> > specialized as gas technology, a product standard in this field would
> > seem to be essential.
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> A European standard dealing with functional safety aspects of gas detection
> systems is in preparation by CENELEC SC31-9.  It was circulated for comment
> earlier this year as preEN 50402:2002 'Requirements on functional safety of
> fixed gas detection systems'.  It should be available through your national
> standards organisation.  The standard applies the principles of IEC 61508 to
> gas detection systems and modules (e.g. gas detectors).

I had a feeling that this would be the case. One more to add to the 
FAQ's (whoever is keeping them together these days).

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