[OpenTRV-dev] Radio Conundrum

[Damon Hart-Davis]

> On 9 Aug 2016, at 13:59, Kevin Wood <kevin at the-wood-family.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> The problem I see is that CE marking applies to finished products so
> unless the RF module is in itself a "finished product" rather than a
> component part, its' conformity is of no relevance other than as a
> confidence booster once it has been incorporated into a larger product.

We want to get hold of a CE-certified module; I believe that if it is designed to be a plug-in module then its stamp does continue to have a bearing.  I may be wrong, again.

> If one could find something that is a finished product (for the sake of
> argument, say, a CE marked USB dongle containing an RF module and an
> antenna) and plug it into a TRV, then the RF aspect of demonstrating CE
> compliance might be alleviated, but whatever it "plugs into" needs its'
> own compliance if it is to be put on the market.

At the very least this allows me to ship our valve unit first without CE stamping for radio, ie decouples the (initial) CE marking for the valve in the first instance from the thorny radio issue.

Rgds

Damon