BS EN 62949:2017

This standard BS EN 62949:2017 Particular safety requirements for equipment to be connected to information and communication technology networks is classified in these ICS categories:

• 33.160 Audio, video and audiovisual engineering
• 35.020 Information technology (IT) in general
• 33.160.01 Audio, video and audiovisual systems in general

This document applies to the interface of equipment designed and intended to be connected as a communication terminal to an information and communication technology (ICT) network termination.

This document does not apply to:

• equipment covered by IEC 62368‑1 ; and

• interfaces to other networks.

This document specifies the safety requirements of the interface to the ICT network only.

Requirements additional to those specified in this document may be necessary for

• equipment intended for operation while exposed, for example, to extremes of temperature, to excessive dust, moisture, or vibration, to flammable gases, to corrosive or explosive atmospheres,

• electro medical applications with physical connections to the patient.

The following requirements are not covered by this document:

• functional safety of equipment;

• functional reliability of equipment;

• communication facilities with remote supply using hazardous voltage;

• protection of equipment connected to ICT networks from functional damage.