SIST EN IEC 60825-12:2019

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 60825-12:2019
01-september-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60825-12:2004
Varnost laserskih izdelkov - 12. del: Varnost optičnih komunikacijskih sistemov v
prostem prostoru, ki se uporabljajo za prenos informacij (IEC 60825-12:2019)
Safety of laser products - Part 12: Safety of free space optical communication systems
used for transmission of information (IEC 60825-12:2019)
Sicherheit von Lasereinrichtungen - Teil 12: Sicherheit von optischen
Freiraumkommunikationssystemen für die Informationsübertragung
Sécurité des appareils à laser - Partie 12: Sécurité des systèmes de communications
optiques en espace libre utilisés pour la transmission d'informations
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60825-12:2019
ICS:
31.260 Optoelektronika, laserska Optoelectronics. Laser
oprema equipment
33.180.01 Sistemi z optičnimi vlakni na Fibre optic systems in
splošno general
SIST EN IEC 60825-12:2019 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60825-12

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2019
ICS 31.260 Supersedes EN 60825-12:2004
English Version
Safety of laser products - Part 12: Safety of free space optical
communication systems used for transmission of information
(IEC 60825-12:2019)
Sécurité des appareils à laser - Partie 12: Sécurité des Sicherheit von Lasereinrichtungen - Teil 12: Sicherheit von
systèmes de communication optiques en espace libre optischen Freiraumkommunikationssystemen für die
utilisés pour la transmission d'informations Informationsübertragung
(IEC 60825-12:2019) (IEC 60825-12:2019)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-03-15. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.


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© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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EN IEC 60825-12:2019 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 76/616/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60825-12, prepared by IEC/TC 76 "Optical
radiation safety and laser equipment" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved
by CENELEC as EN IEC 60825-12:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2019-12-15
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-03-15
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 60825-12:2004.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60825-12:2019 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60079-0 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60079-0
IEC 60812 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60812
IEC 61508 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 61508 (series)
ISO 12100 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 12100


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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60825-1 - Safety of laser products - Part 1: EN 60825-1 2014
Equipment classification and requirements
  AC 2017
IEC 60825-2 - Safety of laser products - Part 2: Safety of EN 60825-2 2004
optical fibre communication systems
(OFCS)
  + A1 2007
  + A2 2010


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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Requirements . 11
4.1 General remarks . 11
4.2 Determination of access level . 13
4.2.1 General . 13
4.2.2 The use of Condition 2 . 13
4.2.3 The use of C7 . 16
4.3 Impact of using automatic power reduction features . 16
4.4 Access level and classification requirements by location type . 16
4.4.1 General . 16
4.4.2 Requirements for unrestricted locations . 18
4.4.3 Requirements for restricted locations . 22
4.4.4 Requirements for controlled locations . 23
4.4.5 Requirements for inaccessible space . 24
4.5 Classification . 24
4.5.1 General . 24
4.5.2 Automatic power reduction mechanisms (APR) . 25
4.6 Installation protection systems (IPS) . 26
4.7 Specular reflections . 26
4.8 Organizational requirements . 26
4.8.1 Requirements for manufacturers of ready-to-use FSOCS transmitters or
turn key systems. 26
4.8.2 Installation and service organization requirements . 28
4.8.3 Operating organization requirements . 29
Annex A (informative) Methods of hazard/safety analysis . 30
Annex B (informative) Guidance for installing, servicing and operating organizations . 31
B.1 Working practices for FSOCSs . 31
B.1.1 General . 31
B.1.2 General working practices . 31
B.1.3 Additional working practices for Class/access level 1M, 2M, 3R, 3B and
4 systems . 32
B.2 Education and training . 32
Bibliography . 33
Figure 1 – Commercial structures . 17
Figure 2 – Residential areas . 18
Figure 3 – Examples of external location types . 19
Figure 4 – Class 1M or 2M transmitter near edge of unrestricted rooftop . 20
Figure 5 – Class 1M transmitter in unrestricted location . 21
Figure 6 – Class 3R transmitter in restricted location . 23
Table 1 – Restrictions for product classes and access levels . 12

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Table 2 – Measurement aperture diameters and distances for the default (simplified)
evaluation . 14
Table 3 – Requirements for warning signs . 29

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SAFETY OF LASER PRODUCTS –

Part 12: Safety of free space optical communication
systems used for transmission of information

FOREWORD
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9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60825-12 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 76:
Optical radiation safety and laser equipment.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2004. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) LEDs have been removed from the scope.
b) Normative references have been changed to refer the latest edition of the standards.
c) A description of the Condition 2 measurement and determination method for access level
has been added.

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
76/616/FDIS 76/617/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.
This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The list of all parts of the IEC 60825 series, published under the general title Safety of laser
products, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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SAFETY OF LASER PRODUCTS –

Part 12: Safety of free space optical communication
systems used for transmission of information



1 Scope
This part of IEC 60825 provides requirements and specific guidance for the manufacture and
safe use of laser products and systems used for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint free
space optical data transmission in the wavelength range from 180 nm to 1 mm. This document
only addresses the open beam portion of the system. If portions of the equipment or system
incorporate optical fibre that extends from the confinements of the enclosure(s), the
manufacturing and safety requirements in IEC 60825-2 apply to those portions only. This
document does not apply to systems designed for the purposes of transmitting optical power
for applications such as material processing or medical treatment. This document also does
not apply to the use of systems in explosive atmospheres (see IEC 60079-0).
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) employed by free space optical communication systems
(FSOCSs), used for the purpose of free space optical data transmission, do not fall into the
scope of this document. This document covers lasers employed by FSOCSs used for the
purpose of free space optical data transmission.
This document:
• provides information to protect people from potentially hazardous optical radiation
produced by FSOCSs by specifying engineering controls and requirements, administrative
controls and work practices according to the degree of the hazard; and
• specifies requirements for manufacturing, installation, service and operating organizations
in order to establish procedures and provide written information so that proper precautions
can be adopted.
Because of the nature of FSOCSs, also known as optical wireless or free-air information
transmission systems, care is taken in their manufacture as well as their installation,
operation, maintenance and service to assure the safe deployment and use of these systems.
This document places the responsibility for certain product safety requirements, as well as
requirements for providing appropriate information on how to use these systems safely, on the
manufacturer of the system and/or transmitters. It places the responsibility for the safe
deployment and use of these systems on the installer and/or operating organization. It places
the responsibility for adherence to safety instructions during installation and service
operations on the installation and service organizations as appropriate, and during operation
and maintenance functions on the operating organization. It is recognized that the user of this
document may fall into one or more of the categories of manufacturer, installer, service
organization and/or operating organization as mentioned above.
This document does not apply to a laser product if classification by the manufacturer
according to IEC 60825-1 shows that the emission level does not exceed the accessible
emission limit (AEL) of Class 1 under all conditions of operation, maintenance, service and
reasonably foreseeable failure.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
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IEC 60825-2, Safety of laser products – Part 2: Safety of optical fibre communication systems
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
3.1
access level
potential hazard at any accessible position associated with a free space optical
communication system (FSOCS) installation
Note 1 to entry: The access level is based on the level of optical radiation which could become accessible in
reasonably foreseeable circumstances, e.g. walking into an open beam path. It is closely related to the laser
classification procedure in IEC 60825-1.
Note 2 to entry: Practically speaking, it takes two or more seconds to fully align an optical aid with a beam (which
might occur in an unrestricted location), and this delay is incorporated into the method for determining access level.
3.2
access level 1
level for which, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, human access to laser radiation
in excess of the accessible emission limits (AEL) of Class 1 for the applicable wavelengths
and emission duration will not occur
Note 1 to entry: The level of radiation is measured with the conditions for Class 1 laser products
(see IEC 60825-1), but with Condition 2 and C being as defined in 4.2.3 of this document (IEC 60825-12).
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3.3
access level 1M
level for which, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, human access to laser radiation
in excess of the accessible emission limits (AEL) of Class 1M for the applicable wavelengths
and emission duration will not occur
Note 1 to entry: The level of radiation is measured with the conditions for Class 1M laser products
(see IEC 60825-1), but with Condition 2 and C being as defined in 4.2.3 of this document (IEC 60825-12).
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Note 2 to entry: If the applicable limit of access level 1M is larger than the limit of 3R and less than the limit of 3B,
access level 1M is allocated.
3.4
access level 2
level for which, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, human access to laser radiation
in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class 2 for the applicable wavelengths and
emission duration will not occur
Note 1 to entry: The level of radiation is measured with the conditions for Class 2 laser products
(see IEC 60825-1), but with Condition 2 and C being as defined in 4.2.3 of this document (IEC 60825-12).
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3.5
access level 2M
level for which, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, human access to laser radiation
in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class 2M for the applicable wavelengths and
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Note 1 to entry: The level of radiation is measured with the conditions for Class 2M laser products
(see IEC 60825-1), but with Condition 2 and C being as defined in 4.2.3 of this document (IEC 60825-12).
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Note 2 to entry: If the applicable limit of access level 2M is larger than the limit of 3R and less than the limit of 3B,
access level 2M is allocated.
3.6
access level 3R
level for which, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, human access to laser radiation
in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class 3R for the applicable wavelengths and
emission duration will not occur
Note 1 to entry: The level of radiation is measured with the conditions for Class 3R laser products
(see IEC 60825-1), but with Condition 2 and C being as defined in 4.2.3 of this document (IEC 60825-12).
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Note 2 to entry: If the applicable limit of access level 1M or 2M is larger than the limit of 3R and less than the limit
of 3B, access level 1M or 2M is allocated.
3.7
access level 3B
level for which, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, human access to laser radiation
in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class 3B for the applicable wavelengths and
emission duration will not occur
Note 1 to entry: The level of radiation is measured with the conditions for Class 3B laser products
(see IEC 60825-1), but with Condition 2 and C being as defined in 4.2.3 of this document (IEC 60825-12).
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3.8
access level 4
level for which, under reasonably foreseeable circumstances, it is possible that human access
to laser radiation in excess of the accessible emission limits of Class 3B for the applicable
wavelengths and emission duration could occur
Note 1 to entry: The level of radiation is measured with the conditions for Class 4 laser products
(see IEC 60825-1), but with Condition 2 and C being as defined in 4.2.3 of this document (IEC 60825-12).
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3.9
automatic power reduction
APR
feature of a transmitter of an FSOCS, provided by the system equipment manufacturer, by
which the accessible power in the nominal hazard zone (NHZ) or extended nominal hazard
zone (ENHZ) is reduced to a specified value within a specified time
Note 1 to entry: The term “automatic power reduction” (APR) used in this document encompasses the following
terms used in recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union ITU:
• automatic laser shutdown (ALS);
• automatic power reduction (APR);
• automatic power shutdown (APSD).
Note 2 to entry: The accessible power in the NHZ or ENHZ is reduced to a specified value within a specified time,
whenever there is an event which could result in human exposure to optical radiation above the maximum
permissible exposure (MPE), e.g. by a person entering the NHZ or ENHZ, as applicable. In an FSOCS, this feature
may be used by the transmitter manufacturer to determine the classification.
3.10
beacon
optical source whose function is to aid in pointing or alignment of an optical system
3.11
end-to-end system
FSOCS that is comprised of at least one transmitter, one receiver, and any peripheral
hardware necessary for the effective transfer of data along the transmission path from one
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3.12
extended nominal hazard zone
ENHZ
volume within which, when optical aids are used, the level of the direct, reflected or scattered
radiation exceeds the applicable maximum permissible exposure (MPE) (under measurement
conditions indicated in IEC 60825-1)
Note 1 to entry: Exposure levels outside the boundary of the ENHZ are below the applicable MPE when optical
aids are used.
Note 2 to entry: This volume is determined prior to activation of any IPS or APR systems unless the APR is used
for classification under the conditions of 4.5 of this document.
3.13
free space optical communication system
FSOCS
installed, portable, or temporarily mounted, through-the-air system typically used, intended or
promoted for voice, data or multimedia communications and/or control purposes via the use of
modulated optical radiation produced by a laser
Note 1 to entry: “Free space” means indoor and outdoor optical wireless applications with both non-directed and
directed transmission.
Note 2 to entry: Emitting and detecting assemblies may or may not be separated.
Note 3 to entry: Refer to the conditions within Clause 1, by which Class 1 FSOCS products are exempt from all
requirements of this document.
3.14
FSOCS transmitter
transmitter
optical transmitter emitting radiation through the air and used in an FSOCS
3.15
installation organization
installer
organization or individual who is responsible for the installation of an FSOCS
3.16
installation protection system
IPS
feature of an installation site, provided by the installer or operating organization, that has two
functions: (1) it detects human entry into the accessible volume of either the NHZ for
restricted or controlled locations or the ENHZ for an unrestricted location, and (2) once such
entry is detected, causes reduction of the accessible power of the laser to a specified level
within a specified time
3.17
interlock
means either of preventing access to a hazardous location until the hazard is removed, or of
automatically removing the hazardous condition when access is gained
3.18
location
position or site occupied or available for occupancy
Note 1 to entry: Other standards may use the same terms for location types (3.19 to 3.22) with somewhat
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