Subject 294

February 25, 2008

SUMMARY OF TOPICS

The following is being proposed for preliminary review and comment only:

1. For Preliminary Review Only: New definitions and revisions to the scope of the
standard and the Attack Test

2. For Preliminary Review Only: Revisions to the Output Circuit Transient Test and Table
25.1

COMMENTS DUE: March 26, 2008

This proposal is for review and comment only (no ballot at this time). Please note that comments on a
preliminary review document will not receive a response from the proposal author through CSDS.
Instead, the proposal author will be asked to review the comments and adjust the proposals and/or
supporting rationale as the author determines to be appropriate. The preliminary review process is an
informal mechanism that provides authors with the opportunity to refine their proposals before they
advance to the next stage in UL’s standards development process.

In some cases, the author of the proposals may choose to discontinue them. In this case, the author
need not do anything after preliminary review has ended. Normally, the next step in the process is the
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and stakeholder review process will be provided with a response in CSDS.

For your convenience in review, proposed additions to existing requirements are shown underlined and
proposed deletions are shown lined-out.

1. For Preliminary Review Only: New definitions and revisions to the scope of the standard and the
Attack Test

RATIONALE

Proposal submitted by: Christopher Johnson, Door & Access Systems Manufacturers Assn. Intl.

The proposals are intended to clarify the attack test requirements for access control systems that
regulate access to protected or secure areas.

PROPOSALS

1 Scope

1.1 These requirements apply to the construction, performance, security and operation of systems
intended to regulate or control:

a) Entry into an protected area or a restricted area or

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b) Access to or the use of a device(s) by electrical, electronic or mechanical means.

3.1.1 ACCESS CONTROL – The monitoring or control of traffic through portals of a protected area by
identifying the requestor and approving entrance or exit.

3.1.2 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM, CLASS I – A system of access control intended for use in a
controlled area.

3.1.3 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM, CLASS II – A system of access control intended for use in a
protected area.

3.1.4 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM, CLASS III – A system of access control intended for use in a
restricted area.

3.3.1 CONTROLLED AREA – A room, office, building, facility, premises, or grounds to which access is
monitored, limited, or controlled.

3.9.1 PROTECTED AREA – A controlled premises or an area within a controlled premises that is
provided with means to prevent an unwanted event.

3.10.1 RESTRICTED AREA – A room, office, building, facility, premises, or grounds to which access is
strictly and tightly controlled.

55 Attack Tests

55.1 Destructive attack, access control systems

55.1.1 The provisions of this section shall apply to Class II and Class III access control systems. Class I
access control systems shall be exempt from the provisions of this section. The enclosure protecting the
internal parts of a product shall resist, for 5 working minutes, attempts to gain access to the parts if:

a) Manipulation of the parts can cause release of the locking mechanism and

b) The product is located in an exposed position outside of the area being controlled.

55.1.2 The enclosure protecting the internal parts of a product shall resist attempts to gain access to the
parts if: The time that the enclosure shall resist attack is to be reduced to 2 minutes if an alarm is activated
during the attack.

a) Manipulation of the parts can cause release of the remote locking mechanism and

b) The product is intended to be used in a protected area.

55.1.3 The test sample shall be mounted in accordance with 55.1.6 and 55.1.7, and shall be mounted
with the locking mechanism electrically engaged during the testing. The tools used in the attack test are
to include hammers, chisels, adjustable wrenches, pry bars, punches, and screwdrivers. No hammer is to
exceed 3 pounds (1.36 kg) in head weight, and no tool is to exceed 18 inches (457 mm) in length.
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55.1.4 The time that the enclosure shall resist attack shall be as follows: The product under test is to be
securely mounted on a substantial rack in its intended position, and the attack is to be carried out by one
operator.

a) Access Control System, Class II: 2 minutes

b) Access Control System, Class III: 5 minutes, but shall be reduced to 2 minutes if an alarm is
activated during the attack

The time limit, in continuous working minutes, shall include the time necessary to electrically manipulate
components to cause the release of the remote locking mechanism in order to gain access into the
protected or restricted area. The test time shall start at the moment the attack is initiated on the unit and
shall not stop until the maximum time limit is met or if the remote locking mechanism is disengaged
causing the door or gate to open.

55.1.5 The tools used in the attack test shall include hammers, chisels, adjustable wrenches, pry bars,
punches, and screwdrivers. No hammer shall exceed 3 pounds (1.36 kg) in head weight, and no tool shall
exceed 18 inches (457 mm) in length. During the test, a hammer shall only be used for a total time of 30
seconds. The building structure in which the product under attack may be mounted shall be represented
by gypsum wallboard 5/8 inch (15.9 mm) thick.

55.1.6 The product under test shall be securely mounted and electrically controlled in accordance with the
manufacturer’s installation instructions, and the attack shall be carried out by one operator.

55.1.7 The building structure in which the product under attack may be mounted shall be represented by
gypsum wallboard 5/8 inch (15.9 mm) thick.

2. For Preliminary Review Only: Revisions to the Output Circuit Transient Test and Table 25.1

BACKGROUND

The following proposal is a result of task group efforts related to issues that were discussed at the June
22, 2004 STP 205 meeting.

RATIONALE

Proposal submitted by: Lou Chavez (UL), on behalf of the UL 294 Task Group

The following proposal which is related to output circuit transient testing is primarily intended to clarify
that the test is to be conducted on input/output type circuits. Currently the title of the test only specifies
″Output″ circuits. The proposal of including input circuits is reflective of current test practices.

The proposal related to reduced spacings is intended to establish an alternate method of evaluating
electrical spacing requirements for low voltage circuits which are limited to 100 VA maximum. This
method is currently employed in related ANSI standards and is used in conjunction with dielectric
voltage-withstand tests. Field data supports the validity of this evaluation concept.

PROPOSALS
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Table 25.1
Minimum spacings

Point of application Voltage Range Minimum spacingsa, b

Through air, Over surface,

volts inches (mm) inches (mm)

To walls of enclosure:
Cast metal enclosures 0 – 300 1/4 6.4 1/4 6.4
Sheet metal enclosures 0 – 300 1/2 12.7 1/2 12.7
Installation wiring terminals:
With barriers 0 – 30 1/8 3.2 3/16 4.8
31 – 150 1/8 3.2 1/4 6.4
151 – 300 1/4 6.4 3/8 9.5
Without barriers 0 – 30 3/16 4.8 3/16 4.8
31 – 150 1/4 6.4 1/4 6.4
151 – 300 1/4 6.4 3/8 9.5
Rigidly clamped assembliesc:
100 volt-amperes maximumd 0 – 30 1/32 0.8 1/32 0.8
Over 100 volt-amperes 0 – 30 3/64 1.2 3/64 1.2
31 – 150 1/16 1.6 1/16 1.6
151 – 300 3/32 2.4 3/32 2.4
Other parts 0 – 30 1/16 1.6 1/8 3.2
31 – 150 1/8 3.2 1/4 6.4

151 – 300 1/4 6.4 3/8 9.5

a An insulating liner or barrier of vulcanized fiber, varnished cloth, mica, phenolic composition, or similar material used where

spacings would otherwise be insufficient, shall not be less than 0.028 inch (0.71 mm) thick; except that a liner or barrier not less
than 0.013 inch (0.33 mm) thick may be used in conjunction with an air spacing of not less than one-half of the through-air
spacing required. The liner shall be located so that it will not be affected adversely by arcing. Insulating material having a
thickness less than that specified may be used if it is suitable for the particular application.
b Measurements are to be made with solid wire of adequate ampacity for the applied load connected to each terminal. The wire

shall not be smaller than No. 18 AWG (0.82 mm2).

c Rigidly clamped assemblies include such parts as contact springs on relays or cam switches, printed wiring boards, and the

like.
d Spacings less than those indicated, but not less than 1/64 inch (0.4 mm), may be used for the connection of are permitted for

printed-circuits involving integrated circuits and similar components where the spacing between adjacent connecting wires on
the component is less than 1/32 inch (0.8 mm). The construction shall also comply with the Dielectric Voltage-Withstand Test,
Section 43.

46.4 Input/Output circuit transients

46.4.1 General

46.4.1.1 The unit is to be energized in the normal standby condition while connected to a source of supply
in accordance with 28.3.1. All input/output circuits are to be tested as specified in 46.4.2.1.

Exception: A circuit or cable, maximum 25 ft (7.6 m) long, that interconnects equipment located within
the same room or indoor area need not be subjected to this test.
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46.4.2 Input/Output circuits

46.4.2.1 Input/Output circuits are to be tested as specified in 46.4.2.2 – 46.4.2.4. The equipment
connected to these circuits shall:

a) Not permit an unauthorized access;

b) Operate as intended; and,

c) As appropriate, retain required stored memory (such as date, type, and location of an
access) within the unit when subjected to transient voltage pulses as described in 46.4.2.2.

Supplemental information stored within the unit need not be retained.

46.4.2.2 For this test, each input/output circuit is to be subjected to five different transient waveforms
having peak voltage levels in the range of 100 to 2400 volts, as delivered into a 200-ohm load. A transient
waveform at 2400 volts shall have a pulse rise time of 100 volts per microsecond, a pulse duration of
approximately 80 microseconds, and an energy level of approximately 1.2 joules. Other applied transients
shall have peak voltages representative of the entire range of 100 to 2400 volts, with pulse durations from
80 to 110 microseconds, and energy levels not less than 0.3 joule or greater than 1.2 joules. The transient
pulses are to be coupled directly onto the input/output conductors of the equipment under test.

46.4.2.3 The equipment is to be subjected to 60 transient pulses induced at a maximum rate of 6 pulses
per minute as follows:

a) 20 pulses (2 at each transient voltage level specified in 46.4.2.2) between each input/output
circuit lead or terminal and earth ground, consisting of 10 pulses of one polarity, and 10 of the
opposite polarity (total of 40 pulses) and

b) 20 pulses (2 at each transient voltage level specified in 46.4.2.2) between any two input/
output circuit leads or terminals consisting of 10 pulses of one polarity and 10 pulses of the
opposite polarity.

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