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Provisional Conformance for IEEE 1588-2008 Class A and B LXI Devices.
Some vendors have developed new class A and B LXI Devices prior to the publication of the
LXI specification 1.3. These LXI Devices may not be fully compliant to version 1.3 in the area
of mDNS discovery protocol, but they are compliant to the new IEEE 1588-2008 specification
and to the version 1.2 LXI specifications.
The Previous Version End (PVE) date is the date when the transition period ends. After the PVE
Date, “New” devices can no longer be certified to version 1.2 of the LXI Specification. For
Version 1.3 of the LXI Specification, the Previous Version End Date is 1 November 2009.
Waiver for mDNS support:
LXI Devices which are missing the mDNS support (paragraphs 10.3 through 10.8) and the
associated web (paragraphs 9.5.6 through 9.5.8) and LXI Device identification schema (10.2)
changes required by the 1.3 LXI specification can be provisionally approved as Class A and B at
Revision 1.3. To attain this provisional approval, the vendor must declare that:
1. The mDNS changes will be available for retesting prior to PVE date (Nov 1, 2009).
2. The LXI Device must be capable of being upgraded in the field by a firmware upgrade
routine or program.
Class A-B LXI Devices that are granted provisional approval need not be completely
retested after implementing mDNS; however, vendors must re-submit the LXI Device for testing
of mDNS and possible spot-checking of overall compliance prior to Nov 1, 2009. This retesting
may be performed at a scheduled Plugfest, over the LXI VPN, or other arranged venue. Retesting
is expected to take 10-20 minutes. Vendors are responsible to notify their customers that the LXI
only be
certified 1.3
New devices can be
certified 1.2 or 1.3
Date
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