INTRODUCTION
IEC 62386 contains several parts, referred to as series. The 1xx series includes the basic
specifications. Part 101 contains general requirements for system components, Part 102
extends this information with general requirements for control gear and Part 103 extends it
further with general requirements for control devices.
The 2xx parts extend the general requirements for control gear with lamp specific extensions
(mainly for backward compatibility with Edition 1 of IEC 62386) and with control gear specific
features.
The 3xx parts extend the general requirements for control devices with input device specific
extensions describing the instance types as well as some common features that can be
combined with multiple instance types.
This second edition of IEC 62386-101 is published intended to be used in conjunction with
IEC 62386-102:2014 and IEC 62386-102:2014/AMD1:— and with the various parts that make
up the IEC 62386-2xx series for control gear, together with IEC 62386-103:2014 and
IEC 62386-103:2014/AMD1:— and the various parts that make up the IEC 62386-3xx series
of particular requirements for control devices. The division into separately published parts
provides for ease of future amendments and revisions. Additional requirements will be added
as and when a need for them is recognised.
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