SIST EN IEC 63206:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2025
Nadzorni sistemi za industrijske procese - Zapisovalniki - Preskušanje in
vrednotenje lastnosti (IEC 63206:2024)
Industrial-process control systems - Recorders - Testing and performance evaluation
(IEC 63206:2024)
Systeme der industriellen Prozessleittechnik - Schreiber - Prüfung und Bewertung des
Betriebsverhaltens (IEC 63206:2024)
Systèmes de commande de processus industriels - Enregistreurs - Essais et évaluation
des performances (IEC 63206:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 63206:2025
ICS:
25.040.01 Sistemi za avtomatizacijo v Industrial automation
industriji na splošno systems in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 63206

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM January 2025
ICS 25.040.40 Supersedes EN 60873-1:2004; EN 60873-2:2004
English Version
Industrial-process control systems - Recorders - Testing and
performance evaluation
(IEC 63206:2024)
Systèmes de commande de processus industriels - Systeme der industriellen Prozessleittechnik - Schreiber -
Enregistreurs - Essais et évaluation des performances Prüfung und Bewertung des Betriebsverhaltens
(IEC 63206:2024) (IEC 63206:2024)
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Ref. No. EN IEC 63206:2025 E
European foreword
The text of document 65B/1254/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 63206, prepared by SC 65B
"Measurement and control devices" of IEC/TC 65 "Industrial-process measurement, control and
automation" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2026-01-31
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2028-01-31
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60873-2:2004 and EN 60873-1:2004 and all of its amendments and
corrigenda (if any).
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 63206:2024 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 standard indicated:
IEC 62008:2005 NOTE Approved as EN 62008:2005 (not modified)
IEC 61143-1:1992 NOTE Approved as EN 61143-1:1994 (not modified)
IEC 61987-13:2016 NOTE Approved as EN 61987-13:2016 (not modified)
IEC 61987-1:2006 NOTE Approved as EN 61987-1:2007 (not modified)
IEC 60654-2:1979 NOTE Approved as EN 60654-2:1997 (not modified)
IEC 61158 series NOTE Approved as EN 61158 series
IEC 61143-2:1992 NOTE Approved as EN 61143-2:1994 (not modified)
IEC 61298-1:2008 NOTE Approved as EN 61298-1:2008 (not modified)
IEC 61298-2:2008 NOTE Approved as EN 61298-2:2008 (not modified)
IEC 61298-3:2008 NOTE Approved as EN 61298-3:2008 (not modified)
IEC 61298-4:2008 NOTE Approved as EN 61298-4:2008 (not modified)
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 NOTE Approved as EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (not modified)
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.cencenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60050-313 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) - Electrical and electronic
measurements and measuring instruments
- Part 313: Types of electrical measuring
instruments
IEC 60050-351 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - - -
Part 351: Control technology
IEC 61003-1 2016 Industrial-process control systems - EN 61003-1 2016
Instruments with analogue inputs and two-
or multi-position outputs - Part 1: Methods
for evaluating performance
IEC 61010-1 2010 Safety requirements for electrical EN 61010-1 2010
equipment for measurement, control, and
laboratory use - Part 1: General
requirements
+ A1 (mod) 2016 + A1 2019
IEC 61326-1 2020 Electrical equipment for measurement, EN IEC 61326-1 2021
control and laboratory use - EMC
requirements - Part 1: General
requirements
IEC 62828-1 2017 Reference conditions and procedures for EN IEC 62828-1 2018
testing industrial and process
measurement transmitters - Part 1:
General procedures for all types of
transmitters
IEC 63206 ®
Edition 1.0 2024-12
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Industrial-process control systems – Recorders – Testing and performance

evaluation
Systèmes de commande de processus industriels – Enregistreurs – Essais et

évaluation des performances
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 25.040.40  ISBN 978-2-8327-0066-2

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms and acronyms . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviated terms and acronyms . 10
4 Classification . 10
4.1 General . 10
4.2 Pneumatic recorders . 11
4.3 Electrical recorders . 11
4.4 Paper medium recorders . 12
4.5 Digital medium recorders . 13
5 Performance requirements and test methods . 13
5.1 General . 13
5.1.1 Overview . 13
5.1.2 General requirements . 15
5.1.3 General testing procedures . 15
5.1.4 Conditions during tests . 17
5.2 Tests under reference conditions . 18
5.2.1 Test preparation . 18
5.2.2 Accuracy-related factors . 19
5.2.3 Step response . 23
5.2.4 Input lead resistance . 23
5.2.5 Insulation resistance . 24
5.2.6 Electric strength . 24
5.2.7 Electrical power consumption . 25
5.2.8 Pneumatic power consumption . 25
5.2.9 Start-up drift . 25
5.2.10 Long-term drift . 25
5.2.11 Switch output . 25
5.2.12 Mutual interference between input channels . 25
5.2.13 Channel synchronization and time resolution . 26
5.2.14 Scanning rate . 29
5.2.15 Alarms . 29
5.3 Effect of influence quantities . 30
5.3.1 General . 30
5.3.2 Ambient temperature . 30
5.3.3 Ambient relative humidity . 30
5.3.4 Vibration . 30
5.3.5 Shock, drop and topple . 30
5.3.6 Mounting position . 30
5.3.7 Over-range . 31
5.3.8 Supply voltage and frequency variations . 31
5.3.9 Reverse supply voltage protection (DC devices) . 31
5.3.10 Supply pressure variations (pneumatic recorders) . 31

IEC 63206:2024 © IEC 2024 – 3 –
5.3.11 Earthing . 31
5.3.12 EMC test . 31
5.3.13 Purge gas flow . 32
5.3.14 Accelerated operational life test (paper medium recorders) . 32
5.3.15 Effect of open-circuited input . 32
5.3.16 Effect of short-circuited input . 32
5.3.17 Recording medium storage conditions . 32
5.4 Quality of recording (paper medium recorders) . 33
5.4.1 General . 33
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