User's Guide

USER GUIDE ITRON CONFIDENTIAL 4
Chapter 1: Important Safety and Compliance Information
This section provides important information for your safety and product compliance.
USA FCC PART 15 SPECTRUM COMPLIANCE
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference.
• This device must accept any interference that may cause undesirable operation.
This device must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 centimeters (7.9 inches) from
all persons to be compliant with regulatory RF exposure.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio or TV technician for help.
To ensure system performance, this device and antenna shall not be changed or modified without the
express approval of Itron. Per FCC rules, unapproved modifications or operation beyond or in conflict with
these instructions for use could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
OEM INTEGRATION INSTRUCTIONS
This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following conditions:
The module must be installed in the host equipment such that 20 cm is maintained between the antenna
and users, and the transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter or antenna. The
module shall be only used with antennas that have been originally tested and certified with this module.
As long as the condition above is met, further transmitter test will not be required.
However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their end-product for any additional
compliance requirements required with this module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC
peripheral requirements, etc.). The end-product may need Verification testing, Declaration of Conformity
testing, a Permissive Class II Change or new Certification. Please involve an FCC certification specialist
in order to determine what will be exactly applicable for the end-product.