User's Manual

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RN41-DS
3.2.3 HELPFUL WEB SITES
Industry Canada: http://www.ic.gc.ca/
3.3 Europe
The RN-41/RN-41N module is an R&TTE Directive
assessed radio module that is CE marked and has
been manufactured and tested with the intention of
being integrated into a final product.
The RN-41/RN-41N module has been tested to R&TTE
Directive 1999/5/EC Essential Requirements for Health
and Safety (Article (3.1(a)), Electromagnetic Compati-
bility (EMC) (Article 3.1(b)), and Radio (Article 3.2) and
are summarized in Table 3-1: European Compliance
Testing. A Notified Body Opinion has also been issued.
All test reports are available on the RN-41/RN-41N
product web page at http://www.microchip.com.
The R&TTE Compliance Association provides guid-
ance on modular devices in document Technical
Guidance Note 01 available at
http://www.rtteca.com/html/download_area.htm.
3.3.1 LABELING AND USER
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
The label on the final product which contains the RN-
41/RN-41N module must follow CE marking require-
ments. The R&TTE Compliance Association Technical
Guidance Note 01 provides guidance on final product
CE marking.
3.3.2 ANTENNA REQUIREMENTS
From R&TTE Compliance Association document Tech-
nical Guidance Note 01:
Provided the integrator installing an assessed
radio module with an integral or specific antenna
and installed in conformance with the radio mod-
ule manufacturer’s installation instructions
requires no further evaluation under Article 3.2
of the R&TTE Directive and does not require fur-
ther involvement of an R&TTE Directive Notified
Body for the final product. [Section 2.2.4]
The European Compliance Testing listed in Tab l e 3-2
was performed using the antenna types listed in
Table 2-3.
3.3.3 HELPFUL WEB SITES
A document that can be used as a starting point in
understanding the use of Short Range Devices (SRD)
in Europe is the European Radio Communications
Committee (ERC) Recommendation 70-03 E, which
can be downloaded from the European Radio Commu-
nications Office (ERO) at: http://www.ero.dk/.
Additional helpful web sites are:
• Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equip-
ment (R&TTE):
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/rtte/index_en.htm
• European Conference of Postal and Telecommu-
nications Administrations (CEPT):
http://www.cept.org
• European Telecommunications Standards Insti-
tute (ETSI):
http://www.etsi.org
• European Radio Communications Office (ERO):
http://www.ero.dk
• The Radio and Telecommunications Terminal
Equipment Compliance Association (R&TTE CA):
http://www.rtteca.com/
Note: To maintain conformance to the testing
listed in Ta b l e 3 - 1 , the module shall be
installed in accordance with the installa-
tion instructions in this data sheet and
shall not be modified.
When integrating a radio module into a
completed product the integrator
becomes the manufacturer of the final
product and is therefore responsible for
demonstrating compliance of the final
product with the essential requirements of
the R&TTE Directive.