Datasheet

RN171
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The R&TTE Compliance Association provides
guidance on modular devices in document Technical
Guidance Note 01 available at:
http://www.rtteca.com/html/download_area.htm
4.3.1 LABELING AND USER
INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
The label on the final product which contains the
RN171 module must follow CE marking requirements.
The R&TTE Compliance Association Technical Guid-
ance Note 01 provides guidance on final product CE
marking.
4.3.2 EXTERNAL 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 module manu-
facturer’s installation instructions requires no further
evaluation under Article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive and
does not require further involvement of an R&TTE
Directive Notified Body for the final product. [Section
2.2.4]
The European Compliance Testing listed in Table 4-1
was performed using the antenna types listed in
Table 3-1.
4.3.3 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
Equipment (R&TTE):
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/rtte/index_en.htm
• European Conference of Postal and
Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT):
http://www.cept.org
• European Telecommunications Standards
Institute (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/
TABLE 4-1: EUROPEAN COMPLIANCE TESTING
Note: To maintain conformance to the testing
listed in Table 4-1, the module shall be
installed in accordance with the
installation 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.
Certification Standard Article Laboratory Report Number Date
Safety EN 60950-
1:2006+A11:2009+A1:2010
(3.1(a)) Worldwide Testing
Services (Taiwan)
W6M21012-11105-L 2011-02-15
Health EN 50371:2002-03 W6M21012-11105-
50371
2011-04-08
EMC EN 301 489-1 V1.8.1 (2008-04) (3.1(b)) W6M21012-11105-E-16 2011-02-08
EN 301 489-17 V2.1.1 (2009-05)
Radio EN 300 328 V1.7.1 (2006-10) (3.2) W6M21012-11105-
50371
2011-04-07
Notified Body
Opinion
Eurofins U9M21103-4249-C 2011-04-13