Installation Guide

AirCard 800 Series Installation Guide
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InadditiontoFederalAviationAuthority(FAA)require‐
ments,manyairlineregulationsstatethatyoumustsus‐
pendwirelessoperationsbeforeboardinganaircraft.The
AirCardmodemiscapableoftransmittingsignalsthat
couldinterferewithvariousonboardsystemsandcontrols.
Failuretoobservethisinstructionmayleadtosuspension
or
denialofcellulartelephoneservicestotheoffender,
legalaction,orboth.
Someairlinesmaypermittheuseofcellularphoneswhile
theaircraftisonthegroundandthe doorisopen.TheAir‐
Cardmodemmaybeusednormallyatthistime.
• Whileoperatingavehicle
Thedriveror
operatorofanyvehicleshouldnotusea
wirelessdatadevicewhileincontrolofavehicle.Doingso
detractsfromthedriveroroperatorʹsabilitytocontroland
operatethevehicle.Insomecountries,usingsuchcommu‐
nicationsdeviceswhileincontrolofavehicleisanoffence.
Important safety/compliance
information for North American
users
CAUTION:Unauthorizedmodificationsorchangesnot
expresslyapprovedbySierraWireless,Inc.couldvoid
compliancewithregulatoryrules,andtherebyyourauthority
tousethisequipment.
ThedesignoftheAirCard850,860,875,880,881,880E,and
881EmodemcomplieswithU.S.FederalCommunications
Commission(FCC)andIndustryCanada(IC)
guidelines
respectingsafetyleve lsofradiofrequency(RF)exposurefor
portabledevices,whichinturnareconsistentwiththe
followingsafetystandardspreviouslysetbyCanadian,U.S.
andinternationalstandardsbodies:
• ANSI/IEEEC95.1‐1999,IEEEStandardforSafetyLevelswith
RespecttoHumanExposuretoRadioFrequencyElectromag‐
neticFields,
3kHzto300GHz
• NationalCouncilonRadiationProtectionandMeasure‐
ments(NCRP)Report86,‐1986,BiologicalEffectsand
ExposureCriteriaforRadi oFrequencyElectromagneticFields
• HealthCanada,SafetyCode6,1999,LimitsofHuman
ExposuretoRadiofrequencyElectromagneticFieldsinthe
FrequencyRangefrom3kHzto300GHz
• InternationalCommissiononNon‐IonisingRadiation
Protection(ICNIRP)1998,Guidelinesforlimitingexposureto