Installation Guide

Rev 2 Feb.11 45

6: Regulatory and Safety

Information

Important notice

Becauseofthenatureofwirelesscommunications,trans‐

missionandreceptionofdatacanneverbeguaranteed.Data

maybedelayed,corrupted(thatis,haveerrors),orbetotally

lost.Althoughsignificantdelaysorlossesof dataarerare

whenwirelessdevicessuchastheSierraWirelessnetwork

cardareused

inanormalmannerwithawell‐constructed

network,theSierraWirelessnetworkcardshouldnotbeused

insituationswherefailuretotransmitorreceive datacould

resultindamageofanykindtotheuseroranyotherparty,

includingbutnotlimitedtopersonalinjury,death,or

lossof

property.SierraWirelessanditsaffiliatesacceptnoresponsi‐

bilityfordamagesofanykindresultingfromdelaysorerrors

indatatransmittedorreceivedusingtheSierraWireless

networkcard,orforfailureoftheSierraWirelessnetworkcard

totransmitorreceivesuchdata.

Safety and hazards

TheAirCardmodemMUSTBEPOWEREDOFFinallareas

thatmaybesusceptibletoradiointerference,inparticular:

• Prohibitedareas

Obeyallsignsandnoticesandfollowallrulesandregula‐

tions.PowerofftheAirCardmodemwheninstructedtodo

soorwhenyoususpectthatitmaycause

interferenceor

danger.

• Inareaswhereblastingisinprogress

• Whereexplosiveatmospheresmaybepresent

Areaswithapotentiallyexplosiveatmospherearenot

alwaysclearlymarked.Suchareasinclud e gasstations,

fueldepots,chemicaltransferorstoragefacilities,areas

whereblastingisinprogress,areaswheretheaircontains

chemicals

orparticlessuchasgrain,dust,ormetalpow‐

ders,andanyotherareawhereyouwouldnormallybe

advisedtoturnoffyourcellularphoneorvehicleengine.

• Nearmedicalorlife‐supportequipment

Medicalequipmentmaybesusceptibletoanyformof

radiointerference.InsuchareastheAirCard

modemcan

transmitsignalsthatcouldinterferewiththisequipment.

• Onboardaircraft