Quick Start Manual

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

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