Installation guide

Rev 3.8 May.07 23
5
5: Regulatory and Safety Infor-
mation
• Important notice
• Important safety/
compliance
information for North
American users
• EU regulatory
conformity
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
DonotoperateyourAirCardmodem:
• Inareaswhereblastingisinprogress
• Whereexplosiveatmospheresmaybepresentincluding
refuellingpoints,fueldepots,andchemicalplants
• Nearmedicalequipment
• Nearlifesupportequipment,orany equipmentwhich
maybesusceptibletoanyformofradiointerference.In
suchareas,the
AirCardmodemMUSTBEPOWERED
OFF.Otherwise,theAirCardmodemcantransmitsignals
thatcouldinterferewiththisequipment.
Inanaircraft,theAirCardmodemMUSTBEPOWEREDOFF.
Otherwise,theAirCardmodemcantransmitsignalsthatcould
interferewithvariousonboardsystemsandmaybedangerous
totheoperation
oftheaircraftordisruptthecellularnetwork.
Useofacellularphoneinanaircraftisillegalinsomejurisdi‐