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6: Regulatory and Safety
Information
Notice
Becauseofthenatureofwireless communications,trans‐
missionandreceptionofdatacanneverbeguaranteed.Data
maybedelayed,corrupted(thatis,haveerrors),orbetotally
lost.Althoughsignificantdelaysorlossesof dataarerare
whenwirelessdevicessuchastheSierraWirelessmodemare
usedin
anormalmannerwithawell‐constructednetwork,the
SierraWirelessmodemshouldnotbeusedinsituationswhere
failuretotransmitorreceivedatacouldresultindamageof
anykindtotheuseroranyotherparty,includingbutnot
limitedtopersonal injury,death,orlossof
property.Sierra
Wirelessand itsaffiliatesacceptnoresponsibilityfordamages
ofanykindresultingfromdelaysorerrorsindatatransmitted
orreceivedusingtheSierraWirelessmodem,orforfailureof
theSierraWirelessmodemtotransmitorreceivesuchdata.
Safety and hazards
ThemodemMUSTBEPOWEREDOFFinallareasthatmay
besusceptibletoradiointerference,inparticular:
• Prohibitedareas
Obeyallsignsandnoticesandfollowallrulesandregula‐
tions.Poweroffthemodemwheninstructedtodosoor
whenyoususpectthatitmaycauseinterferenceor
danger.
• Inareaswhereblastingisinprogress
• Whereexplosiveatmospheresmaybepresent
Areaswithapotentiallyexplosiveatmospherearenot
alwaysclearlymarked.Suchareasinclud egasstations,
fueldepots,chemicaltransferorstoragefacilities,areas
whereblastingisinprogress,areaswheretheaircontains
chemicalsorparticles
suchasgrain,dust,ormetalpow‐
ders,andanyotherareawhereyouwouldnormallybe
advisedtoturnoffyourcellularphoneorvehicleengine.
• Nearmedicalorlife‐supportequipment
Medicalequipmentmaybesusceptibletoanyformof
radiointerference.Insuchareasthemodemcantransmit
signalsthatcouldinterferewiththisequipment.
• Onboardaircraft
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