User Manual

Legal Notices

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described in this document, including without limitation certain patents or patent pending applications in the U.S. or

other countries.

This document and the products to which it pertains are distributed under licenses restricting their use, copying,

distribution and de-compilation. No part of this product documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any

means without the prior written consent of Alien Technology Corporation and its licensors, if any. Third party software

is copyrighted and licensed from Licensors. Alien, Alien Technology, the Alien logo, Higgs, Squiggle, the Squiggle

logo, and other graphics, logos, and service names used in this document are trademarks of Alien Technology

Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. U.S.

Government approval required when exporting the product described in this documentation.

Federal Acquisitions: Commercial Software -- Government Users Subject to Standard License Terms and Conditions.

U.S. Government: If this Software is being acquired by or on behalf of the U.S. Government or by a U.S. Government

prime contractor or subcontractor (at any tier), then the Government's rights in the Software and accompanying

documentation shall be only as set forth in this license; this is in accordance with 48 C.F.R. 227.7201 through

227.7202-4 (for Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions) and with 48 C.F.R. 2.101 and 12.212 (for non-DoD

acquisitions).

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AND WARANTEES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGMENT ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT

SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID.

FCC Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of

the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the

equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instruction manual, may cause harmful

interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful

interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his expense.

Any change or modification to this product voids the user’s authority to operate per FCC Part 15 Subpart A. Section

15.21 regulations.

Industry Canada Compliance

Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference and (2) this device

must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

This device has been designed to operate with an antenna having a maximum gain of 6dBi. Antenna having a higher

gain is strictly prohibited per regulations of Industry Canada. The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms.

To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the

equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) is not more than that required for successful communication.

Caution

Reader antennas should be positioned so that personnel in the area for prolonged periods may safely remain at least

23 cm (9 in) in an uncontrolled environment from the antenna’s surface. See FCC OET Bulletin 56 “Hazards of radio

frequency and electromagnetic fields” and Bulletin 65 “Human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields.”