User's Manual

Banner Engineering Corporation
9714 Tenth Avenue North • Minneapolis, MN 55441 • Phone [phone] • Fax [phone] • www.bannerengineering.com
OEM Integration Manual Guidance – KDB 996369 D03 Section 2
Clear and Specific Instructions Describing the Conditions, Limitations, and Procedures
for third-parties to use and/or integrate the module into a host device.
Requirement
Is this module intended for
sale to third parties?
☐ - YES
☒ - No,
If No, and LMA applies, the applicant can optionally choose to
not make the following detailed info public. However there still
needs to be basic integration instructions for a user’s manual and
the information below must still be included in the operational
description. If the applicant wishes to keep this info confidential,
this will require a separate statement cover letter explaining the
module is not for sale to third parties and that integration
instructions are internal confidential documents.
Items required to be in the manual – See KDB 996369 D03, Section 2
As of May 1, 2019, the FCC requires ALL the following information to be in the installation manual. Modular transmitter
applicants should include information in their instructions for all these items indicating clearly when they are not applicable.
For example information on trace antenna design could indicate “Not Applicable”. Also if a module is limited to only a
grantees own products and not intended for sale to third parties, the user instructions may not need to be detailed and the
following items can be placed in the operational description, but this should include a cover letter as cited above.
1. List of applicable FCC rules. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.2
a. Only list rules related to the transmitter.
☐ - All Items shown to
the left are provided in
the Modular Integration
Guide (or UM) for Full
Modular Approval
(MA) or LMA.
☒ - An LMA applies
and is approved ONLY
for use by the grantee in
their own products, and
not intended for sale to
3
rd
parties as provided in
a separate cover letter.
Therefore, the
information shown to
the left is found in the
theory of operation.
2. Summarize the specific operational use conditions. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.3
a. Conditions such as limits on antennas, cable loss, reduction of power for point-to-
point systems, professional installation info
3. Limited Module Procedures. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.4
a. Describe alternative means that the grantee uses to verify the host meets the necessary
limiting conditions
b. When RF exposure evaluation is necessary, state how control will be maintained such
that compliance is ensured, such as Class II for new hosts, etc.
4. Trace antenna designs. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.5
a. Layout of trace design, parts list, antenna, connectors, isolation requirements, tests for
design verification, and production test procedures for ensuring compliance. If
confidential, the method used to keep confidential must be identified and information
provided in the operational description.
5. RF exposure considerations. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.6
a. Clearly and explicitly state conditions that allow host manufacturers to use the
module. Two types of instructions are necessary: first to the host manufacturer to
define conditions (mobile, portable – xx cm from body) and second additional text
needed to be provided to the end user in the host product manuals.
6. Antennas. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.7
a. List of antennas included in the application and all applicable professional installer
instructions when applicable. The antenna list shall also identify the antenna types
(monopole, PIFA, dipole, etc – note that “omni-directional” is not considered a type)
7. Label and compliance information. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.8
a. Advice to host integrators that they need to provide a physical or e-label stating
“Contains FCC ID: “ with their finished product
8. Information on test modes and additional testing requirements. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.9
a. Test modes that should be taken into consideration by host integrators including
clarifications necessary for stand-alone and simultaneous configurations.
b. Provide information on how to configure test modes for evaluation
9. Additional testing, Part 15 Subpart B disclaimer. KDB 996369 D03, Section 2.10
John McMahon
Senior Manager, Regulatory Compliance