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FCC ID: ANOCORN1TASUHOP Document Number: FCC-19-0182-0
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Subject 7) Does the (BIOS Lock) check the proper antenna and output power combination?
Answer 7) The BIOS Lock dose not check output power, but checks the detail RF chipset info
instead. IBM will not modify the power of authorized RF cards, so the function must be
equal to the detection of the card manufacturing level.
Also please refer the Attechment-2 adding more details of the BIOS Lock.
Subject 8) The FCC identifier and label can only be placed on a complete transmitter. How is this
ensured when the WLAN card is sold without the antenna? You'll be shipping/marketing incomplete
transmitters.
Subject 9) How does this proposal comply with 15.204 requirement that a complete system is
marketed together? This replacement does not have an antenna.
Answer 8/9) As for the ANOCORN1TASUHOP, the RF WLAN card will be delivered to the
customers for replacing broken cards only, not marketed for sales independently.
To allow customers to install the repair parts, we implement the BIOS Lock to
guarantee the Part 15.203.
When we will market the card as the IBM option, we will process the proper
certification of LMA (by the card supplier) in line with the new rule of Attachment-1.
Subject 10) Please provide any additional information to ensure that the system will comply with
EMC and SAR requirements when any changes to antenna or output power is made.
Will Class II permissive changes be filed for all notebooks using this system?
Answer 10) Usually we have the FCC IDs for each system unit, not for card. So we measure all test
items for each model even though a same card was used for several models. If antenna
will be changed, we re-measure the Part 15.205/207/209(EMC) and do class II change.
ANOCH126H8056 is the case of it. We don't modify the card, so we have no case of
power change.
As for SAR, we have used MPE, so we could proceed with only the calculation using
the conducted power and antenna gain. The Class II change is very rare for us,
because we take a system grant approach (not LMA). Almost submissions are done
as original filings with different new FCC IDs.
Subject : RF Safety portion
Subject: FYI - in future filings please do not submit MPE "estimation" analyses for distances less
than 20 cm.
Answer: Thank you but we still need a confirmation whether the rule will be applied to a low power
transmitter below 10mW (e.g. Bluetooth 3mW).
Subject: Concerning revised RF exposure statement in users manual: there are typographical
errors, and we have the following comments for your consideration only:
Answer: Thank you very much. We will fully follow your advice, and would like to attach the update
for the sure. Please see the Attachment-3.
Sincerely, April 15, 2002
Toshiya Murota
Staff Engineer, EMC Engineering
Yamato Laboratory, IBM Japan Ltd.