Regulatory and safety compliance – ThingMagic Mercury xPRESS Platform v1.7 User Manual
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Regulatory and Safety Compliance
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Regulatory and Safety Compliance
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The xPRESS platform has been tested for regulatory compliance in order
to validate its design, but further testing and certification is required
before the xPRESS platform can be deployed as an RFID reader in an
application environment.
Note
Detailed information regarding the compliance of the modules and the
installation requirements necessary to insure compliance when the
reader is deployed is found in the user guide for each module:
(Current version: November 2013)
(Current version: March 2014)
In order to be approved for deployment, an RFID reader based on the xPRESS platform
must pass several categories of certification:
1. Certification as an “intentional radiator”. This category includes the following sub-
categories of requirements:
Correct in-band characteristics to make it compatible with other transmitters that
share the same frequency band
Adequate suppression of radiated signals outside the frequency band of operation
so as to not interfere with services in adjacent frequency bands
Statement detailing the distance from the antenna that must be maintained to
insure that RF levels are below recommended safe levels.
2. Certification as an “unintentional radiator” when the RFID reader is not actively
transmitting.
3. Safety compliance to protect installers and operators
Each country establishes its own regulatory and safety requirements for transmitters such
as RFID readers. Often these requirements are strongly based on those established by
FCC or EU standards bodies, as they were published or with minor changes. Both the