[EAS] Ira's Comments

Lowell Kiesow lkiesow at kplu.org
Tue Apr 5 11:48:45 CDT 2011


How about making GMC an originator code instead of an event code?

At 06:52 AM 4/5/2011, you wrote:
>There is another difference with EAN - it has no time limit.
>
>There are other problems with "overloading" the EAN with other
>functions, such as the 31 location code problem, that tend to make
>all EANs national events.
>
>Adding a GMC event code will cause legacy devices to say "The Civil
>Authorities has issued a Governors Must Carry for all of Pennsylvania".
>
>Harold
>
>At 09:43 PM 4/4/2011, Eric Adler wrote:
> >I, too, had thought about this but, from what I understand, GMC
> >can't become EAN as the presidential message must override _all_
> >messages, including GMC.
> >Eric

         Lowell Kiesow, Chief Engineer
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