[EAS] Ira's Comments

[ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com]

Likewise, the DASDEC (TV and Radio) and One-Net (Cable TV and IPTV) implements governors must carry element as specified by the IPAWS CAP profile and the Implementation Guide.

As previously posted, some of this discussion is a moot point, since the methodology was not only already adopted by the authorities, but all our products are being tested for their conformance to that methodology.

Edward Czarnecki, Ph.D.
Senior Director - Strategy, Development and Regulatory Affairs
Monroe Electronics, Inc. / Digital Alert Systems
ed.czarnecki at monroe-electronics.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Price [mailto:hprice at sagealertingsystems.com]

Yes, that would seem to be a better solution, except... Way back when, the FCC allowed States or local areas to invent their own event codes - there was language in the rules that permitted it with FCC approval. Sage, at least, allowed for the user to add an event code in the EEPROM through the serial port, in the field. The FCC did not allow the creation of new originator codes, so adding a new originator code would need a ROM update. Painful. Adding an event code would require a ROM update for some legacy units, adding an originator would require a ROM update for nearly all legacy units. All legacy users would need to update their filters for a newd