[EAS] CAP Test

[Dave Turnmire]

I also didn't get any alerts for Idaho.  Is that because they didn't get 
sent?  Or were they flagged differently this time?  There was some 
discussion after the earlier RWTs about whether to code the RWTs as 
"actual" or something else... such as test or exercise.  Did that 
change?  Perhaps that is the issue on my end.

Perhaps someone from Monroe could clarify... my DASDEC has two "test 
mode" check boxes (currently unchecked), one says "Process Test CAP 
Messages as Actual" and the other is similar except for "Exercise" CAP 
messages.  Can we get some clarification on what exactly "process" means 
in this context?  I'd still like to have a test or exercise message show 
up in my log (otherwise... how do I know I "passed" the test?).  As long 
as it doesn't get forwarded, I'm happy.  But my DASDEC didn't even get 
the messages that David Mulford indicated he got for Guam, etc.  After I 
configured FIPS code filtering last week, I was still seeing the other 
alerts in the "Ops Log"... just listed as "blocked".  But I haven't seen 
ANY IPAWS alerts this week, even in the Ops Log.  Just wondering if that 
might be a side affect of changing the coding on the alerts to "test" or 
"Exercise".

Speaking of which... what is the difference between "test" and "Exercise"?

Thanks

Dave

On 12/12/2011 12:44 PM, Mulford, David wrote:
> Wayne,
> I got several alerts but not any for Virginia.
>
> My DASDEC box reports the following:
>
> Sun Dec 11 20:05:00 2011 EST - RWT from IPAWS OPEN CAP EAS Feed
> Configuration Test Message
> - Guam (066000) Northern Mariana Islands (069000)
> ZCZC-CIV-RWT-066000-069000+0100-3460105-IPAWSCAP-
>
> Mon Dec 12 10:05:00 2011 EST - RWT from IPAWS OPEN CAP EAS Feed
> Configuration Test Message
> - Puerto Rico (072000) Virgin Islands Of The United States (078000)
>
> ZCZC-CIV-RWT-072000-078000+0100-3461505-IPAWSCAP-
>
> Mon Dec 12 14:05:00 2011 EST - RWT from IPAWS OPEN CAP EAS Feed
> Configuration Test Message
> - California (006000) Nevada (032000) Washington (053000)
> ZCZC-CIV-RWT-006000-032000-014000-053000+0100-3461905-IPAWSCAP-
>
> My box did not pick up any IPAWS/CAP tests for the Eastern, Central or
> Mountain timezones.
> Several things may have happened IMHO - FEMA's servers were overtaxed, my
> EAS box wouldn't poll/connect due to network issues on my end and/or was
> configured incorrectly, FEMA didn't issue a test message for my timezone
> at 11AM EST.
>
> Mr. David Mulford
> Engineer WRKE-LP Salem VA.
>