[EAS] Latest word from FEMA on CAP IP Connectivity

[Dave Kline]

Thanks for the update Richard.

I am attaching a copy of this e-mail to my station logs.

Dave

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Dave Kline   UNO-TV / KVNO
University of Nebraska at Omaha
6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE  68182  CPACS 200
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On Sep 8, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Richard_Rudman wrote:

> As of this writing, FEMA IPAWS has not yet released the domain names  
> or IP addresses that broadcasters need to program in to their CAP  
> EAS devices to poll the federal CAP message aggregator.
>
> FEMA has stood up the testing environment for EAS device  
> manufacturers to ensure their devices are able to retrieve CAP  
> messages from IPAWS-OPEN Atom feed. According to Antwane Johnson,  
> Division Director and Program Manager for FEMA IPAWS, "A PIN will be  
> assigned to each of the approved EAS equipment vendors. To receive a  
> PIN, each vendor will need to email FEMA IPAWS at: ipaws at dhs.gov  
> requesting the PIN and the structure of the Atom feed URL."
>
> Once final security checks have been completed, FEMA IPAWS will  
> update the EAS community with the release of the domain names to be  
> used by the broadcaster community.
>
> As of this writing, the FCC September 30 deadline stands.
>
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