[EAS] Sage Update is available, but wait a day

[Skinner, Jim]

For all Broadcasters and Cable using Sage brand, CAP ready EAS Encoder/Decoder:
Sage has announced release of the CAP software update. 
Go to:http://www.sagealertingsystems.com/   to download and install in a Sage ENDEC. 
Please realize that thousands of stations are trying to do this at the same time, so if you can wait a day or a few hours, it should go quicker and easier for you. 
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 Note: being CAP ready by June 30, 2012 is NOT optional. 
 Below is from the front page ofwww.FCC.gov
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information  202 / 418-0500
Fax-On-Demand  202 / 418-2830
TTY  202 / 418-2555
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
ftp.fcc.gov

DA 12-916
June 11, 2012
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU REMINDS EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS THAT THEY MUST BE ABLE TO RECEIVE AND PROCESS
COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL-FORMATTED EAS ALERTS BY JUNE 30, 2012
EB Docket No. 04-296

The Federal Communication Commission's (Commission) Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau reminds Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants that "[o]n or before June 30, 2012, EAS
Participants must have deployed operational equipment that is capable"1 of receiving and processing
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)-formatted EAS alerts in a manner consistent with the Commission's
EAS rules2 as amended by the Fifth Report and Order in the above-referenced docket. 3 This means any
necessary equipment must be installed and operational by that date. 
For further information regarding this requirement, please contact Tom Beers, Chief, Policy
Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-0952; or Gregory Cooke, Associate
Chief, Policy Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-2351.

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For the official document go to:
http://www.fcc.gov/document/reminder-eas-participants-june-30-2012-cap-deadline

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Jim Skinner CPBE CBNT
Nebraska SECC Chair
KPTM/KXVO TV
phone: 402-558-4200 main
JSkinner at kxvo.com  
www.NE-EAS.org