[EAS] Converters, or not?

[Donald Miller]

Tom
Sage has not yet updated their firmware to provide that capability.  Harold has wisely waited to do just one update closer to the June 30 deadline.  I can't blame him for waiting, with the turmoil caused by the FCC's Fifth Report and Order.  Washington broadcasters have been monitoring MystateUSA servers for CAP-EAS alerts since installed in 2006. They are setup to poll redundant servers in CO and VA with a different protocol than the ATOM protocol utilized by the IPAWS-OPEN office. 

Don Miller
SVP of Business Development
MyStateUSA, Inc
360-791-4365
Former Washington State EOC Telecom/IT and Warning Systems Manager

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Tom Taggart <tpt at literock93r.com> wrote:

>Ed:

>Reading the report and order the answer is "yes and No"--yes
>you can have a converter temporarily, but no, eventually you
>will need a decoder that can handle (I've forgotten the
>phrase)--the "correct" kind of video display for a TV crawl.

>Yes, I know, why does one need this for a radio station?
>This is the same agency that insisted for years that I had a
>license for a TV remote pick-up (2 GHZ) station. Finally I
>just cancelled the license.

>As a practical matter, I picked up my Sage units for little
>more than the cost of the converters. The state
>broadcaster's assn. cut a deal with SCMS. While I still
>can't get it to talk to the internet, I like the way it
>stores logs. Will be wandering over to one station today to
>print-out February's logs for the file.

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