[EAS] Yesterday's CAP RWT

[Darryl Parker]

Mike,

There is no "sunset" on CAP converters, and it is incorrect that "the matter will be self resolving when the use of converters is no longer allowed and everyone must have CAP in a self-contained device." CAP converters may continue to be used indefinitely as long as they meet the requirements of 47CFR11.56(b).

"§ 11.56 Obligation to process CAP-formatted EAS messages.
...
(b) EAS Participants may comply with the requirements of this section by deploying an Intermediary
Device. If an EAS Participant elects to meet the requirements of this section by deploying an Intermediary
Device, it shall be required to construct visual messages from CAP-formatted EAS messages in accordance
with §3.6 of the "ECIG Recommendations for a CAP EAS Implementation Guide, Version 1.0" (May 17,2010), as set forth in §§11.51(d), (g)(3), (h)(3), and (j)(2) of this part, on or by June 30, 2015."

Regards,
Darryl E.Parker
TFT, Inc.
San Jose, California 95131-1708 USA
Tel: (1) 408-943-9323, Extension 223
www.TFTInc.com

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy

Since legacy devices need a CAP converter to operate with CAP and the FCC defined the converters can only be used a certain amount of time (I seem to recall a sunset date occurs some time in 2014), the matter will be self resolving when the use of converters is no longer allowed and everyone must have CAP in a self-contained device.