[EAS] FCC NPRM on improving EAS just issued

[media at openbroadcaster.com]

Here in Canada's Yukon, we used the Common Look and Feel Guidance 
document as the blueprint to help us create a 100% open source client 
for unattended standalone broadcasting of the Pelmorex emergency feeds. 
We were able to complete this last winter without having to ask\bug 
Pelmorex directly for any information how to interface with their systems.

In addition to releasing our source code into the public domain, for 
others to experiment and build on,  we created a low cost "Plug and 
Play" emergency broadcast appliance that has gained some popularity in 
Canada.  We provide service to all regions here in all the broadcast 
sectors; Commercial, Community, Faith, Development, Tourist and First 
Nation. At Queens University in Kingston ON radio station CFRC, one of 
the oldest in Canada, hired a student to implement our code to run their 
emergency alerts.  David Parker assisted in adding GPIO functionality 
and putting this solution back into the community.

TTUL

Rob

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Robert G. Hopkins
OpenBroadcaster Inc.
Box 87, Tagish, Yukon Y0B1T0
Office: 867-667-6397
www.openbroadcaster.com/rob-hopkins

On 16-02-01 12:19 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>> Be careful what you ask for...  Getting the EM community to agree on just
>> about anything their governing bodies will pay for on a national basis is
>> like herding cats.
> Herding cats is an essential definition of all standards groups or
> advisory groups.
>
> Back to the Canadian experience.
>
> http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/mrgnc-mngmnt/mrgnc-prprdnss/npas/clf-lng-eng.aspx
>
> "This document was produced with the support of the Centre for Security
> Science (CSS) Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP) at the request
> of the Federal Provincial Territorial (FPT) Senior Officials Responsible
> for Emergency Management (SOREM) Public Alerting Working Group, and in
> consultation with the public-private Common Look and Feel Working Group."
>
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OpenBroadcaster Inc.
Box 87, Tagish, Yukon Y0B1T0
Office:  867-667-6397
http://www.openbroadcaster.com