[EAS] SAGE Originating Set Ups

[Dave Turnmire]

On 11/12/2016 11:52 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> ...What happened to the EAS software-only products?
>
> From 1996-2006, there were a couple of vendors selling EAS software, 
> which didn't require separate EAS hardware. Multi-channel EAS 
> receivers are a complicated, but EAS alert origination could use just 
> the standard PC sound hardware connected to a public safety band radio.
>
> If I recall correctly, the EAS software-only products were priced $500 
> to $1000. Was there not enough market demand from Emergency Management 
> Agencies?
Our state used to use the "EAS Encoder 2" software from MTS. 
Unfortunately, it wasn't compatible with Vista and when MS dropped 
support for XP, that was an issue.  It appears the company basically 
abandoned it after CAP came along.

Dave