[EAS] How are you planning to broadcast the September 28 National EAS Test?

[Robert Rakow]

I agree with you 100% Alan. If the box is configured right, (as to what you think it should be) do nothing. Let the box do what it was designed to do. In my opinion, it is a test which means to me that not only is it a test for a new nationally delivered test but also a test as to whether your box did it properly. If the box does not perform as expected then we have to find the problem and fix it. I have my priority set to 59 on my Endec as suggested by Sage.

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Alan Alsobrook <radiotech at alsobrookelectronics.com> wrote:
>On 9/23/2016 4:52 PM, Kenyon, Alfred wrote:
>> I do not recommend attempting to precisely back time programming to
>> NPT for that reason. It will be a pretty crude cold cut to the
>> "Brapp, Brapp, Brapp" anyway. That's just the way it works.

>To make this test valid, I plan on doing absolutely NOTHING for the
>test. The whole idea is that the box should know what to do, if I did my
>programming correctly.

>Now don't get me wrong I did update the firmware of the EAS boxes so
>they should properly react to the 00000 code. But after that, in a real
>emergency likely no one will be sitting around the box waiting to see
>when the first bubble forms (watching the pot).

>So my prep for the test is update my programming, (which has been
>completed) then some time after the test should have run I'll check the
>logs and see how it went.

>If it doesn't work as planned then we can see what needs to be done to
>correct things.

>I guess one thing I do need to check in the next day or so, in the ENDEC
>what priority the NPT was given, and correct that as needed.

>NOTE: My personal opinion, no test should ever prevent a real emergency
>from being transmitted. Thus all test priorities are set very low
>(typically 10 or less, since the RMT already has 10 I'll probably set
>the NPT to 11).

>--
>Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD
>aalso at bellsouth.net

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