[EAS] Furthermore re: Fire

[Ed Czarnecki]

Gary - We supplied an integrated receiver/edge server for Ohio.

Ed

Edward Czarnecki
Senior Director - Strategy  & Global Government Affairs 
MONROE ELECTRONICS / Digital Alert Systems
585-765-2254 ext. 122 | fax 585-765-9330 Reston VA | Lyndonville NY 
www.digitalalertsystems.com

From: Gary Timm

This Ohio model of distributing the CAP message rather than the Legacy EAS
alert sounds like a good direction for us all to head as a way to avoid
Legacy EAS messages airing ahead of the arrival of the CAP message.

Does anyone know what Ohio uses for DTV data receivers, and how much they
cost each station?

Gary Timm
WI SECC

From: "Botterell, Arthur at CalOES" <Arthur.Botterell at CalOES.ca.gov>

As a fresh-page approach I'd recommend careful consideration of the "Ohio
Model."  Using donated bandwidth from the state's public TV stations and
their statewide fiber interconnect, Ohio has set up a rapid last-mile
dissemination of CAP alerts data over the public stations' generally pretty
high-powered transmitters.

Let's think a moment about what that means.  First thing it represents is a
modern digital State Relay Network.  Because it's native CAP all the way to
the edge of the network, it opens up a whole raft of opportunities for
intelligent alerting devices that simply aren't available once the alert has
been dumbed-down into the SAME format.  I'm thinking of everything from
opening firehouse doors and such for earthquake warnings to flashers,
shakers and other customized user experiences for folks with access and
functional needs.

And while EAS devices can consume the CAP fed over the datacast, its
entirely possible for the TV station to disseminate an alert without
interrupting it's own program(s).  Meanwhile, location-aware receiving
devices can determine for themselves and their owners whether a particular
CAP alert is relevant to them.  Which was really one of the most fundamental
notions behind CAP, and one that's been overlooked in both EAS and WEA.

(An important side consideration is that people frequently have "locations
of interest" other than where they physically are at any moment.  Maybe a
child's school, maybe a business or plant location.  By disseminating the
actual CAP alert it becomes feasible to use intelligent receiving devices to
tailor their behavior to their individual owners.)

Not making any sort of commercial endorsement here... we're doing our own
evaluation of the technology now... but I do think the Ohio system is, if
not a model for everyone, then at least instructive as an example of the
sort of thing that's possible once we start thinking outside the
CONELRAD/EBS box.

Art

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