[EAS] BLU Alert Comments.

[Robertm]

What would be nice is if an EAS box could output certain alerts either via gpo or a TCP protocol to the automation system. That way certain 'optional' alerts could be pre-recorded in the automation system and run either in stop sets or between songs without all the duck farts and bad audio. That in turn would make it more palatable for stations to air more events. The daisy chain is not needed for local events.  


> On Aug 3, 2017, at 4:35 PM, Tim Stoffel <tim at knpb.org> wrote:
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> Still, at the end of the day, there is not anything special enough about a Blu alert to make it sufficiently different enough from other existing warning types to justify its use for the public warning systems EAS and WEA. If the event is serious enough to warrant using either of these systems, then use an event code/scenario that matches something the public has already experienced. The use of vanity alerts (I like that term!) only weakens EAS and WEA.