[SBE] EAS CAP adaptors/converters

[ednixon]

The item in question is support for FIPS codes;

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS_county_code

-fm-

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On Aug 21, 2012, at 2:19 PM, "Mark Heller" <wgbw at lsol.net> wrote:


> Here's what I got from Gorman-Redlich..

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> What is the 2015 deadline I heard about? Will intermediary devices still work?

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> The incorrect claim that intermediary devices will no longer work is based on a statement from the FCC Fifth Report &

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> Order, which reads:

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> “[B]ecause we also require that EAS Participants utilize the enhanced text in a CAP message to provide a

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> visual display, as set forth in section 3.6 of the ECIG Implementation Guide, we will require that any

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> intermediary devices provide such functionality by June 30, 2015, which is three years from the June 30,

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> 2012, deadline for overall CAP compliance.”

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> The “enhanced text” referenced in the excerpt above is constructed from various text fields within the CAP message.

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> The Gorman-Redlich CAP-DEC1 already generates this enhanced text and displays it on the user interface.

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> Additionally, the unit is capable of sending this text to certain signboards and character generators. We see no reason

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> why, once requirements are finalized, the CAP-DEC1 would have any problem complying well in advance of such a

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> deadline.

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> From: "Gary Stewart" <gstewart at ctvn.org>

> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:16 PM

> To: "sbe member discussion mail list" <sbe at sbe.org>

> Subject: Re: [SBE] EAS CAP adaptors/converters

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> To reply to my own post, in reading around the internet today I did learn that a converter only gets the minimum required CAP info.  A unified CAP/EAS unit also can get additional info (I guess meta data).  So I wonder is there a sunset on the minimum required data?  Will they require us to get it all someday?

> gary

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> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Gary Stewart

> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:47 PM

> To: 'sbe member discussion mail list'

> Subject: [SBE] EAS CAP adaptors/converters

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> Anyone know if there is any truth to there being a deadline for the use of CAP adaptors/converters?  That there will be a day in the not too distant future when only a single CAP enabled EAS unit will be allowed, no adaptor/converters.

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> Gary Stewart

> Engineering Dept.

> Cornerstone TV

> 412-824-3930

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