[SBE] EAS CAP adaptors/converters

[Adrienne Abbott]

Gary-

IMHO.That all depends on whether your state or local emergency
managers/public safety/law enforcement agencies have access to the
technology to issue warnings in the CAP format. CAP is all about the
goodies-or in your case meta data-that can be sent with the CAP message,
things like photos of AMBER Alert victims/suspects, maps of evacuation areas
and routes, graphics with information on how to boil water. 

 

While the FCC may not demand that you receive more than a certain amount of
text in the CAP format, radio and TV broadcasters who have made a commitment
to serve their communities will appreciate getting as much info as possible
with the initial alert, be it an EAS activation or a public warning that
doesn't quite reach the level of an EAS activation. Whether or not you have
a news department, you can always use the news releases and information that
comes from community officials. But you'll only get that data as long as
your officials are CAP-equipped. If they aren't, then you have no reason to
go with anything other than the minimum equipment that the FCC requires.
It's kind of a two-way street, with a commitment needed from your state and
local government to go with the FCC CAP EAS mandate. The FCC can require the
broadcasters to have a certain type or level of CAP equipment, neither they
nor FEMA can require state and local governments to have the ability to use
that equipment. 

Adrienne

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [SBE] EAS CAP adaptors/converters

 

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

 

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.

 

Gary Stewart

Engineering Dept.

Cornerstone TV

412-824-3930

 

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