Engineering Notebook – AL EAS system now connected through IPAWS

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December 5, 2013eng_notebook

We are happy to announce that the Required Monthly Test (RMT) issued Thursday 12/5 at 11:09 AM was distributed through both the GSSNet Satellite Network and the IPAWS server in Washington.

This greatly increases our redundancy of the State EAS distribution network. Our thanks to Jeb Hargove with the Alabama Emergency Management Agency for his work with FEMA to make this possible and the folks at Global Security Systems for setting up the connection through the Alert Studio portal.

Reviewing several EAS units around the state indicated stations received the test from both CAP servers and their required monitor source. We continue to work with EAS equipment manufactures to make sure all television stations and cable systems can utilize the expanded text capability of CAP.

Please review your EAS unit logs to verify that you received the test from the IPAWS CAP server. We ask for your help in reviewing the status of reception around the state. Simply send a email report to the EAS Coordinator below. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Larry Wilkins CPBE®
State EAS Coordinator
Alabama Broadcasters Association
334-303-2525
lwilkins@al-ba.com