{"id":5617,"date":"2015-06-16T05:52:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2015-06-16T05:55:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T11:55:28","slug":"engineering-notebook-fcc-issues-proposed-new-rules-for-national-eas-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/engineering-notebook-fcc-issues-proposed-new-rules-for-national-eas-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Notebook – FCC issues proposed new rules for national EAS test"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 12, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

Update to EAS Equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most engineers have read or heard about the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning changes to the EAS operation involving national level test.<\/span><\/p>\n

In its 6th<\/sup> Report and Order the Commission has proposed the following changes….<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Adopt “six zeroes” (000000) as the national\u00a0location code pertaining to every state and\u00a0county in the United States, and we require EAS\u00a0Participants to use equipment capable of\u00a0processing this location code.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 Require that EAS Participants’ equipment be\u00a0capable of processing a National Periodic\u00a0Test (NPT) event code for future nationwide EAS\u00a0tests to bring consistency to the operation of EAS equipment in future national, regional, state\u00a0and local activations.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Require EAS Participants to file test data in an\u00a0Electronic Test Report System (ETRS) that\u00a0has been constructed to be a practical, accessible,\u00a0and minimally burdensome tool for\u00a0recording EAS dissemination data and developing\u00a0an FCC Mapbook that can illustrate the\u00a0manner in which an EAS alert is propagated\u00a0throughout part or all of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Require EAS Participants to comply with minimum\u00a0accessibility rules, in order to ensure that EAS\u00a0visual messages are readable and accessible to all\u00a0members of the public, including people with\u00a0disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basically what this means is that all broadcasters and cable operations should have their EAS equipment programmed to enable the reception and relay of a National Periodic Test (NPT) with the location code set to “six zeroes” (000000).<\/span><\/p>\n

In checking with manufactures \u00a0of \u00a0EAS equipment we have found the following…<\/span><\/p>\n

DasDec<\/b>….The most current firmware already\u00a0supports the new national location code\u00a0\u00a0 and the NPT code. \u00a0Detail information\u00a0and guidance in configuration of the DasDec for these changes can be found<\/span>\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sage Endec<\/b>….Sage will update its firmware to allow\u00a0its model 3644 users to comply with\u00a0the new rules.\u00a0 Sage users should not\u00a0make any EAN-related changes to their\u00a0filters at this time. We will update this\u00a0announcement, and send email to our\u00a0\u00a0support list, when our release plan is\u00a0finalized.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gorman Redlich<\/b>…The company plans to issue an\u00a0update to their firmware shortly.<\/span><\/p>\n

These new rules will become effective 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register.\u00a0 In the Report and Order the Commission concluded that EAS Participants should be given up to twelve months from the effective date of the rule amendments requiring use of the national location code and NPT rules to come into compliance with these amendments.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Commission however said “in light of the fact that FEMA intends to conduct a nationwide EAS test “in the near future,” and that such a test will use both the NPT and the “six zeroes” location code, it is imperative that we ensure that EAS Participants are capable of processing a test with these characteristics as rapidly as\u00a0 possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the EAS Operational Issues NPRM, we addressed this concern by proposing to require compliance with the national location code and NPT requirements within six months from the effective date of their codification into our rules.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The ABA will keep you up to date on any changes as we go forward.\u00a0 If you have any questions feel free to send an email to the<\/span> Alabama EAS Committee<\/a>.\u00a0 For those with spare time and would like to read the entire Report and Order<\/span> click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ABA Corporate Sponsor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

June 12, 2015 Update to EAS Equipment Most engineers have read or heard about the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning changes to the EAS operation involving national level test. In its 6th Report and Order the Commission has proposed the following changes…. 1.\u00a0\u00a0 Adopt “six zeroes” (000000) as the national\u00a0location code pertaining to every … Continue reading Engineering Notebook – FCC issues proposed new rules for national EAS test<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5620,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions\/5620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}