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Emergency Alert
System (EAS)
Making It Work For You
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EAS – Market Opportunities
Chris Scurto
VP of North American Sales
ZeeVee, Inc.
EAS Vertical Markets
Academic Institutions
Corporate Centers
Health Care
Airports, Bus/Train Stations
Multiple Dwelling Units
RV Parks
Senior Living
Stadiums
Arenas
EAS - State of the Industry
Bill Robertson
VP of Development
Digital Alert Systems
Monroe Electronics
The Importance of Public Alerts
• The goal of Public Alerting (EAS) is to reduce damage and
loss of life caused by a natural or man-made emergency:
- Storms
- Floods
- Fire
– Earthquake
– Hazmats
– Evacuation
– Civil Emergency
– Missing Child
– Take Shelter
• Public alerts can help reduce casualties and property damage
• Public alerts can grow the trust relationship with an audience
• Public alerts may provide an additional income source for
integrators
The Evolution of Public Emergency Alerting
1951 - 1963
CONELRAD
Originally called the “Key Station System,” the CONtrol of ELectromagnetic
RADiation (CONELRAD) was established in August 1951.
Participating stations tuned to 640 & 1240 kHz AM and initiated a special sequence and procedure designed to warn citizens.
1963 - 1997
1997 - - - - - - - -
EBS
EBS initiated to address the nation through audible alerts. It did not allow for targeted messaging.
System upgraded in 1976 to provide better and more accurate handling of alert receptions.
Originally designed to provide the President with an expeditious method of communicating with the American Public, it was expanded for use during peacetime at state and local levels.
EAS
EAS jointly coordinated by the FCC, FEMA and NWS.
Designed for President to speak to American people within 10 minutes.
EAS messages composed of 4 parts:
• Digitally encoded header
• Attention Signal
• Audio Announcement
• Digitally encoded end‐of‐
message marker
Better integration with NOAA weather and local alert distribution to broadcaster.
Original timeline info borrowed from: The Broadcast Archive by Barry Mishkind, The Eclectic Engineer
present CAP + EAS
IPAWS attempts to modernize and integrate the nation’s alert and warning infrastructure. Federal, state and local public alert and warning systems adopt new alert information exchange format ‐
the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
Provides authorities a broader range of message options and multiple communications pathways.
EAS / CAP Message Sources
Federal
Legacy EAS
Weather Radio
Multiple Monitoring Points
• Legacy EAS
• NOAA Weather Radio
• State CAP feeds e.g. EMnet
• IPAWS National CAP feed
• Other/local CAP feeds
State CAP
Servers
IPAWS
Other Services
CAP Outputs
• Expanded CAP EAS text
• Audio
• Multimedia files
EAS/CAP Message Source Connections
External AM/FM/WX antennas
CAP
Servers
Legacy EAS
Internet
Firewall
Device
To ZeeVee distribution system
Monroe – ZeeVee EAS Integration
• Monroe’s One-Net™ uses EAS-Net™ for transferring
messages over an IP interface
• ZeeVee devices become One-Net “clients” creating the alert
message display and playing the associated audio
• EAS-Net supplies the message text and audio to the
connected devices
• ZeeVee features an unique EAS-Net relaying function allowing
all devices to share message data as a single client
• Simple “one-wire” – Ethernet connection
Message Distribution using EAS-Net™
Monroe One‐Net
ZeeVee Encoding & Combining Network
TCP/IP Switch
To Unlimited TV Displays
EAS‐Net
Protocol
ZeeVee A/V Distribution Side
Monroe One‐Net
Out to TVs
TV Alert Message Displays
Full Screen Display
Crawl Display
• Video and audio are replaced
with message
• Page sequenced
for multi-page
displays
• Page continues
based on
configuration
• Easiest to deploy
• Alert message is overlaid on
program video – audio is
replaced
• Crawl continues
based on
configuration
• Requires crawl
capable gear
TV Alert Message Displays
Full Screen Display
• Video and audio are replaced with
message
• Page sequenced or multi-page
displays
• Page continues based on
configuration
• Easy to deploy
Conclusions
• Adding emergency messaging can have a meaningful impact
• Rapid dissemination of critical information can…
• Save lives
• Protect property
• Reduce potential injury / liability
• Proper and timely instructions matter most
• What to do
• What NOT to do • Where to go
• Targeting alerting builds trust
• Regional - Weather, Floods, Evacuations
• Local – Building issues, Fire, Gas leaks, etc
• Opportunity to upsell/re-sell customers
• Additional revenue and customer touch points
• Monroe & ZeeVee make implementation very easy
• Simple IP connection covers both audio and video
EAS Technical Setup
Melanie Rodrigue
Technical Support Director
ZeeVee, Inc.
ZeeVee Only EAS Options
• Local Alerts
• In Maestro manually enter text to be sent to all channels
• Specify how long the alert should run
• Upload optional audio file to play with text message
EAS – Local Alerts
EAS Options with Monroe One-Net
• Monroe One-Net with EAS-NET
• Alert sent via Ethernet with start/stop for message
• Both ZeeVee and One-Net must have NTP servers set properly to ensure
messages display for specified time period
• Monroe One-Net with MPEG2 Streaming
• Alert sent via Unicast as mpeg2 stream
• No NTP required, when the stream starts, the alert goes to all TVs, when the
stream stops alert is cancelled
• Monroe One-Net with MPEG2 streaming MCAST
• Alert sent via Multicast as mpeg2
• No NTP required, when stream starts ZeeVee starts the alert, when stream
stops alert is cancelled
EAS – Maestro Configuration
Message Distribution Using EAS-Net™
Monroe One‐Net
ZeeVee Encoding & Combining Network
TCP/IP Switch
NTP server
access
To Unlimited TV Displays
EAS‐Net
Protocol
Message Distribution Using MPEG Streaming
Monroe One‐Net
ZeeVee Encoding & Combining Network
TCP/IP Switch
To Unlimited TV Displays
EAS‐Net
Protocol
Questions
Final Reminders
Additional Sessions
Archived Sessions
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Questions, Follow Up
• Today 11AM (EDT)
• Tomorrow 4PM (EDT)
• EAS and all our webinars
• zeevee.com/smartbuy
• Dealer / Distributor portal
• Webinars, Collateral, Co‐op
• marketing@zeevee.com
• sales@zeevee.com
Thank You!
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