3025EMC Master Control Switching & Channel Branding
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12. The EAS Test can also be triggered from the General EAS/Send any EAS Alert dialogue box.
Select the appropriate EAS Alert Code (RWT or RMT) and make the appropriate FIPS Location
Codes available. The “View alert header and standard translation” diagnostics checkbox should
be checked to view the message details. Add the Alert Audio Message as required. Click “Send
EAS Alert”, confirm the message details are correct in the EAS Test Dialogue then click “Yes,
Send Alert!” to trigger the EAS Test.
Triggering a Standard EAS Message using the General EAS
13. Other EAS messages can also be triggered (Warning/Watch messages). Navigate to the Setup
then Encoder page. Next, select General (Main Encoder) to show the configuration dialogue for
the Main Encoder.
14. From the Configure Available EAS Types for Encoder Alert Origination Interfaces heading add a
warning or watch EAS code, for example, AVW:AVALANCHE WARNING. Ensure that this is
available as a configured EAS Code.
15. Navigate to the Encoder settings page then General EAS (Encode/Send any EAS Alert) tab.
From the Select Alert EAS Code drop-down menu select the Warning/Watch code required (for
this example the AVW: AVALANCHE WARNING). Next, from the available FIPS code locations,
select the FIPS code locations that this watch/warning will apply to. Also, configure any Audio
Alert Messages at this time.
16. Next, click “Send EAS Alert”, confirm the message details are correct in the EAS Test Dialogue
then click “Yes, Send Alert!” to trigger the EAS Test.
17. The V/O4 bus will activate automatically on the 3025EMC if there is associated EAS audio and
will also duck the appropriate number of audio channels accordingly. The crawl text will play-out
using the appropriate text and background bar font and colour as configured using QMC/EMC
Setup.
18. The V/O4 bus will deactivate automatically when the EAS audio has been played out fully.
19. Both the WAV and TXT files that contain the EAS message crawl and audio source content will
be removed from the 3025EMC CF card after the EAS message has been played out.
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