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DASDEC II Digital/Analog Emergency Alert System Encoder/Decoder User Manual Model DASDEC-1EN Version 2.6-0 March 27, 2015 Digital Alert Systems

4  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualDASDECIIInstallationandConfiguration1 DASDECIIHardware1.1 Introduction The DASDEC II is

94  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Net Alerts > EAS NET Client Configuration - DVS168/EARS

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 95Two other options unique to the DVS168 protocol are also provided. 1. To send just the EAS alert audio

96  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Net Alerts > CAP Decoding; Configure Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Decoding Remo

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 97to the servers. The following list will show most of those options, they may or may not pertain to all of

98  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual4.10.3.1 Quick Connect to IPAWS CAP Server To quick connect to the FEMA CAP Server, create a new

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 994.10.4 DVS644 (SCTE18) Configure DVS644 (SCTE-18) Client Alert Send to DVS644 (SCTE-18) device Discussio

100  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualAdd/Duplicate/Delete DVS644 (SCTE18) Client Interface Buttons: You can create configurations for

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 101 DVS-644/SCTE18 Client Configuration Interface, top half of table Discussion: Various information fiel

102  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual If standard MPEG2 transport stream delivery is used, then the following option to select In-Ba

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 103Alert Type Priority Selection Use this interface to configure the associated priority number for EAS ale

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 51.2.2 Status LED The DASDEC II's two LEDS are used for a variety of status indications, making it eas

104  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualAll EAS codes trigger If enabled, all EAS codes will trigger the DVS644/SCTE18 client interface.

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 105 Addition/deletion, configuration, and enable/disable for each client interface is handled just like the

106  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual4.10.6 Net CG This page allows configuration of up to five client targets for running alert craw

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 107When you finish making changes on this page, click to save the configuration. Configure Net GPIO Co

108  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Net Alerts > Net GPIO web page ENABLE Client Interface - Enables and disables u

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 109 NET GPIO Output Relay Trigger Options NET GPIO Output Relay selectors: Each client provides up to 4 r

110  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual NET GPIO FIPS Editing When the FIPS list is complete, click A similar interface is available

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 111outputs to be assigned to different stations and thereby recognized as triggering an action because a sp

112  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualGPI Output #2 can be programmed to make a contact closure during: 1. EAS audio play-out. 2. Mome

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 113 Setup > GPIO, top half of web page 3. Network GPIO Table The status of each configured Net GPIO

6  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual2 Setup:Hardware2.1 Audio Wiring Audio wiring on the DASDEC II has some flexibility due to the

114  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > GPI Web Page, bottom section 4.12 Setup > Printer: Setup Printer One of the basi

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1154.12.2 Configuration Setup > Printer; after a printer has been configured There are five toggle op

116  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualWeekly and Monthly EAS Event Report is Categorized When enabled, this option puts all of the pri

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 117 Setup > Alert Storage, Setup Storage Management Options web page Deletion of an event consists of

118  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual5 Decoder The Decoder menu has five radio button options: o Incoming Alerts o Incoming/D

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 119 Decoder > Incoming Alerts web page showing optional tables Alert Forwarding Action Table Below the

120  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualThe screen shot in item 4 below shows actual incoming alert activity and recently expired decode

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1214. Currently Active Decoded Alerts Currently active decoded alerts, if any, are displayed below the De

122  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualEdit/Review Prior to Forwarding To review and edit the alert audio before forwarding, click the

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 123 Forward Alert button Use the button to manually forward the alert. Once the alert is forwarded thi

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 7 Diagram for Digital Audio Wiring 2.3 Video Wiring Video output from the DASDEC II is an optional feature.

124  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual View Event Storage Access table See Chapter 5.1 Incoming Alerts for a description of this tab

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 125 Decoder > Decoded Alerts web page, showing Expired Alerts Display FROM: YYYY Month Day TO: YYYY Mo

126  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual TDX portion If the alert has TDX details data, information is appended to the text translation

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 127 Below the active alerts, the Alert Forwarding Action table supports multiple station status by displayi

128  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual The screen shots show the Enable Re-forward buttons. These can be pressed to once again enabl

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 129 The next screen shot demonstrates the active Forwarded Alerts display after the same decoded alert wa

130  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualExpired Originated/Forwarded Alerts This section displays the total number of expired and curren

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1316 Encoder Only a DASDEC II that has been configured with a valid Encoder license key will offer the enco

132  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 'THE BROADCAST STATION OR CABLE SYSTEM HAS ISSUED A REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST FOR THE FOLLOWI

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1335. Optional Origination (ORG) Code Override If a different EAS ORG code is required from the one config

8  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualExamples of events that can trigger a GPO relay are EAS audio or NTSC video play-out of an alert,

134  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 9. Audio Message configuration Use the three selector interfaces (two when Required Weekly tes

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 135 Encoder > Send Alerts > General Alerts, top section of web page View Alert Action Table When t

136  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Encoder > Send Alert> General Alerts, bottom of web page Serial Interface Bypass If a

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1376.1.1.1 General EAS: Multistation mode When the DASDEC II Multistation feature is licensed and at least

138  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualThe embedded EAS protocol field for the Station ID can be programmed differently for each statio

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 139 Encoder > Send Alert > One Button Alert web page There are two ways to send reconfigured one but

140  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Encoder > One-Button Alert: Multistation operation DASDEC II One-button Multistation operat

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 141If all of the stations are disabled (from the Setup > Encoder > General Alert and Setup > Decod

142  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Encoder > Send Alert > Custom message; after a custom message has been sent to the DASDEC

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1436.2 Originated Alerts The Encoder Originated Alert Status page shows details of alerts originated from t

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 92.6 MPEG Encoder Card Wiring For DASDEC IIs equipped with the optional MPEG2 Encoder card, see the illust

144  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual7 Server The Server pages present all kinds of system status information. There are three choice

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1457.2.3 Operating System Presents Linux system information for Hostname, Kernel, System Uptime, Memory, Di

146  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual7.3.4 Security Log Presents the last 500 lines of the Linux system Security Log. 7.3.5 Boot Log

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 147TypicalTasksTypicalTasks This section of the manual is intended for users that have already set up a

148  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manualforwarding mode, to simply forward that alert all you need to do is click the button. This will

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 149 This is an example of a message that could be forwarded along with the alert that was decoded by your

150  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualOriginating/Encoding an Alert Originating and Encoding mean the same thing; it is the creation o

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1515. At the bottom of the page, you can choose from some further options that will regulate your RWT. The

152  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual2. Originating an Emergency Alert In the beginning of the section, you configured your settings

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 153Retrieving the Logged Alerts in your DASDEC Steps to Viewing/Downloading/Printing your DASDEC’s logged a

10  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual3 DASCECIIServerInterface3.1 Power Up, User Interface and Initial Setup The DASDEC II uses

154  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualRetrieving your DASDEC OpLog To retrieve a DASDEC Op Log: 1. Log in to the DASDEC 2. G

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1558. Select Download Linked File… or Save link as… 9. Navigate to the location you wish to store the con

156  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualAppendixDASDEC II Hardware and Software Specifications An Emergency Alert System Analog/Digital

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 157 Programmable GPI input to trigger actions and GPI output relays during alerts.  English and English

158  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manualalerts such as child abductions and disasters. The EAS system also runs test alerts on a weekly

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 159Vela NDU The Vela NDU 710 is a sophisticated character generator controller and general messaging system

160  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Digital CG Interface Block Diagram

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 161Utah Scientific SqueezeMax Interfacing to a TV system with Utah Scientific SqueezeMax HD system with Uta

162  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual SqueezeMax SD Interface Block Diagram

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 163EAS Protocol The DASDEC II encodes the EAS messages per FCC rules for the EAS protocol. The EAS protocol

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 113.1.2 LAN connection with a networked host computer Connect a standard CAT-5 network cable from the RJ45

164  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual +TTTT- This indicates the valid time period of a message in 15 minute segments up to one hour a

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 165Local Area Emergency LAE Network Message Notification NMN 911 Telephone Outage Emergency TOE Nu

12  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual3.3 DASDEC II Page Organization, Web Interface and Navigation Each DASDEC II page has three sect

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 13Back to the previous DASDEC II page Refresh or reload the current page Current Status to the DASDEC II

FCC Information FCC ID: R8VDASDEC-1EN The DASDEC is fully compliant with FCC Part 11. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the li

14  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual3.3.5.1 Pages with an Accept Changes Button On pages with an button, you must use the button t

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 154 Setup:WebInterfaceOne of the four top level tabbed menus is Setup. The Setup pages present the DASD

16  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Server > Main/License Web Page, top half DASDEC II-1EN Platform ID This is a uniq

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 17left, the license key display is green. The word VALID is shown to the right of the license key name.

18  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualMaster The Master license key should be pre-configured. If not, you need to obtain a Master key

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 19EAS NET Mediaroom Adds EAS NET support for Microsoft Mediaroom EAS NET Minerva This option unlocks EAS a

20  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual David voice: This package provides a realistic male voice for the Advanced Text to Speech option

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 21backup configuration file after you have completed setting up the DASDEC II or after you make significant

22  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manualavailable after a backup configuration file is first installed. The date of the configuration is

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 23 Setup > Server > Upgrade web page Upgrade DASDEC II Server Software from a DASDEC II RPM release

TableofContentsINTRODUCTION TO THE DASDEC II and the USER MANUAL ... 1The Formatting

24  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualDASDEC II package). This expanded view also includes a special button for repairing the inter

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 25 The primary network interface on the DASDEC II defaults to a static IP address of 192.168.0.200. This i

26  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualTo submit changes to this name, you must click . 4.2.1.2 Network Gateway Configuration Three r

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 27 IMPORTANT! You must be CAREFUL when configuring a static network address if you are configuring from a r

28  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualSetup > Network > Server Network Configuration (middle section of web page) Static routes

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 29 Setup > Network > Server Network Configuration (bottom section of web page) 4.2.2 Security: Serve

30  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualTo use this interface correctly, you must add client interface descriptors for each remote platfo

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 31 When you have all of the remote host descriptors entered properly, and you have confirmed SSH connectiv

32  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualDate and Time Make changes to date and/or time and/or time zone, and then click Submit Date/Time/

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 33 Setup > Users web page The DASDEC II allows multiple active user sessions. The same user or differe

4.7.1 Main Serial ...

34  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualChange Password Enter the current password, then re-enter the new password twice in the fields pr

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 35E. Alert storage management setup F. Networked GPIO setup Basic Operation Level: A. Can encode and for

36  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual To set the outgoing email server name using authentication (port 587):  Select Setup Email >

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 37 Setup > Email > Event Email 4.5.3 Decoder Email To set up the outgoing email for the DASDEC II dec

38  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Email > Decoder Email Email upon Alert Decoding: Check the box to disable or enab

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 39The Setup Audio pages provide a variety of easy-to-use controls and status displays to facilitate these t

40  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Top half of Setup > Audio > Audio Output Levels/Tests web page Audio Output Sample Rate

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 41This selector shows all of the available audio outputs. Select one or more to create the Audio Preview de

42  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualMain Audio and Aux Audio Tables The interface tables for Main and Auxiliary (Aux 1 And Aux 2) aud

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 43 Setup > Audio > Radio Tuners web page For a radio to be used by a decoder channel, the decoder m

7.3.3 Operating System Log ...145

44  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual After tuning and verifying reception, check the input levels on the Setup Audio > Decoder Aud

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 45 When a new input source is established, refresh this page a few times to insure a consistent level qual

46  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Alert Decoder configuration section for Setup > Audio > Decoder Audio, top half of web pag

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 47 Setup > Audio > Decoder Audio web page: middle section To operate, choose a decoder channel and

48  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualAudio Forwarding Tables After the DASDEC decodes an EAS alert, it can be triggered to "Forwa

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 49 Alert Decoder configuration section for Setup > Audio > Decoder Audio: bottom half of web page

50  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual4.6.3 Encoder Audio There are two main configuration options for encoder audio: Alert Encoding Au

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 512. Select audio device for alert audio file recording The DASDEC Encoder provides an interface to record

52  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Audio > Encoder Audio

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 534.7 Setup Video/CG > Video/Character Generator Configuration Select the Setup > Video/CG radio but

54  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Video/CG > Main Serial web page 3. FIPS and EAS Codes fil

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 55is used for the external CG hardware. The USB serial ports offer a few different choices for CG's

56  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualIf the port is unavailable (the USB expansion unit is not installed) on the DASDEC II, it would r

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 57Crawl Font – Defaults to one. Set from 1 to 4. Char Color – Defaults to white. Set Color Background by

58  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manualrequirements. Serial Port Flow Control – Select Hardware or Software or None depending upon the

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 59 Draw Mode – Controls the appearance of the crawl displayed on the screen. Choose between a White Charact

60  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manualstation overrides this base station setting toggle! Configure per station alert Video Output on t

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 61configuration options can be accessed through the Setup > Decoder sub-pages. The Setup Decoder Forwa

62  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual5. Duplicate Alert Handling 6. EAS Code filters 7. FIPS Code filters Each section is desc

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 63 Forward audio message in decoded Weekly Tests If a decoded Required Weekly Test (RWT) has audio, it wil

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 1 INTRODUCTIONTOTHEDASDECIIandtheUSERMANUALThe DASDEC II is an Emergency Alert System (EAS) Analog

64  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Plus Package License version features Manual Forward Control – Plus Package licensing enables th

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 65Alert audio . . . front panel speaker (Front Panel Button Acknowledgment). All DASDEC II versions provide

66  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manualcodes that will auto-forward. Then click to the right of the list of codes. All codes selected

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 67forwarding will appear in the Current Decoder Auto-Forwarded FIPS field to the right. Setup > Deco

68  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Decoder > Forwarding page showing Base Station options The main purpose of multis

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 69Correct station configuration allows one DASDEC II to propagate (during alert origination or forwarding)

70  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualThe screen shot above shows an example of a station configuration interface from the Setup > D

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 71 7. Text translation uses forwarded station ID... This toggle determines if the station substitutes th

72  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Setup > Decoder > Local Access Forwarding web page Custom Text Translation for CEM (Civil

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 73 The same Stop button is also available for the active alert displayed under the Decoder > Incoming an

2  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualThe Formatting of this Manual The manual describes all DASDEC II features, gives step-by-step inst

74  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual4.8.3 Custom MSG Forwarding This page allows a user to enable EAS NET decode custom message forw

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 754.8.4 Demo Decode/Forwarding This page allows you to enable the Practice/Demo operation mode. You can con

76  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual4.8.5 Other: Setup Decoder Option Links The Setup Decoder > Other sub-page provides a set of

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 771. Basic EAS Encoder Values Setup The top section on this screen provides controls to set the basic val

78  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualEAS Station ID Type up to 8 characters in this text field to identify the Station ID for this DAS

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 79 OR Use the buttons for Emergencies, Warnings, Watches, Tests and Advisories to add an entire related

80  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualFor details about Multistation operation and Base station operation, refer to Chapter 4.8.1.1 For

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 81 Setup > Encoder > General page showing Station 1 options The Select Station Configuration Interf

82  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual3. ENABLE Station Interface This toggle allows the station to be enabled or disabled at any time

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 83There are three main areas on this page: Automatic Random Required Weekly Test Generation; One-Button and

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 3*****AppnotestohelpyouconfigureyourDASDEC*****As of August 2012, here is a list of the available a

84  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Set FIPS locations for One-Button Weekly Test: Select one or more FIPS location(s) from the ava

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 854.10 Setup > Net Alerts: Setup Network Alert Protocol Options There are up to six tabbed sub-pages on

86  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualAlert Forwarding and sending to DVS168/EARS Client Once forwarding and/or sending have been enabl

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 87 Setup > Net Alerts > DVS168: FIPS and EAS Options When an alert is forwarded to a DVS-168 client,

88  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualEAS NET decoded alerts are handled the same as alerts decoded from the audio inputs. Click the b

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 89combination of these options will work when streaming to a remote DASDEC II EAS NET decoder. The default

90  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User ManualSetup > Net Alerts > EAS NET Configure EAS NET Clients Configure EAS_NET Client Connection

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 91encryption keys. Most also provide for optional data file connections. The event transfer protocol opti

92  Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual Other possible EAS NET Client Configuration Options Not all of these options will appear for ev

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual 93 Setup > Net Alerts > EAS_NET Client Configuration > FIPS trigger interface All EAS codes trig