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Gorman-Redlich CAP-to-EAS Decoder System
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The FCC Second Report and Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, adopted on May 31, 2007, mandates that all EAS Participants will be required to accept alerts and
warnings in the CAP format within 180 days of the September 30, 2010
adoption by FEMA of the CAP 1.2 Standard. This deadline
has now been extended by the FCC Fourth Report
and Order until June 30, 2012.
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The emergency alerting experts at Gorman-Redlich have the answer in the form of the Gorman-Redlich CAP-DEC1 CAP-to-EAS converter unit.
This standalone unit translates received CAP alerts into EAS headers, which will be transmitted by your current
EAS equipment in the same manner as they already are. For those who wish to upgrade their current EAS encoder/decoder units as well as conform
to the FCC mandate, development is underway on a combination EAS encoder/decoder/CAP-to-EAS converter unit.
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The Gorman-Redlich CAP-DEC1 CAP-to-EAS unit has passed the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Conformity Assessment (IPAWS-CA)
testing at the FEMA-contracted SAIC lab in Somerset, Kentucky. More details are available in the
FEMA Responder Knowledge Base (RKB).
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Simple connection of CAP-DEC1 to an EAS unit.
Connection requires only a single audio cable (available in 1' and 5' lenghts)
connected to any audio input port on the EAS encoder-decoder of any manufacturer.
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FEATURES
Built by the experts with 35 years of experience in the emergency alerting industry, the CAP-DEC1 offers the following features:
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RJ45 Ethernet LAN connection for network/internet receipt of CAP alerts.
RS232 Serial connectivity with Gorman-Redlich EAS units for fast alert transmission of CAP-to-EAS translated alerts.
Frequency Shift Keyed (FSK) output of CAP-to-EAS translated alerts for compatibility with a wide range of legacy EAS equipment.
Monitors up to three (3) CAP alert server URLs (expandable for additional monitoring).
Internal logging of CAP-to-EAS translation activity.
Internal storage of received CAP alerts and attached audio files.
Ability to log activity to USB or network printer.
Ability to send activity logs via built-in email server (no external server configuration required).
Simple to connect, easy to use. Only three connections required for operation.
Easy configuration and monitoring using a PS2 or USB keyboard and mouse and VGA monitor or with a KVM switch and PC.
Text-to-speech converter to generate alert audio if no attached audio is present with the received CAP alert.
Standalone unit; does not require purchase of new encoder-decoder
Software updates via LAN or USB
One rack unit space requirement for small equipment footprint
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
The CAP-DEC1 helps you meet the CAP requirement using the latest technology:
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CAP 1.2 compatible
Powerful 1.6GHz dual core Intel Atom 330 processor
1GB of RAM
80GB on-board storage for log files and message/audio archives (upgradable to higher capacities)
100+ year MTBF mobile-engineered storage for cool, quiet, reliable, shock-resistant performance
10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN connection for fast network connectivity
Five (5) USB ports for attaching printers, storage devices, network adapters, etc.
RS232 serial port for data transfer
Built-in text-to-speech converter
Built-in SMTP server
Automatically updates and synchronizes clock via preconfigured NTP servers
Built-in firewall for network security
Polls RSS feeds and DM/IPAWS-OPEN servers to receive CAP alerts
Codecs for decoding and playing attached MP3 alert audio
1/8" TRS jacks for audio in, audio out, and microphone in
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