Emergency Alert System (EAS): Is Your System Ready? - SCTE
Emergency Alert System (EAS): Is Your System Ready? - SCTE
Emergency Alert System (EAS): Is Your System Ready? - SCTE
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• The EAS testing plan includes RMT, Required Monthly<br />
Test, and RWT, Required Weekly Test<br />
• RMT – issued by state designated stations and passed<br />
through by Cable TV system includes all four elements<br />
of an EAS message; digital header signal, two-tone<br />
attention signal, audio message, and digital EOM signal<br />
• Time limit for retransmission of RMT is 60 minutes<br />
• SECC State <strong>Emergency</strong> Communications Committee<br />
determines the EAS sources and the monitoring plan;<br />
also set date and times for RMT<br />
• RWT – issued by each Cable TV system and must be<br />
random and includes digital header and EOM signal
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