Digital Alert Systems DASDEC-II MANUAL - Manual (Page 153)

Digital Alert Systems: DASDEC User Manual
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Typical Tasks
Typical Tasks
This section of the manual is intended for users that have already set up and configured their DASDEC(s) and would like to
know what to do to complete certain tasks, and also how to manage when alerts are present. When your DASDEC is up and
running, there are still things that need to be done in order to be in compliance with the rules placed on all EAS regulations.
Things like, receiving and forwarding alerts as well as keeping accurate and accessible logs of that data. This part of the
manual will step you through the process on many different tasks, and it will be able to show you what may happen, or what
should happen in the most common situations.
When Your DASDEC Receives (Decodes) an Alert
The majority of the time, when your DASDEC receives an alert, you will be forwarding it over your broadcast. But,
there are some options on what you can do before that. Below is a thorough description of those options.
When your DASDEC receives an alert, there are a few indications that will let you know. First of all,
the red alert LED will
flash on the front panel of the device. The list below shows the different meanings when your alert LED is lit up:
Alert status - Red LED
 If the red LED is blinking quickly, with pauses, the DASDEC II server is decoding an incoming alert.
 If the red LED is solid, the DASDEC II is sending an EAS alert.
 If the red LED is blinking slowly and regularly, an active alert has been decoded and has not been forwarded or
acknowledged. Alerts are acknowledged by pressing the front panel button or by pushing the Acknowledge
button for the alert on the Web browser.
 If the red LED is blinking quickly and regularly, an active alert is being held pending GPI 1 input closure.
Along with those notifications that you have received an alert, the web browser interface will notify you
if you are in the
Decoder > Incoming Alerts, or the Incoming/Decoded Alerts page. If you see an alert show up on the front panel, it is
recommended that you visit this page as soon as possible in order to have the most control on what happens to this alert. The
screen may look something very similar to this:
Decoder > Incoming/Decoded Alerts
This demo alert shown above is in Manual Forwarding mode, which means you physically have to forward the alert by
pressing the button on the screen. To configure or change your Auto/Manual Forwarding settings, go to Setup > Decoder >
Forwarding. From there, you can change whether or not an alert is automatically forwarded or manually forwarded based on
its FIPS location, or by what type of alert it is. It is recommended that this is configured before you receive an alert.
What now? Based on the screenshot above, there are a few things that you can do immediately after seeing that screen:
1. Forwarding is the process of putting a decoded alert ON THE AIR. If you do not want to immediately put an alert to
air, then it is not recommended that you put your DASDEC in Auto-forwarding mode. If your DASDEC is in manual