Many of you with SAGE EAS Units have already seen this alert from SAGE, but for those of you who have not, please note this email, below, released January 15, from SAGE:
Scott Mason, CPBE SBE EAS Education Committee Chairman SBE website EAS PageThis is an important support message regarding your Sage Digital ENDEC model 3644. This message describes an action you must take to continue to be compliant with FCC Part 11 rules.
Sage Digital ENDECs did not receive the weekly test messages from FEMA on Monday, January 13. This was not a problem with IPAWS. A security certificate used to authenticate IPAWS messages has expired in the ENDEC. This will keep your ENDEC from receiving IPAWS CAP messages. You must install a small update in your ENDEC to re-enable IPAWS messages. Downloading and installing the update is a simple process.
Mark your logs to note that you are aware that the RWT was missed, and that it was an equipment problem that has been corrected with a firmware update.
Additional information can be found at http://www.sagealertingsystems.com
If you need assistance with installing the update, please email us at support@sagealertingsystems.com with your question, or provide a phone number and we will call you.
Your ENDEC will continue to relay the over-the-air EAS alerts, and will continue to process alerts received from other CAP sources such as a state server. You should install this update soon. If you miss additional FEMA weekly tests, be sure to update your EAS log with a note that you missed the RWT, and the reason why.
