A good way to set up your EAS (hardware wise) is to have the unit actually take over the airchain completely (interrupt unit). That way it will take over the station if you are automated, and if there is a jock in-studio, they will not have to remember to pot anything up, or press any other buttons (other than sending the EAS). You can also use the outputs on some of the EAS / interrupt units to trigger certain events on your automation system. On the Vault, depending on your format, (in AUTO MODE) I would use the contact closures of the EAS to trigger the current event to drop the playing event, and start the next event when the EAS turns off (if you want to get fancy, you can insert a 1 second delay in the script, so that the EAS does not cut off the first part of the next event, the EAS interrupt units are not always too speedy when releasing your airchain, usually a second or so) I would recommend setting your EAS to automatically rebroadcast IMMIDAIATELY Tornado Warnings, and set up a 5 or 7 minute countdown for Sever Thunderstorm Warnings, so that the jock has time to fit this in to programming (within reason).
Here are links to the interrupt units for the two major brands of EAS:
TFT:
http://www.tftinc.com/easproducts.html#interrupt
Sage:
Harris' website is mess and this is the only link I could find, but if you call them they can help you with the interrupt unit.
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/product_portfolio/product_details.asp?sku=SAGENDEC
Good Luck!
> > > Just curious when everyone activates the EAS with severe
>
> > > weather...
>
> We activate for all severe weather events within our
> coverage area. Our listeners have become accostomed to
> hearing the tones, and know that when we activate, it's
> something important. Here in northeast Wyoming, the weather
> changes rapidly, so activating for Severe Thunderstorm
> Warnings, Tornado Warnings, Blizzard and Winter Weather
> Warnings are common.
>
