Accessible Common Alerting Protocol Radio Data System Demonstration: Gulf Coast States Final Report August 2014 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6 4 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 5 METHODOLOGY.................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 6 TECHNICAL CONFIGURATIONS AND TESTING ..................................................................................................................... 10 6.1 Hardware, Ingest Software (INSO) and Software to Monitor INSO (WATCHINSO) ...................................................... 10 Hardware ................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Source of Alert Messages ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 System Architecture ................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Monitor INSO (WATCHINSO) ................................................................................................................................................... 12 6.2 NPR Labs Emergency Alerting ODA ............................................................................................................................. 13 ODA Performance .................................................................................................................................................................... 13 6.3 The Modernized Emergency Alerting FM Radio Data System (RDS) Open Data Applications (ODA) ............................ 14 Description of RDS Signals ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 6.4 Satellite (SAT) Receiver ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Hardware ................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Software .................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 6.5 Common Alerting Protocol Manager (CAPMAN) ......................................................................................................... 16 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 CAPMAN Development ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 Hardware Implementation ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Software Implementation in RAE ONE .................................................................................................................................... 17 RAE ONE Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 6.6 RDS Encoder ............................................................................................................................................................... 18 Hardware ................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Software .................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 2 6.7 FM Transmitter ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 6.8 NIPPER ONE, the Accessible FM RDS Receiver ............................................................................................................ 19 Vendor Selection ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Radio Receiver Development .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Software .................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 6.9 Android Application .................................................................................................................................................... 21 Hardware ................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Software .................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Participant / End-User Setup ................................................................................................................................................... 22 6.10 Technical Tests ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 7 STATION SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION .................................................................................................................... 23 7.1 Station Selection and Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 23 7.2 Station Profiles ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 7.3 Station Implementation .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Installation Procedures ............................................................................................................................................................ 24 Details of Installations at Stations ........................................................................................................................................... 26 7.4 Station Responses and Feedback ................................................................................................................................ 26 8 DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS ....................................................................................... 28 8.1 Participant Recruitment .............................................................................................................................................. 28 Recruitment Procedures.......................................................................................................................................................... 28 8.2 Setting Up Receivers And Tablets ............................................................................................................................... 28 8.3 Field Test .................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Participant Pool ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Coding Data ............................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Results ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 9 LESSONS LEARNED ........................................................................................................................................................................