DAS/Monroe Offer TTS Shutoff for EAS Gear

Digital Alert Systems and Monroe Electronics announced that in response to new FCC Emergency Alert System (EAS) regulations that come into effect on April 23, the companies have published an application note explaining how to disable the text-to-speech (TTS) engine on the DASDEC and Monroe R189 One-Net integrated EAS/CAP encoder/decoder systems.The updated FCC rules governing the EAS (Part 11) prohibit the use of text-to-speech on EAS devices, effectively requiring all such equipment to provide a way of disabling that capability. The application note is available at www.digitalalertsystems.com and www.monroe-electronics.com.