[BC] Media Touch Question

[Mark Croom]

I'm wondering if Tom is on to something here with the subaudible tones.

To ensure that there wouldn't be falsing, I suppose you might want to use
combos like 25/35 in both channels or 25 in one and 35 in the other.

Sounds like another use for an old Zephyrus mainframe with tone decoder that
might still be sitting around somebody's retired equipment collection. I
presume what Mike is envisioning is that there would be an audio cut in the
Media Touch with a moment of whatever tone he meant to use, then use the
decoder to trigger the EAS box. I would suppose there could be an
appropriate number of seconds of dead air in the audio cut to accommodate
the length of the FSK tones in the EAS message, then a return to whatever
stopset items or music come afterward in the log.

Am I seeing this right, Mike?

Usually your solutions for things are more elegant than this idea, but if
the client really wants to automate it with the Media Touch then I guess
you've got to do what you've got to do in order to make it work.

Mark
MN

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Tom <radiofreetom at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not use a 25-Hz detector?  I see 'em all the time her, there, and
> eBay...
>
> In fact, IIRC, Conex Electro Systems still make them.  the TS-25B.
>

> Mike McCarthy wrote:
>
>> We have it. It can not do as you ask unless one uses an outside coded
>> detector on a played cut.
>>
>> The way the system works, only feeds can trigger closures.  Traffic can't
>> create or call a feed.  Only templates can call feeds.  Also, feeds can not
>> be timed. They're ended by a machine command of some type (closure, hard
>> sync, etc.) And further, audio cuts can't command trigger closures.
>>
>> It's a MAJOR draw back to the system for those in the USA who want to
>> schedule EAS operations in traffic.
>>
>> I'm looking at taking an ITC cart decoder and using a two tone sec and
>> tertiary tone combo to trigger the EAS.
>