Digital Alert Systems  


 DASDEC Hardware overview
  • 2RU chassis.
  • PC design.
  • 2x20 LCD display for monitering unit and decoder status.
  • Operational status LED.
  • Alert decoding/output LED.
  • Cool running, low power CPU and peripherals draw under 150watts, 120VAC/60Hz.
  • RJ-45 ethernet port for network access.
  • 40 GigByte internal hard drive or 8GB Flash Drive
  • Base unit has two 3.5mm mini-jack audio input ports that supports scanning/decoding EAS from four external radio receivers.
  • Emergency alerts decoded into digital audio files.
  • Up to 3 built in radio receivers.
  • Two GPI inputs and outputs, balanced analog EAS audio out & analog program stereo passthrough.
  • 3.5mm mini-jack stereo audio output port.
  • Two 3.5mm mini-jack microphone input.
  • 1 RS-232 Serial port, supports a variety serial control and video character generator protocols.
  • 1 parallel port will support a variety of printers.
  • 2 external USB ports - will support extra serial ports, printers, modems,wireless ethernet, flash drives,etc.
  • VGA out for console or desktop GUI interface.
  • One NTSC/PAL video output.
  • Standard PS/2 keyboard/mouse ports.
  • Supports PCI expansion cards, use with audio card for scanning 2 more audio inputs.
  • Internal front panel speaker for monitoring.
  • Can be safely powered off/on without disk damage.
  • Optional MPEG2 video/audio encoder.
  • Optional AES/EBU digital EAS audio output.
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