Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Troubleshooting Guide
Terminate EAS Messages
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Terminate EAS Messages
Occasionally, you may want to suspend or terminate an EAM before it reaches its
configured duration. When you terminate an EAM, you stop transmitting all EAMs
that are currently active in your system. If you terminate an EAM on an OOB bridge,
you stop transmitting all EAMs that are currently active on that OOB bridge.
This section provides instructions for terminating an EAM using the user interface of
This section provides instructions for terminating an EAM using the user interface of
the ISDS.
Terminating EAS Messages
Follow this procedure to terminate an EAS message from the ISDS.
1 From the ISDS Administrative Console, click the ISDS tab.
2 Click the System Provisioning tab.
3 Click EAS Message. The Send Emergency Alert System Message window opens
1 From the ISDS Administrative Console, click the ISDS tab.
2 Click the System Provisioning tab.
3 Click EAS Message. The Send Emergency Alert System Message window opens
with the EAS Message tab to the forefront.
4 In the Event Code area of the window, click the Event Code arrow and choose
one of the following options:
If you are using PowerKEY
®
CableCARD™ modules on your system, go to
step 5.
Note: The value in the Alert Remaining Time field defines the duration of
Note: The value in the Alert Remaining Time field defines the duration of
EAS messages on OpenCable hosts (with and without CableCARD modules).
If you are not using CableCARD modules on your system, go to step 16.