1. Emergency Alert System For Union College Television and Radio Bert Capuano Senior Project Winter 2009 Advisor: Prof. Hedrick

2. Motivation

3. Emergency Communication Emergency Message Web E-MailWebsite Telephone/Text Messaging Public Address SirenLoudspeakers TV/Radio

4. Design Requirements Software Requirements Secure Stable Hardware Requirements Meet all FCC, Federal, and State regulations School requirements Capable of relaying multiple pre-recorded messages Meets specified response time Documentation Requirements

5. Functionality

6. Client-Server Client can be accessed with multiple browsers Tested with Firefox and IE (supports any browser capable of Apache Digest authentication and PHP) Server logs all transmissions and commands issued Server runs Linux (Fedora 9) for increased security, stability, and ease of software design

7. Server-Hardware Message passing interface using RS-232 library in Python (called from PHP interface) Plays back audio and displays text slide on S-Video output Watchdog timer implemented on microcontroller

8. Message Passing

9. Future Work Stability Controls Respond to hardware miscommunication File management via web Custom Message text Custom Message Audio Generator Backup plan

10. Questions?