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Enable the IPAWS devices

In the navigation bar, click Settings icon

In the

Devices

section, click

Devices

On the

Devices

page, click the

Mass Devices

tab.

Click to open one of the following IPAWS specified devices:

IPAWS CAP Exchange

IPAWS EAS

IPAWS NWEM

IPAWS WEA

IPAWS WEA 2.0

On the device details page, click

Edit

Modify the values in the

Details

section, adding names and information valid for your organization.

In the

Contact Info Editing

field, select

All

End Users

. Selecting the check box specifies whether end users must provide contact information in Self Service.

Update the values in the

Details

and

Help Text

sections.

IPAWS CAP Exchange is used for COG to COG alerts:

Name: IPAWS CAP Exchange

Common Name: UAP-IPAWS

Group: IPAWS CAP Exchange

Device Group Order: 1

Contact Info Editing: All

Targeting Help Text: You are publishing to IPAWS CAP Exchange

Public Communications: IPAWS EAS

Name: IPAWS EAS

Common Name: UAP-IPAWS-EAS

Group: IPAWS NWEM and EAS

Device Group Order: 1

Contact Info Editing: All

Targeting Help Text: You are publishing to IPAWS Public EAS

Public Communications: IPAWS NWEM

This device requires a different DeviceType in the Delivery Gateway XML configuration: IPAWSNWEM
.

Name: IPAWS NWEM

Common Name: UAP-IPAWS-NWEM

Group: IPAWS NWEM and EAS

Device Group Order: 1

Contact Info Editing: All

Targeting Help Text: You are publishing to IPAWS NWEM

Public Communications: IPAWS WEA

Name: IPAWS WEA

Common Name: UAP-IPAWS-WEA

Group: IPAWS WEA

Device Group Order: 1

Contact Info Editing: All

Targeting Help Text: You are publishing to IPAWS Public WEA

Public Communications: IPAWS WEA 2.0

Name: IPAWS WEA 2.0

Common Name: UAP-IPAWS-WEA2

Group: IPAWS WEA 2.0

Device Group Order: 1

Contact Info Editing: All

Targeting Help Text: You are publishing to IPAWS Public WEA

For each device, update the

Delivery Gateway XML

content.

In the

Delivery Gateways

section, click

Add a Delivery Gateway

IPAWS (West)

In the

Delivery Gateways

section, click

Add a Delivery Gateway

IPAWS (East)

. The IPAWS (East) gateway can be used as a failover gateway.

In the

IPAWS (West)

and rows

IPAWS (East)

, click

On the

Configure Gateway

window, view the XML. The following is the default configuration XML:

<Configuration> 
    <DeviceType>IPAWS</DeviceType> 
    <FipsAreaCodes> 
       <group> <name>FIPS_NAME</name> <value>AREA_DESCRIPTION|SIX_DIGIT_FIPS_CODE</value> </group> 
     </FipsAreaCodes> 
</Configuration>

Make the following updates, with only one value for each field. If you need to input additional names, repeat the <group></group> tag. Commas (,) are not allowed in values:

DeviceType

: IPAWS or IPAWSNWEM (for IPAWS NWEM only)

name

: A geographical area name, such as a county name and the FIPS code for the area. For example: “San Mateo County-006081”

value

: An area description and the six-digit FIPS code provided by FEMA. For example: “San Mateo County|006081”

For example:

<Configuration> 
    <DeviceType>IPAWS</DeviceType> 
    <FipsAreaCodes> 
       <group> <name>San Mateo County-006081</name> <value>San Mateo County|123456</value> </group>
       <group> <name>Contra Costa County</name> <value>San Mateo County|234567</value> </group>
     </FipsAreaCodes> 
</Configuration>

Click

Submit

Click

Save

Click

More Actions

Enable

if you are ready to make the device available for alert publishing.

Section:

Set up BlackBerry AtHoc for IPAWS devices