User's Manual

To use Dedicated SAME Weather Alert Receiver mode, first you should program at least
one SAME location code for your city, county or state. With the default factory setup, SAME
mode will alert on any SAME message received if no SAME location codes are entered. A
list of SAME location codes can be found online at this web site:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm
Entering SAME Location and Event Codes
The following steps are used to create a SAME entry that provides all weather alerts for a
given location.
Press the WX key to activate Weather Monitor mode, then press the MENU key. Use the 
and  keys to scroll to the SAME 1 Tag parameter. Press the  key to enter a name for
the SAME 1 location. Follow the on screen instructions to create and save the name and
return to the Weather menu. For this example we will use DALLAS COUNTY.
Scroll down to the SAME 1 FIPS parameter and press the  key to enter a FIPS code for
SAME 1. The FIPS code for Dallas County is 048113, which is broken down as follows:
The first digit, 0, indicates that the geographical area consists of the entire county. The
SAME specification can use the first digit to define a sub-area within a county, but this is
generally not used.
The second two digits, 48, indicate the state is Texas.
The last three digits, 113, indicate that the County is Dallas.
iSCAN allows you to enter all or part of the FIPS code, and supports the use of the 0 (zero)
character as a wildcard. For example, if you wanted to receive alerts for any location in
Texas (provided that they are transmitted by the local NOAA transmitter), you can enter
048000 in the FIPS field. For now, just follow the on-screen instructions to enter the entire
FIPS code for Dallas County (048113) and return to the Weather menu.
Scroll down to the SAME 1 Enable parameter. Use the  key to toggle the Enabled status
for the SAME 1 location.