Implementing Audible Alarms

The CSV_Include project offers support for audible alarms. You can configure a project so that a selected wav file is sounded whenever an alarm of a particular priority is triggered. You can even assign different sounds to different alarm priorities, allowing the urgency of an alarm to be determined from its sound.

1. Verify that the alarms you want to trigger an audible alert are assigned to a category and given a particular priority.
2. Adjust the parameter [Alarm]Soundn. This parameter determines the wav file used when an alarm sounds, based on the priority of the alarm (n). For example, [Alarm]Sound1 identifies the .wav file that will be sounded whenever a priority 1 alarm is triggered.
3. If necessary, adjust the parameter [Alarm]SoundnInterval. This parameter determines how long the selected wav file sounds, based on the priority of the alarm (n). For example, [Alarm]Sound1Interval sets the length of time a priority 1 alarm is sounded for.
4. Enable the CSV_AlarmClient event on any machine you want an audible alert sounded from. You can enable this event from the Events Setup page of the Computer Setup Wizard. See Running the Computer Setup Wizard.
5. Verify that your users have appropriate privileges associated with their login to acknowledge alarms, otherwise they will not be able to silence an alarm. See Creating a Privileged User and the parameter [Privilege]AckAlarms.

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