If the break times don't change, can you use the scheduler to play a
sound?
Steven Comeau
Manager of Corporate IT Systems
Main Tape
1 Capital Drive, Suite 101
Cranbury, NJ 08512
1-800-526-8273 x332
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From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:18 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
Instead of e-mailing the pc's at other buildings, if you create a small
VB app using Winsock.OCX control in UDP or TCP mode, you can just
broadcast/transmit a signal over the ethernet and have the listening
program play a wave file or activate a relay to trip a buzzer. This is
how I keep track of my DataCollection workstations. Every 15 minutes I
have them broadcast their status, if my pc doesn't receive a signal on
time from any of them, I am flagged with a popup message of "PC in
Trouble" and the computer name. I can then run out and see what the
issue is and get the workstation back up and running. This has been
working quite well for me and when operators are not entering data
correctly, they can't use the excuse the computer isn't working. (can't
tell you how many times I've found pc's unplugged or network cables
disconnected.)
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of Mark Howard
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:08 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
This is a problem I have faced with for years... The sound card thing is
great but my site is over 10 acres and 5 buildings. I don't have paging
system that can handle that....
I need something that will work over my TCP/IP network system, I have
fiber
connecting buildings. The perfect thing if invented would be a signal
sent
to remote devices with ip addresses which connect to hooters I need like
5
or 6 would be good.
Has anyone heard of a product like this, it would be similar to a remote
print server.
I had a thought..... What if you had a sound card in various data
collection
PC around the work shop and set the server to email these PC's at break
times.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Saturday, 5 November 2005 12:21 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
"rare coincidental voice page will override the music input."....
The other option if you already have a tone buzzer in place, is to wire
a
10K resistor to a transistor. Connect the resistor to one of the LPT
port
pins and the other 2 transistor leads to the buzzer. Then all you do is
send a binary bit to turn on that LPT port pin number creating a +5v
which
will close the circuit of the transistor. 1-3 seconds later, send the
off
binary bit the LPT port to open the circuit.
I do this with our SPC data entry setups where we have multiple digital
gages on a jig and the data needs to be read into the SPC system in
order,
so when a operator goes to check a part, they'll load the piece into a
jig,
press one button, and the computer will turn on/off up to 16
connections/gages (with 2 LPT ports) in the order I define them. This
way
we never have a user entering data into the wrong fields of the SPC
system.
Works great.
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of
Todd Caughey
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
I've been doing this for years. No 3rd party utility required really
except
a few freeware bits to make it easier. Basic scheme....sound card in
Vantage server with output (mini-jack to two wires) connected to paging
"music" input. At regularly scheduled times (using Scheduler on server)
a 3
second tone is played via the sound card and out to the paging system.
Only
drawback....rare coincidental voice page will override the music input.
Happens maybe 2-3 times a year so the "bell" does not sound. The real
advantage of sounding bell from the Vantage server is 100% coordination
so
shop employees don't "play the difference".
I have a write-up I've sent to a number of people which I will you send
off-list.
-Todd C.
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of
rmrindler
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:03 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
I have been told that there is a third party utility that can integrate
my server w/ the paging system in order to sound shop buzzers for
breaks, lunch, end of day, etc. Does anybody know what this system is?
Thanks!
Ryan R.
Norwood Tool
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sound?
Steven Comeau
Manager of Corporate IT Systems
Main Tape
1 Capital Drive, Suite 101
Cranbury, NJ 08512
1-800-526-8273 x332
_____
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:18 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
Instead of e-mailing the pc's at other buildings, if you create a small
VB app using Winsock.OCX control in UDP or TCP mode, you can just
broadcast/transmit a signal over the ethernet and have the listening
program play a wave file or activate a relay to trip a buzzer. This is
how I keep track of my DataCollection workstations. Every 15 minutes I
have them broadcast their status, if my pc doesn't receive a signal on
time from any of them, I am flagged with a popup message of "PC in
Trouble" and the computer name. I can then run out and see what the
issue is and get the workstation back up and running. This has been
working quite well for me and when operators are not entering data
correctly, they can't use the excuse the computer isn't working. (can't
tell you how many times I've found pc's unplugged or network cables
disconnected.)
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of Mark Howard
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:08 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
This is a problem I have faced with for years... The sound card thing is
great but my site is over 10 acres and 5 buildings. I don't have paging
system that can handle that....
I need something that will work over my TCP/IP network system, I have
fiber
connecting buildings. The perfect thing if invented would be a signal
sent
to remote devices with ip addresses which connect to hooters I need like
5
or 6 would be good.
Has anyone heard of a product like this, it would be similar to a remote
print server.
I had a thought..... What if you had a sound card in various data
collection
PC around the work shop and set the server to email these PC's at break
times.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Podlin, Michael [mailto:michael.podlin@...]
Sent: Saturday, 5 November 2005 12:21 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
"rare coincidental voice page will override the music input."....
The other option if you already have a tone buzzer in place, is to wire
a
10K resistor to a transistor. Connect the resistor to one of the LPT
port
pins and the other 2 transistor leads to the buzzer. Then all you do is
send a binary bit to turn on that LPT port pin number creating a +5v
which
will close the circuit of the transistor. 1-3 seconds later, send the
off
binary bit the LPT port to open the circuit.
I do this with our SPC data entry setups where we have multiple digital
gages on a jig and the data needs to be read into the SPC system in
order,
so when a operator goes to check a part, they'll load the piece into a
jig,
press one button, and the computer will turn on/off up to 16
connections/gages (with 2 LPT ports) in the order I define them. This
way
we never have a user entering data into the wrong fields of the SPC
system.
Works great.
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of
Todd Caughey
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:56 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
I've been doing this for years. No 3rd party utility required really
except
a few freeware bits to make it easier. Basic scheme....sound card in
Vantage server with output (mini-jack to two wires) connected to paging
"music" input. At regularly scheduled times (using Scheduler on server)
a 3
second tone is played via the sound card and out to the paging system.
Only
drawback....rare coincidental voice page will override the music input.
Happens maybe 2-3 times a year so the "bell" does not sound. The real
advantage of sounding bell from the Vantage server is 100% coordination
so
shop employees don't "play the difference".
I have a write-up I've sent to a number of people which I will you send
off-list.
-Todd C.
-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
Of
rmrindler
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:03 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Shop Buzzers
I have been told that there is a third party utility that can integrate
my server w/ the paging system in order to sound shop buzzers for
breaks, lunch, end of day, etc. Does anybody know what this system is?
Thanks!
Ryan R.
Norwood Tool
Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
Yahoo! Groups Links
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have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
Yahoo! Groups Links
Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
SPONSORED LINKS
Manufacturing software
<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Manufacturing+software&w1=Manufactu
ring+software&w2=Membership+database+software&w3=Database+mortgage+softw
are&w4=Pda+database+software&w5=Database+management+software&w6=Database
+marketing+software&c=6&s=188&.sig=OG5F3819UOUOg63i0bu6kA>
Membership database software
<http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Membership+database+software&w1=Man
ufacturing+software&w2=Membership+database+software&w3=Database+mortgage
+software&w4=Pda+database+software&w5=Database+management+software&w6=Da
tabase+marketing+software&c=6&s=188&.sig=N5BGdur84p-jyuOomcQdbQ>
Database mortgage software
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+software&w4=Pda+database+software&w5=Database+management+software&w6=Da
tabase+marketing+software&c=6&s=188&.sig=R3CF3ODPY4gwjDZjykQYvw>
Database marketing software
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