Here is a web site mentioned previously in this group.
http://www.sinnercomputing.com/
The program is called Gigalarm
The program can play, at your specified time, a wave file, or launch a program, etc.
It can be set to do these tasks repeatedly, or just once with or without your intervention.
All you need is a PC with a sound card tied into the shop PA system.
Of course you could just put the sound card into the Vantage Server. (To keep alarms accurate)
The developer of this program would like you to send him the earth shattering sum of $5 US or $10 Australian in cash.
Everytime he updates the program he sends you a new copy via email it is about 37k zipped.
It according to his help file, Gigalarm usually uses about 200K of RAM when memory resident.
We have tested the program here, and like it.
The accounting staff likes it for those "remember to pay X on this day" notices it can generate.
I just can't convince the boss to hook it up to the PA.
If you need an appropriate alarm sound just go to Yahoo and type in Foghorn.wav
Just be careful you don't load the cartoon character's voice or you will never live it down.
http://www.sinnercomputing.com/
The program is called Gigalarm
The program can play, at your specified time, a wave file, or launch a program, etc.
It can be set to do these tasks repeatedly, or just once with or without your intervention.
All you need is a PC with a sound card tied into the shop PA system.
Of course you could just put the sound card into the Vantage Server. (To keep alarms accurate)
The developer of this program would like you to send him the earth shattering sum of $5 US or $10 Australian in cash.
Everytime he updates the program he sends you a new copy via email it is about 37k zipped.
It according to his help file, Gigalarm usually uses about 200K of RAM when memory resident.
We have tested the program here, and like it.
The accounting staff likes it for those "remember to pay X on this day" notices it can generate.
I just can't convince the boss to hook it up to the PA.
If you need an appropriate alarm sound just go to Yahoo and type in Foghorn.wav
Just be careful you don't load the cartoon character's voice or you will never live it down.
----- Original Message -----
From: Shirley Graver
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 6:50 AM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Start,Finish,Lunch sirens
You can put a sound card in your server, run a feed cable to your intercom,
and use the AT command to run your tones.
Shirley
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Howard [mailto:speed@...]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:13 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] Start,Finish,Lunch sirens
I'm having a problem running sirens for the workshop for the start and
finish of work and lunch. At the moment I'm using an old time clock system
with 3 independent controllers witch have there own clocks. When the whole
system goes out of sync I can have the server (Vantage time) and the 3
sirens all going off at different times.
What I think I need is some sort of controller that runs of the server
time
(connected to the server) that is programmable with the times I want the
sirens to go off. ANy tips?????
Mark Howard
Jaw Buckets & Attachments
10 Willingdon St
Archerfield 4108
Australia
Vantage version 5.10.125
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