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[KB26]Beep the buzzer (via PARAM.DAT) when an Alarm goes On

Tags: Alarm, Alarming

Alarms
16 years ago
By RM
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Applies to:

PcVue 7.10.
Summary:

This article explains how to configure PcVue to activate the PC’s buzzer when an alarm is turned On.
Details:

The file PARAM.DAT contains various settings, one of which configures this feature.

  1. Shut down the Supervisor.
  2. In the application project’s C folder, open the file PARAM.DAT in a text editor.
  3. Find the section that refers to COLORWDWALARM.
  4. Each row refers to a priority level, from 0 to 29.The 23rd item is B40, the Supplementary Flag. Set it to 1 for each row (priority) where a beep is required.

When the Supervisor is running, the PC will emit a beep whenever an alarm at a configured priority level is turned On.

Note For this to work directly, the PC has to have an internal speaker (NOT a sound card).
Warn The beep is usually quiet and not suitable for a noisy environment.

Example

In the first three lines of the COLORWDWALARM section below, the beep sound is configured for priority 0 but not for levels 1 or 2.

COLORWDWALARM,0,2,4,4,6,5,0,1,0,1,0 ,25,25,25,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,1
COLORWDWALARM,1,2,4,4,6,5,0,1,0,1,0 ,25,25,25,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0
COLORWDWALARM,2,2,4,4,6,5,0,1,0,1,0 ,25,25,25,25,25,0,0,0,0,0,0

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Created on: 17 Sep 2010 Last update: 13 May 2024