Issue
In a Vista system how do you get alarm sounds on only selected alarms
Product Line
TAC Vista
Environment
Vista 5.x.x
Cause
It is not clearly defined how to associate alarm sounds to a specific set of alarms.
Resolution
To add alarm sounds to specific alarms in Vista follow these steps.
- Locate the alarms that are required to sound and alarm at the PC. Set a unique ID that will be able to be filtered on. A good example would be use a unique alarm priority. Priority 7 has been used in this example.
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Add a new Alarm Viewer in Your Vista Database.
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Right click on the new Alarm Viewer and select properties then select the Alarm Priorities tab.
Add the priority 7 to the viewer. This will allow only alarms with priority 7 to be displayed in this viewer.
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Then set that Alarm Viewer to sound on an alarm. In the new Alarm Viewer right click in the alarm area and select customize.
- Then select the Miscellaneous tab and check the Alarm Buzzer option.
This will result in a new alarm viewer that only receives priority 7 alarms and will trigger the alarm buzzer when an alarm is received.
This Alarm Viewer will need to be added to the program settings of the user.
To change the alarm sound use the Window's Sound option (found in Control Panel) and locate the Vista alarm sound. You can then browse to a new sound if required.
A tool has been developed to streamline this process: TAC Vista Alarm Notifier
