Set up audible alarms

You can use a variety of Windows wave files for audible alarms.

To set up audible alarms:

  1. Define the alarm sound to be used and the repeat interval for each priority in the alarm you want to be audible. Enter the following information, either in the project parameters (Power Operation Studio > Setup tab > Parameters) or in the Citect.ini file:
    1. [Alarm]
    2. Sound<priority>=<wave file name>
    3. Sound<priority>Interval=<repeating interval in milliseconds>

    2. If you add the device using the I/O Device Manager, the alarm priority will be 1, 2, and 3 for _PLSALM_HIGH, _PLSALM_MEDIUM, _PLSALM_LOW alarms respectively.

    You can define specific wave files for the sounds. The following Windows operating system sounds are supported:

    • SystemAsterisk
    • SystemExclamation
    • SystemQuestion
    • SystemDefault
    • SystemHand
    • SystemExit
    • SystemStart

After audible alarms are set up

When an alarm occurs, its specified alarm sound will play continuously according to the specified interval. The alarm sound will stop when either:

  • The user clicks Silence Alarm on the alarm page
  • The alarm is acknowledged.