Speech and Signaling

Signal network warnings less than

When a product that contains a warning is received over the network, a signal and beep is produced if the data time is within the following number of seconds of the current time.

Zero means do not signal at all. The default setting is 600 seconds old.

IRIS can be configured to generate spoken output for important messages. Warning instances are configured in the PRODUCT configuration menu.

You configure other possible speech options.

The sigaudio program can configure if you use spoken text, or play a waveform file.

Any of the options can be turned off by selecting No.

This setup can be overridden by the newer message configuration file.

Speak/Beep text products on arrival
IRIS has a special product type called "Text products". These products consist of an IRIS header plus an ASCII string.
This causes the string message to be spoken when it arrives on a system.
Speak/Beep mode changes
Audio alert when a mode change is made.
Speak/Beep fatal errors
Audio alert when an IRIS product crashes. This can happen with a program error such as divide by 0, or with the kill command.
Speak/Beep BITE faults
Audio alert when a critical BITE fault is signaled.