Mike, I need that wave file. It is Christmas cookie gala here at my office. The time of year that I request that everybody bring in their most decadent dessert. One year we had rum cake that would knock you over.
I think I'm in a sugar coma. Merry Christmas to all! Jan -----Original Message----- From: "MikeB" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:34:47 -0500 Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Using RBASE 7.6 to control physical PC connecteddevices like speakers and USB or RS232 connected lights and sirens. Do you have "C:\Windows\Media\ChristmasCookiesAreInTheBreakRoom.wav" ? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Using RBASE 7.6 to control physical PC connecteddevices like speakers and USB or RS232 connected lights and sirens. I have a complete Public Address system that annouces shift, break and lunch start and ending times along with other notifications, 24/7 for a factory. All done in Rbase. It plays different sounds for shift start, end etc. I.E. you can specify the file, even ones you record yourself. The command that actually generates the output for sound is: --create event command set quotes = " set var vcommand = ("Beep " + "'" + "file " + .vEventFile + "'" ) &vcommand Where vEventfile is .wav file such as: C:\Windows\Media\windavinciopen.wav I then loop the command to have it play as many times as I need. The system has a table that holds the event name, time to activate, days to activate and file to play. The system code then runs via a form timer. I run the PC sound output through a pre-amp that then goes to a remote PA amp that broad casts over a 300,000 sqft facility. Works really nice with a menu system for maintaining when and what is announced. It then runs complete unattended. -Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faith" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 10:40:10 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [RBASE-L] - Using RBASE 7.6 to control physical PC connected devices like speakers and USB or RS232 connected lights and sirens. Hello Folks It looks like I can send a sound or wav file to a set of PC speakers, this is in the docs. Any advice, hints or gotchas on using this syntax in a form in an 'On Exit EEP'? SET VAR vPlay = (GETVAL('PlayAndWait','c:\windows\media\tada.wav')) Will play sound /wave file and waits for the sound to finish before continue to a next command. This could be a long time if the sound file is long. You would want this if, for instance, you're writing an answering machine aplication in R:BASE for Windows. Also, is it possible to do/send any or all of these from an RBASE 7.6 application? 1) flash the screen with a color for a certain duration ? 2) send a command to a USB connected device ( in my case a stacklight) , (when we find one... in case the RS232 to USB adapters won't work with the devices below or ... in the event that RBASE 7.6 can send control commands through a USB port but not through an RS232 port) 3) send a command to an RS232 connected stacklight? http://www.wolfautomation.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=21036
