playing short tune via beep

[John Heim]

I chose to have the monitoring server  beep because that takes only a kernel 
module and the PC speaker to work. It doesn't need a sound card, speakers, 
alsa, or a synth. Since this is a monitoring system, reliability is key.

Having the monitoring server calling me via a modem isn't going to be all 
that reliable either but I can't come up with a more reliable alternative. 
If the network is down, what can a computer do to notify someone? Dial out 
via the phone line I guess. That's about it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valiant (on laptop)" <valiant65 at gmail.com>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: playing short tune via beep


> Hi.
> another huber cool thought of mine is to get a tts synth to just say what 
> the problem is. grins
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: playing short tune via beep
>
>
>> John Heim writes:
>>> Thanks. That's pretty close to what I was hoping for.
>>>
>>> I'm setting up a bunch of servers that  I'll be monitoring via nagios 
>>> and
>>> snmp. The nagios server is in my office so i want it to beep 
>>> distinctively
>>> depending on what is wrong.  I guess i'll have to experiment with beep
>>> until I get what I want. I started doing that but it's kind of a pain. 
>>> So
>>> examples like yours help.
>>
>>
>> Anytime.
>>
>> When I was creating these, I had a list of frequencies that
>> corresponding, approximately, to musical pitches. So, I would simply
>> invent melodic fragments and play with durations until it seemed about
>> what I wanted.
>>
>>>
>>> I've also been toying with the idea of connecting a modem to the nagios
>>> server and having it call my cell if something is really, really wrong. 
>>> I
>>> could easily get it to dial the phone but I have no idea how to send 
>>> some
>>> kind of audio file. i would imagine that's possible since telemarketers 
>>> do
>>> it all the time.
>>>
>> Do you ave accessible texting on your phone? You might more easily use
>> a SMS gateway to send a text message. If you did that, you wouldn't need
>> a payload in any telephone call. Your modem reinging your phone could
>> simply function as an alarm. And, you'd know who the call came from via
>> caller ID, so you'd know to check your SMS for the situation message.
>>
>> Janina
>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
>>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:29 AM
>>> Subject: Re: playing short tune via beep
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm cleaning out my mailbox and came across this somewhat old post ...
>>>>
>>>> John Heim writes:
>>>>> I'm writing a script to alert  me if a server gets too hot. I'd like 
>>>>> it
>>>>> to
>>>>> play a couple of different short tunes via the beep command depending 
>>>>> on
>>>>> the temperature. Anybody have any beep recipes?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I define the following in my /etc/bashrc, then simply use wherever:
>>>>
>>>> alias beep0="beep -f 330 -l 100 -d1 -n -f 277 -l 100 -d1 -n -f 330 -l
>>>> 100 -d 1 -n -f 440 -l 330"
>>>> alias beep1="beep -f 55 -l 40 -d 1 -r 3"
>>>> alias beep2="beep -f 988 -l 180 -d 33 -n -f 831 -l 110"
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>>
>>>> Janina
>>>>
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