At my last position, I installed a delayed call monitoring device. What it allowed me to do was allow the end user to call into the PA System, digitally record their message (like, "Phil, please dial 5301), they would then hang up, then the delay device would send out the page. The reason that we used the delay device was so that when a user did dial the PA, it would be in real time, and there was a speaker near them, and we would get an echo. Also, if the end user would leave the phone off hook, after making their page, it would leave the PA in an Open Status and no one would be able to make a page.
The device that we used would also allow us to record specific messages depending on what number we dialed. It would easier to use the delay device, program it to store specific messages, and have it play that message based upon the error reported. You would then have a the server check for specific error messages and then dial the specific extension based on the type of error that was reported. This would be much easier and you could then change the message based on your needs. That is one way to do it. The other would be to use a dedicated computer, it really doesn't matter how 'beefy' the computer is, have it check the server error log, and if a particular error comes up, have the Accessibility Option - Speech turned On, open a window with the text you want spoken, plug an audio patch cable to the Audio Bypass to the PA System, and you should hear the message without dialing into the PA. This option would probably be more flexible for you, as you could have dozens of messages based upon the error that was presented. I wouldn't worry about dialing in to the PA, I would just put a computer next to your PA Circuitry and have it monitor your error logs in question. All it would need to do is speak the message into the PA. With no dialing an extension, you have one less option to worry about. My .02 worth. Daniel On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Gilmanov, Nile < [email protected]> wrote: > Curious if anyone gave this any thought. E.g. it would be easy to drive > a Windows OS speech synthesizer and pass alerts to it via SCOM (which is > connected to a PA system). > > > > Has anyone tried? I so want to trump NOC’s 100 monitors with “Watch this > suckers, our monitoring solution talks to us!!!” > > > > Nile > > -- Daniel Rodriguez [email protected]
