How To Stagger Light Tower Audio In Device ManageR

Before you can set up staggered Light Tower audio actions in Device ManageR, you must enable your Light Tower in your Room Alert Monitor’s web interface. This FAQ shows you how: How To Enable Your External Light Tower Or Relay Switch In Your Room Alert Monitor.

Once you’ve enabled your Light Tower in Room Alert, create two Light Tower actions in Device ManageR:

• Audio 1 On
• Audio 1 Off

For step-by-step instructions on setting up actions, please see How To Configure A Light Tower Action In Device ManageR.

Your two actions should look similar to the examples below when they are completed:

Once you’ve saved each, you’ll see your two audio toggle actions in your Actions list:

Once you’ve saved your two audio toggle actions, the next step is to group them in an Action/Notification List. This FAQ shows you how: How To Configure Action/Notification Lists In Device ManageR.

Sample Action/Notification List – Staggered Audio

Our sample Action/Notification List, called Light Tower – Staggered Audio, does the following:

• Turns the audio alarm on twice for 30 seconds; leaves the audio on if the alert condition persists for more than 2 minutes (120 seconds).
• Turns the audio completely off at whatever point the alert condition clears.

Audio Action/Notification List Items

These are the specifics you’ll need when setting up your staggered audio list items:

– Set your first Alert Action to Audio On. Have subsequent Alert Actions alternate between Audio Off and Audio On.

– Keep increasing the Start the Action after ___ seconds for each item in your list. (In our example, we increase it each time by 30 seconds.)

– Set Perform the action a maximum of ___ times to 1 for each item in your list.

– Set all of your Clear Actions to Audio Off so that no matter what, the sound will cease when the alarm condition no longer exists.

– Set your last Alert Action to the state you want to end the series with. In our example below, the series ends with Audio On.

Below you see the first two Action/Notification List Items in our series:

Once you’ve saved your Action / Notification List, the next step is to associate it with an alert. You can find instructions in our FAQ, How To Create An Alert In Device ManageR.

Your Alerts may look similar to the one shown below. Note that we chose our Light Tower – Staggered Audio list in the Action / Notification List field. This alert will trigger the staggered audio actions when the temperature exceeds 80° Fahrenheit.