CBAS Alarms Play Through Sound Card

Normally, CBAS Alarms play through the built-in speaker inside the computer case. This can be hard to hear in a mechanical room where a lot of noisy equipment is running. As of CBAS Version 2.0.1 and later, CBAS Alarms automatically play through any installed sound card. Also, Computrols computers now come with a built-in sound card and a pair of powered speakers.

When an alarm sounds, it plays the Windows “Critical Stop” sound. In order to make this sound more noticeable, we have changed the wave file to a more irritating sound that is hard to ignore. To change this sound to a wave file of your choice, go to Windows Control Panel, Sounds and Multimedia.

Highlight “Critical Stop” and click on the down arrow next to the Name field. You will see a list of wave files in the C:\WINNT\Media folder, which is the default folder for Windows sounds. You can choose a sound from there or click the Browse button and select one from another location. To test the sound, click the right arrow between the name field and the Browse button.