[SBE] FM stereo silence detector/alarm

[Joshua Smith]

I can buy that... my trouble was I was getting false positives:  The ARC-16
would get an alarm saying we were off the air, one of my back-up scripts
would get us back on the air, but since the "tripped" alarm was still there
nothing would tell the ARC-16 that all was well until somebody reset it - it
would still think we were off the air!

I'm sure there may have been an easier solution, but as I said the manual is
a bit vague.

It was easy enough to script my way out of, though.  Of course, if you've
got somebody in the studio it's all kind of a moot point.

- Joshua C Smith

Joshua C Smith, CBT
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Curt Yengst <cyengst at star991fm.com> wrote:


> I think the guys at BT designed it that way on purpose.  It's supposed to

> act as a way of showing a "history" of an alarm since the last time you were

> in the building.  We just make sure the sonalert is turned off so the thing

> isn't beeping at us as soon as we walk in the door.

>

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> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org on behalf of Joshua Smith

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>

> Yup... I've got a Burk Script on my ARC-16 that handles that for me and

> it's worked pretty well for me, although it's messier than if you could just

> tell it to do it itself.

>

> - Joshua C Smith

>

>

>

> Joshua C Smith, CBT

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>

> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Curt Yengst <cyengst at star991fm.com>

> wrote:

>

>

>        Isn't there a terminal on the back of that unit to reset the alarm

> using a contact closure?

>

>

>        ________________________________

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>        From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org on behalf of Joshua Smith

>        Sent: Thu 9/17/2009 3:55 PM

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>        Subject: Re: [SBE] FM stereo silence detector/alarm

>

>

>

>        I don't know about a digital input silence sensor.

>

>        For an analog input silence sensor I use the BT Silence Monitor III

> Plus and, although the manual could be written a lot more clearly, it works

> pretty well.  You can set the threshold and time to whatever you need to via

> internal switches.  You can tie the alarms from it to a Remote Control

> System like an ARC-16 and use that to phone you.

>

>        Only annoyance I have with it is that unless someone is around to

> push a button, or unless you program something into your Remote Control unit

> to do it, you can't shut the alarm off once the issue is resolved.  I wish

> they would put a switch in there that would automatically reset once audio

> is restored.

>

>        - Joshua C Smith

>

>        Joshua C Smith, CBT

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>

>

>

>        On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:32 PM, <A9xw at cs.com> wrote:

>

>

>               Does anyone have a recommended RELIABLE unit that will work

> with Audio Vault to detect an extended audio outage (ie 20 seconds) then

> send out a programmed text message or auto dial a list of numbers?  It needs

> a threshold control (level) and an adjustable time period.  Sometimes its

> digital silence, sometimes we have background static bepending on what

> source was supposed to be on air but didn't show up.

>

>               Henry

>               WYIN TV  WLPR FM

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