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Re: [ECS] A few minor issues.... Mark Gilmore Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:41:07 -0700

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Hi Michael,
1) Fixed
2) I don't have a solution for this one.
3) "
4) Yes, the version # in ECS.HTM is no longer used.

Michael David wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark!
> 
> I finally did the upgrade to the most recent version of ECS today.  A few
> minor issues:
> 
> 1)   I prefer not to use the wav files for PC bell and error (I find them
> REALLY annoying), and prefer to use the PC speaker.  Before this version,
> all I had to do was delete bell.wav and errbell.wav, and the PC bell would
> work.  Now, after I delete those files, the PC bell doesn't beep when it
> should. And I now get this error:
> 
> 0039 N 06/13 11:04 PM:File "BELL.WAV" does not exist (Item "PC Bell")
> 
> 2)   I use the TTS embedded cmd \Vol=x\ so that ECS can change the level of
> her voice depending on whether the house is awake or asleep, when the kids
> are napping, when it's an alert message that is being spoken (e.g. "the
> basement is flooding!), etc.  I do this by speaking text items that only
> contain the \Vol-x\ cmd, so that TTS doesn't actually have to say something
> to change the volume level.
> 
> Every time I "speak" one of these text items with nothing more than the
> embedded cmd, I get the following error:
> 
> 0018 N 06/13 10:57 PM:AVIFO:FILEREAD (Item "TTS Volume Lvl 3") ("Voice
> Level" line 28)
> 
> For reference, here is the item "TTS Volume Level 3":
> 
> |Item:TTS Volume Lvl 3          Type:Text
> Acc:Owner/Owner
> |       Initial State:(None)                                    Backup:No
> |       Text         :\VOL=30000\
> 
> Here is the relevant line (line 28 in my event "Voice Level":
> |       Do          TTS Volume Lvl 3    Set        Speak
> 
> 3)   Running under NT, the ECS console window does not close when ECS quits.
> Doesn't seem to be a problem.  I just close it manually
> 
> 4)    I notice the version number in .cfg is no longer being updated, and
> that you are putting the version number in the ecs.htm file.  Can I delete
> the Version line in my .cfg?
> 
> By the way it was quite nostalgic going through my .cfg and deleting the old
> dos stuff, especially the screen color stuff.  I
> remember playing with the colors for a couple of hours back in 1990, I
> think, trying to find just the perfect scheme.  :)
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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