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RE: [ECS] A few minor issues.... Michael David Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:46:23 -0400

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Hi Mark!

>1) Fixed (PC Bell)

Thanks!


>2) I don't have a solution for this one.(Speaking only embedded commands)

How about suppressing the error message generated when any line that starts
with a backslash is spoken?


>3) " (ECS Console staying open under NT)

I wouldn't worry about it, it's really not a problem.


>4) Yes, the version # in ECS.HTM is no longer used.

Where do we find the current version number?



>>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 4)    I notice the version number in .cfg is no longer being updated, and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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