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Record Local Message Event Bill Walters Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:17:19 -0500

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Here is a quick little Event that's handy.

ECS for DOS, with the BIGMOUTH board, could record a "local"
phone message by picking up any telephone and pressing the "*"
button.  This way, anyone could leave a recorded message which
would be played back, right along with the telephone messages
whenever someone else comes home.... No more writing notes to
each other...

ECS 4 (windows) doesn't work with the BIGMOUTH board and so
I had to find other ways to have the same capabilities.

I simply have a True/False flag, titled "Flag_Rcd Local Msg"
which, when set, causes the event to execute.  Before recording
the "local" message, my intercom is turned on, a message is played
telling whoever is making the recording what to do, and then it
does it (records the message).

Use whatever to Set the flag (X-10 console, IR, etc.) that works
best for your own family.  I have a button on my ACE touchscreen
which toggles this flag.

Enjoy!

Bill Walters
wtwalters@home.com
9/28/99

|; Written for ECS 4.1.x
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|Item:Flag_Rcd Local Msg         Type:True/False           Acc:User/Owner
|     Initial State:(none)
Backup:No
|Item:Msg_Rcd Local Msg          Type:Text                   Acc:User/Owner
|     Initial State:(none)
Backup:No
| Text:Pick up Line one now and begin after the tone. Hang up when done
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|Event: Rcd Local Messages         Called ?:No
|     If         Flag_Rcd Local Msg         Is Now          True
|     Then    Intercom                            Set                High
|     Then    Msg_Rcd Local Msg         Set                Speak/W
|     Then     Intercom                          Set                  Low
|     Then     Phone-Interface-C            Set                Record/W
Local Msg
|     Then     Flag_Rcd Local Msg        Set                False
| End

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