Purpose

The Xbeeper widget allows you to turn on audio signals to indicate that the shutter has closed or that the exposure has finished reading out and that you may begin the next exposure.

Sound Selectors

Click on the buttons labeled default to select the type of sound you want to hear when the associated action occurs. The default sounds are verbal messages. Many other sounds effects are provided for your late-night listening enjoyment. Note that if you change the selection after pressing "start", you must press "apply" to effect the changes.

Machine Selector:

To the right of the label "Set volume level to:", click on the button to select the machine which will play the selected sound.

Please note the following restrictions:
• The machine must have a speaker.
• The machine must run Solaris (not SunOS).
• You must be logged in to the machine's console under the same username which is running readout_complete in order to access the speaker.

Note that if you change the selection after pressing "start", you must press "apply" to effect the changes.

Action Buttons

Start

Pressing this button will enable sound output. Upon startup, the script will generate a sample noise on the selected machine to indicate that it is working. If you don't hear a sound within a few seconds, the program may not be working. See "troubleshooting" tips below.

Apply

Apply new settings for sound type and/or host. In practice, this means that the currently running shell script is killed and a new one with changed parameters is started.

Stop

Interrupt generation of sounds. Use this button to temporarily halt the sound output, while keeping the widget alive.

Quit

Kill widget and associated programs. Use this button to halt the sound output and destroy the widget.