I have a TK880 that I am going to use for alerting via QCII at my station. The main reason behind it is I am tired of the Minitor and PR400 we have going from silent to rapid loud beeps and me wetting myself every time. Joking of course, however those of us at the station would rather enjoy an ascending tone to wake us rather than the alerting tones produced by the radio.
At a previous department, while they were using QCII for alerting they had a company build a package that took the 12vDC coming from the radio when alerted, and it slowly ramped up the audio to the attached speakers. The nice thing about this was it took the second tone being transmitted and used it specifically as the alert tone, while doing it in a non-apocalyptic alert. I did call the company that the department used for the piece, and they said it was home made but one of the key components was no long in production. Does any one have any suggestions for what can be used to do this? Also, the company I work for doesnt believe in the 'heart saver' tones, so we are doing this out of pocket and trying to keep it from costing us what we perceive a Phoenix G2 alerting system would cost.
I greatly appreciate the advise.
At a previous department, while they were using QCII for alerting they had a company build a package that took the 12vDC coming from the radio when alerted, and it slowly ramped up the audio to the attached speakers. The nice thing about this was it took the second tone being transmitted and used it specifically as the alert tone, while doing it in a non-apocalyptic alert. I did call the company that the department used for the piece, and they said it was home made but one of the key components was no long in production. Does any one have any suggestions for what can be used to do this? Also, the company I work for doesnt believe in the 'heart saver' tones, so we are doing this out of pocket and trying to keep it from costing us what we perceive a Phoenix G2 alerting system would cost.
I greatly appreciate the advise.