# Perspective Audible Alarm

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-audible-alarm/65772>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 27, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-audible-alarm/65772 "2022-10-27T18:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![beckya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@beckya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/beckya)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-audible-alarm/65772/1 "2022-10-27T18:16:04Z")

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I am looking for a way to alarm folks when a specific piece of equipment faults. We prefer to use an audible alarm. Does anyone have some experience with this or any suggestions on what could be done using Perspective? We currently have iPads using the perspective app and a TV using perspective workstation in the vicinity. Open to other devices or methods that work as well.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-audible-alarm/65772/2 "2022-10-27T18:26:01Z")

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Do you want them all to sound off? What about when none of the devices have Perspective running?

If you really need the alarm sound, consider an audio device configured on the gateway piped to some dedicated speakers. With some setup, [system.util.playSoundClip()](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.util.playSoundClip), can be launched from an alarm pipeline. (See the notes in the docs.)

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**Author:** ![beckya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@beckya](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/beckya)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-audible-alarm/65772/3 "2022-10-27T18:53:47Z")

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Perhaps we could use the stack lights we have?

[https://www.signaworks.com/products/usb-ethernet-data-collection-tower-lights/ethernet-direct-and-pole-mount-tower-light.html](https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.signaworks.com%2fproducts%2fusb-ethernet-data-collection-tower-lights%2fethernet-direct-and-pole-mount-tower-light.html&c=E,1,DGS-J2xSa5HjcqpAvUHj8pMPGrbvl1AbcAwYBQ-hD-ExtKvMk15rkPyEjp9OPsgcm998Y_cHhK90nCxnvt8fXCGxtexZsc-S6or0pHnpmsNUmko,&typo=1)

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-audible-alarm/65772/4 "2022-10-28T13:27:51Z")

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But otherwise, to answer your original question, there's an audio component in Perspective you could use to ~~annoy~~ notify the operators 😆

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**Author:** ![dadmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dadmin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dadmin)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-audible-alarm/65772/5 "2025-03-19T04:26:31Z")

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> [@Audible Alarms in Perspective](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/audible-alarms-in-perspective/103859):
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> I develop in a secure, air-gaped environment where it takes an act of congress to import modules. I needed a way to get audible alarms working for my remote endpoints and IA support saved the day. For windows, navigate to the following directory: C:\Program Files\Inductive Automation\Ignition\webserver\webapps\main\ Linux: /usr/local/bin/ignition/webserver/webapps/main/ Create a new directory for your .wav alarm files and add the file you want to use. Add an audio component on a header in …