Messages; Overview; About Messages; Wave Files - Bosch Plena Software Manual

Plena Voice Alarm System | Software Manual | Messages
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Messages

6. 1

Overview

Use the Messages window (see figure 6.1) to manage
messages.
figure 6. 1 : Messages window
The buttons in the Messages window are used to:
• Select wave files (Select wave files)
• Edit templates (Edit templates)
• Edit messages (Edit messages)
• Close the window (Close)
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6.2

About messages

6.2.1

Wave files

All messages are based on one or more wave files.
These wave files must be selected from the PC. Wave
files are digital sound files. The CD-ROM that is
supplied with the voice alarm controller contains a
number of these files.
Note
The default location of the supplied wave files is
'C:\Program Files\Bosch\Plena Voice Alarm
System\Configuration\Sounds'.
It is also possible to create new wave files, for example
with the utilities that can be found on the CD-ROM.
See table 6.1 for an overview of the required
characteristics of the wave files.
table 6. 1 : Wave file characteristics
Data format:
WAV file, 16-bit PCM, mono
Supported sample rates (fs):
24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 16 kHz,
12 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 8 kHz
The maximum number of wave files that can be stored
in the voice alarm controller is 254. The total file size of
the wave files must be less than 16 MB.
6.2.2

Mergeable messages

A special type of message is a mergeable message (see
section 6.4.3 for an example). When two or more calls
are started that are based on the same mergeable
message template and have the same priority, the calls
are merged. The youngest call will not stop the oldest
call in this case. With the configuration software,
4 different mergeable message templates can be created.
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