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Posted by Tom Gardner on May 14, 2008, 9:10 pm
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Thanks for all the ideas! We decided to dedicate an older PC running freeware
"Perfect Alarm Clock".
http://www.celescom.com/ It has infinite set point events that will play a
.wav file (or do other stuff) for each event. So, after breaks it'll play the
sound of a cracking whip, at the end of the day it'll play Taps, and so on. The
sound card's output will just connect to our PA system. I'll put it on a UPS
and run atomic clock software to keep it accurate. I'll have to buy a MIC
connector to fit the PA amp, everything else is free or lying around.
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Posted by Pete C. on May 14, 2008, 10:13 pm
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Tom Gardner wrote:
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> Thanks for all the ideas! We decided to dedicate an older PC running freeware
> "Perfect Alarm Clock".
> http://www.celescom.com/ It has infinite set point events that will play a
> .wav file (or do other stuff) for each event. So, after breaks it'll play the
> sound of a cracking whip, at the end of the day it'll play Taps, and so on.
The
> sound card's output will just connect to our PA system. I'll put it on a UPS
> and run atomic clock software to keep it accurate. I'll have to buy a MIC
> connector to fit the PA amp, everything else is free or lying around.
Well, don't forget the $20/month in electricity to power the overkill
solution. Much better to run that software on a machine that's already
up 24x365 like a web/file server.
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Posted by Tom Gardner on May 14, 2008, 11:47 pm
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> Tom Gardner wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for all the ideas! We decided to dedicate an older PC running
>> freeware
>> "Perfect Alarm Clock".
>> http://www.celescom.com/ It has infinite set point events that will play a
>> .wav file (or do other stuff) for each event. So, after breaks it'll play
>> the
>> sound of a cracking whip, at the end of the day it'll play Taps, and so on.
>> The
>> sound card's output will just connect to our PA system. I'll put it on a UPS
>> and run atomic clock software to keep it accurate. I'll have to buy a MIC
>> connector to fit the PA amp, everything else is free or lying around.
>
> Well, don't forget the $20/month in electricity to power the overkill
> solution. Much better to run that software on a machine that's already
> up 24x365 like a web/file server.
We don't keep any PCs up 24/7. All get shut-down at the end of the day, thus
the old PC. Do you really think it'll cost $20/month? The HD will be in
stand-by mode, monitor turned off and other minimalist measures.
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Posted by _ on May 15, 2008, 4:35 am
Please log in for more thread options On Wed, 14 May 2008 23:47:18 -0400, Tom Gardner wrote:
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>> Tom Gardner wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the ideas! We decided to dedicate an older PC running
>>> freeware
>>> "Perfect Alarm Clock".
>>> http://www.celescom.com/ It has infinite set point events that will play a
>>> .wav file (or do other stuff) for each event. So, after breaks it'll play
>>> the
>>> sound of a cracking whip, at the end of the day it'll play Taps, and so on.
>>> The
>>> sound card's output will just connect to our PA system. I'll put it on a UPS
>>> and run atomic clock software to keep it accurate. I'll have to buy a MIC
>>> connector to fit the PA amp, everything else is free or lying around.
>>
>> Well, don't forget the $20/month in electricity to power the overkill
>> solution. Much better to run that software on a machine that's already
>> up 24x365 like a web/file server.
>
> We don't keep any PCs up 24/7. All get shut-down at the end of the day, thus
> the old PC. Do you really think it'll cost $20/month? The HD will be in
> stand-by mode, monitor turned off and other minimalist measures.
Probably not.
720 hours in a month, 10 cents a unit, a small pc ps uses a tenth of a unit
per hour.
7$.
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Posted by Pete C. on May 15, 2008, 7:25 am
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_ wrote:
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> On Wed, 14 May 2008 23:47:18 -0400, Tom Gardner wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Tom Gardner wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for all the ideas! We decided to dedicate an older PC running
> >>> freeware
> >>> "Perfect Alarm Clock".
> >>> http://www.celescom.com/ It has infinite set point events that will play
a
> >>> .wav file (or do other stuff) for each event. So, after breaks it'll play
> >>> the
> >>> sound of a cracking whip, at the end of the day it'll play Taps, and so on.
> >>> The
> >>> sound card's output will just connect to our PA system. I'll put it on a
UPS
> >>> and run atomic clock software to keep it accurate. I'll have to buy a MIC
> >>> connector to fit the PA amp, everything else is free or lying around.
> >>
> >> Well, don't forget the $20/month in electricity to power the overkill
> >> solution. Much better to run that software on a machine that's already
> >> up 24x365 like a web/file server.
> >
> > We don't keep any PCs up 24/7. All get shut-down at the end of the day, thus
> > the old PC. Do you really think it'll cost $20/month? The HD will be in
> > stand-by mode, monitor turned off and other minimalist measures.
>
> Probably not.
>
> 720 hours in a month, 10 cents a unit, a small pc ps uses a tenth of a unit
> per hour.
>
> 7$.
Try putting a meter on a PC, ~200W is typical. If you pay $0.10/KWh your
closer to $15, and if your electric rate is higher (more like $0.12
here) or you add in other items like cable modem/router/switch the $20 I
indicated is pretty much it.
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> Thanks for all the ideas! We decided to dedicate an older PC running freeware
> "Perfect Alarm Clock".
> http://www.celescom.com/ It has infinite set point events that will play a
> .wav file (or do other stuff) for each event. So, after breaks it'll play the
> sound of a cracking whip, at the end of the day it'll play Taps, and so on.