The Web Alarm action sounds an alarm by playing sound file on the WhatsUp Gold console.
On the WhatsUp Gold web interface, when Web Alarms are enabled and a device or a state change occurs, a window pops up and an audible alarm sounds. In the Web Alarm popup window, the current Web Alarms are listed. You can mute or dismiss these alarms.
Note: In previous versions of WhatsUp Gold, the Web Alarm Action was included in the Implicit Action Policy. This is no longer true in WhatsUp Gold v14 and later.
To configure a Web Alarm Action:
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Select an existing Web Alarms Action, then click Edit. The Action Properties page appears.
\Program Files\Ipswitch\WhatsUp\HTML\1033\NMconsole\WebSounds
directory. Custom sounds added to this directory appear in the drop-down list.Note: For Web Alarms to work properly, your browser must support embedded sound files.