Sound Action

How to get here

Add a sound to the Action library. This sound can then be assigned to an action by creating an Action Policy, or by adding an action to a specific device.

• Name.  The name of the action as it appears in the Action library.
• Description. Enter a short description of the action. This is displayed in the Action Library along with the entry in with the Name box
• Sound file name. Enter the full path to the sound file, or click the folder icon to select it from your computer. The sound file name is located on the server where WhatsUp is running.
• Continuous play. Select this option to have the sound play continuously until the Cancel Sound button is clicked on the main WhatsUp Gold toolbar.

Tip: To check the status of an action, or to cancel an action, or group of actions, on the console go to Tools > Running Actions.

Note: Microsoft Windows Vista operating systems do not interact with services and therefore do not support WhatsUp Gold sound actions and text-to-speech features. You can workaround this issue by running the polling and alerting engine (nmservice.exe) as a process. From the command prompt, enter nmservice.exe /process.

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