Adding and editing a Sound Action

A sound file can be assigned to an action by creating a sound action. The Desktop Actions application must be running for the Sound action to work. For more information, see About the Task Tray and Desktop Actions applications.

Configure the following:

• Name. Enter a unique name for the action. This name displays in the Action Library.
• Description. (Optional) Enter additional information about the action. This description displays next to the action in the Action Library.
• Sound file name. Enter the full path to the sound file. The sound file name is located on the server where WhatsUp Gold 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.
• OK. Click to save your changes.

Tip: To check the status of an action, or to cancel an action, in the WhatsUp Gold console go to Tools > Running Actions.

If you want to bring text-to-speech action sound to a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 server class remote desktop (RDP) system, you need to enable audio mapping for the remote system Terminal Services Configuration.

Configure the following:

1. In Windows, click Start > Run, in the Run dialog type TSCC.msc, then click OK.
2. In the Connections folder, double-click RDP-tcp. The RDP-TCP Properties dialog appears.
3. Select the Client Settings tab, then click to clear the Audio Mapping check box. When enabled, the text-to-speech action sound only plays on the remote desktop system.

See Also Built-in Action Types Active Script Action Beeper Action E-mail Action Log to Text File Action Pager Action PowerShell Action Program Action Service Restart Action SMS Action SMS Direct action SNMP Set Action SSH Action Syslog action Text to Speech Action VMware Action Web Alarm Action Configuration Management Action Windows Event Log Action