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Conference wrksys::alphastation

Title:	Alpha Workstation Conference
Notice:	See note 1.* for conference notices
Moderator:	WRKSYS::HOUSE

Created:	Wed Sep 07 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1996
Total number of notes:	9122

1915.0. "No beep sound on Alpha 4100, is it normal?" by HTSC19::KENNETH () Mon Apr 07 1997 04:03

Hi,

I have ask the same question on DECWINDOWS conference, but there is no reply
yet.  Therefore I would like to ask here.

One of my customer told me that there is no "beep" sound on their Alpha 4100
server running Motif V1.2-4.  Even on VMS we type reply/bell and on the 
window interface, a speaker icon, slide the volume to max.
After taking a look on their keyboard, it is a LK46W-A2.

Is it  normal for the Alpha 4100?  From one of the TIMA article, it
shows that LK46* has no bell hardware implemented.  Is that the reason?
The title of the TIMA article is :

"How to Control Keyboard Beep on DECwindows Motif "New Desktop" Interface.

Can anyone give me some hints?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Kenneth Leung

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1915.1	try MVBLAB::ALPHASERVER_4100	WRKSYS::HOUSE	Kenny House, Workstations Engineering	`Mon Apr 07 1997 08:03`	7
	You would have better luck asking this question in the MVBLAB::ALPHASERVER_4100 conference (press KP7 to add this entry to your notebook). We do AlphaStations here. -- Kenny House
1915.2		STAR::KLEINSORGE	Fred Kleinsorge, OpenVMS Engineering	`Mon Apr 07 1997 10:57`	3
	What version of VMS, and what patches have been applied?
1915.3	VMS V6.2-1H3 and no patches installed at all	HTSC19::KENNETH		`Wed Apr 09 1997 06:03`	8
	Hi, Thanks for your help. The VMS version is V6.2-1H3 and there is no patch installed at all. Thanks again, Kenneth Leung
1915.4		STAR::KLEINSORGE	Fred Kleinsorge, OpenVMS Engineering	`Wed Apr 09 1997 11:24`	7
	The beep on all AlphaStations and AlphaServers is generated by the junk PC logic using the square wave generator. Thus any beep will come from the system box, and a speaker in it, and not from the keyboard. The keyboards do not have a command to generate a beep, or keyclick.
1915.5	No speaker in the 4100	DANGER::HAYES		`Wed Apr 09 1997 11:34`	7
	The Alphaserver 4100 does not have an internal speaker. The speaker driver logic is present as well as a 4-pin header to connect the speaker. However, there is nowhere to mount the speaker and the box did not go through FCC qual with a speaker installed. Dennis
1915.6		STAR::KLEINSORGE	Fred Kleinsorge, OpenVMS Engineering	`Wed Apr 09 1997 12:00`	7
	Then I guess it is normal ;-) This also may be unacceptable to some customers who use a repeating bell to alert an operator (as one IPMT on the bell once informed me).