West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

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Section 4.1.12 – page_alarm

Last Updated: 5/2007

Date Written: 1/2001
Development Language: MicroSoft C/C++ v7.0

Necessary Rings:
Input Ring - ALARM_RING; reads TYPE_ALARM format messages

Necessary Data Files:
AlarmTextFile – Text to send over cel phones
AlarmFile – Cell phones to call
AlarmBatFile – Batch file to send cell phone messages
PagerFile – Text to send to pagers.

Initialization File:
page_alarm.d - read on module start-up

Module Description:
This module takes a message from an ALARM_RING, and if the message is a valid alarm message, it will send it out to different output devices dependent on flag settings. Alarm messages can:

· Be sent out a serial port (to activate a pager system - the serial port baud rate, etc., are set up in the initialization file),

· Activate a .wav file which is broadcast over the computers speakers, or

· In conjunction with an email sending program, send cell phone text messages.

Filtering of alarm messages to send over the various options must be performed by the modules sending the alarms.

Graphical Interface:
This module has no graphical interface. Pager messages are logged to the Windows console, if created.