Kind of like standing in a busy train station and listening for your train number and which platform to go to (rather than running to the large board and reading the data). This way, the operators can simply listen to the alarm (which could repeat twice if necessary) and then go to the equipment or whatever is in the trouble condition. My idea is to use a Text to Speech node from Node-RED (there are many to choose from) and then – on a PC that is hooked up to our overhead PA / loudspeaker system via regular audio cables – read the alarm’s text aloud. The operator generally has to “follow” his ears to lead him to where the sound is coming from so he can then deal with the situation. But each of these alarms sounds the same in the plant. “Zone 2 temperature on Furnace 3 over allowed limit” or “Motor stopped on conveyor 6”). We have sirens and horns and such rigged up to sound off whenever there is an alarm condition, but using PAC Control and groov View, we are also displaying the nature of the alarm on the EPIC’s screen (e.g. Here’s my challenge…We have 3 groov EPIC units in the plant controlling equipment.
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