How do I configure to play a sound file when I receive a certain critical event?
EventTracker provides various forms of alerts, using the “Custom action” alert option you can achieve this. Configuring EventTracker to execute a WAV file when an ERROR event occurs. To create this configuration perform the following steps – Click the Alerts button or choose the Options -> Alerts – Click the Add button – Click on the “Custom” check box in the Actions section at the bottom – Browse and select the mplayer2.exe (default media player for Windows 2000) or any other player capable of playing wave files followed by the path to the wave file that you would like to play. You could also have a batch file that executes the media player passing the desired Wav file path. Example: “C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe” “C:\Program Files\GetRight\sounds\all_done.wav” – Click the OK button. – Click the OK button to complete that creation of the Custom Alert.
