Houston, we have a problem

London Electronics are soon to release a novel aid to factory process monitoring and alarm annunciation.

It can store up to 16 verbal alarms, which can be triggered to play back using contact closures or PLC logic lines.

Instead of a claxon or alarm bell, this module allows descriptive spoken phrases to be recorded and then broadcast when appropriate.

For example, messages such as:

"Bearing temperature too high"
"Material running low"
"Line running on target - well done!"

This makes it much easier for your workforce to understand the exact nature of the alarm, so that they can deal with it quickly.

Plus, they can keep their eyes on their work, while the alarm message plays, with no need to look up at a screen to see what the alarm means.

The alarm message will repeat until cleared by an 'Accept' input.

The storage media is solid state high density memory, so there are no moving parts to go wrong.

Designed to connect directly to public address or Tannoy systems to broadcast important messages automatically.

The alarm message recorder comes in a compact DIN rail mounting enclosure, with screw terminal connections for power and logic inputs.
It runs off 24V DC power.

Units will become available from December 2005.

More details on their website http://www.london-electronics.com under the "What's New?" section, along with a few tongue-in-cheek examples of possible warning messages and sounds.