MultiAlarm - aka iBook Alarm After the beta release of iAlertU, it got some people thinking about making their own version that would be made for free and work on the ibook/powerbooks, well after multiple releases and multiple failures im proud to release a version which hopefully will be free of bugs, but we all know thats never going to happen. Description: Theres also a video of the alarm in action with salling clicker -- Video What i need from the apple community is for people to test it and post their responses here or on the site, if you find a bug or it doesnt work for you please tell me If you do run into trouble please try to be as descriptive as possible, also try to run the below command and give me the results. Code: /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType If anyone would like to make some icons for MultiAlert it would be great
reminds me of ialertu... except for other systems. except.......... it's not working on my powerbook.
billy, thanks for the reply but i need more infomation, things like: do you have growl installed what machine is it, powerbook hi-res? etc also if you ran those cmds i gave you in the orignal post i would be able to see why it wouldnt work
ok guys i think i found the problem with the powerbooks, ive made the program into 2, one for hirespb and one for normal pb, if you have a PowerBook can you try both DOWNLOAD -- for normal powerbooks (Application) DOWNLOAD --for hi respowerbooks (Application) PS. if you leave a comment about success or failure leave this info : do you have growl installed? what machine do you have? do you have SMS on your machine?
Not working on Rev. D 15" PB. Activates but no alarm sound when I move the machine. I have Growl installed and running. Not sure about SMS.
It worked on my high-res 15" with Growl. If possible, it'd be nice if it lowered the volume back to wherever it was after the alarm stops it caught me by surprise there. (I like the Chuck Norris messages too ) reality
Its good to hear its working now with the powerbooks, i might have to make it 2 versions until someone gets me the solution on how to detect which machine its runnin on im planning on making it have a menu to enable and disable, this will allow me to add many features, if anyone is good and the interface builder and applescript please tell me
yeh just noticed i must of skimmed past, umm ok ill give you a cmd to put into terminal, then simple copy and paste all the info into here or PM me /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType that cmd will give me a brief over view of your hardware including the SMS
Hardware Overview: Machine Name: PowerBook G4 15" Machine Model: PowerBook5,6 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 1.5 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 1.5 GB Bus Speed: 167 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.9.1f1
yeh sorry to say it, but your powerbook doesnt have SMS on there, but on my todo list evetnually is to add a alarm to your keyboard and mouse, etc
Yes, it does have the Sudden Motion Sensor (I didn't know what SMS was until I looked it up, but I used to have an app that received input from that sensor to show you how you were tilting the 'book. I'm curious as to whether or not the sensor is working anymore though.
Yes. And I re-downloaded AMSVisualizer.app and it did not respond to the sensor this time. Appears to be stuck or just not working properly... Any ideas on that problem???
By the way, I tried the following and it appears that the SMS should be active (hence the "1" beside sms)... Mac:~ Gary$ pmset -g Active Profiles: Battery Power -1* AC Power -1 Currently in use: sms 1 acwake 0 sleep 90 autorestart 0 ring 0 halfdim 1 reduce 0 disksleep 10 displaysleep 90 lidwake 1 lessbright 1 dps 1
thanks for that data and the cmd it may help me later, umm i would suggest maybe a full restart so like turn it off completly and try turning it on again (i suggest this cuz i heard it can turn it back on)
WOW MacUpdate is just amazing with in less then a hour i have had over 100 downloads, UPDATE: Salling Clicker scripts added and Support system online PS. someguy, did you ever get it to work?
No. My SMS is acting up - or should I say not acting at all. Just created a thread to try and find some help as to why, but I can only assume that if the sensor was working, your software would have worked just fine on my machine.
Yeh, well if you havnt you should try the levelwidget, it uses SMS so it could be another program you can try it with
Yeah, I did. That doesn't work either for some reason. I'm going to be pissed if the sensor is broken!
Well after alot of help from Shaun, i have been able to add a interface and add arm and disarm buttons, also from the help of kel on applescript.net i have been able to code a password system. Now this version is very buggy, but if you find a fault please tell me Current Bugs: When alarm is set off, it is near impossible to use interface fix : right click on dock icon and quit application Volume is not being set correctly DOWNLOAD NOW Both editions TODO: Customisable voice speech Inbuilt screen flash Password to disable alarm when sensors detect movement Remove the dock icon and move up into menu bar Now put off until further notice Remote control API script so that there is scripts to enable and disable on the go Return Sound to normal when disabled Add detection of what system it is currently running on Prefrence File CHANGE LOG: Version 3.0.1 Added GUI Plays disarm sound Requires password to disable sets volume to 50% when disarmed Uses AMSTracker NOT IN BETA Version 2.3 Split into two seprate programs to work with powerbooks Changed sounds to match with iAlertU Version 2.2 Added machine detection, Thanks to bob who left a fake email address Version 2.1 Fixed up minor bugs Build 0.3 Repaired parts of program and Added application icon Version 2.0 Mofified and added the following: Removed menu bar items Changed Application quit keys Added Growl notifications Minor touch ups Added dialog to warn user and keep alarm going Version 1.4 Inital Release