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Using Alert Script Language
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To assign a value to a note, type the note value symbol after the letter for the note. When the
device plays the alert, it will continue giving each note this new value until it encounters a
different note value symbol.
Using Rests
Rests are periods of time in which no note is sounded. Rests have the same values as notes,
as shown in the following table.
To add a rest, type an upper-case R followed by the alert script language time value symbol.
Maximum Alert Lengths
Alerts written with alert script language cannot exceed 30 seconds. If you create an alert
longer than 30 seconds and then try to play it, your device will not sound any notes.
To calculate an alert length, use the tables in the “Assigning Note Values” and “Using Rests”
sections to sum up the time values for all notes and rests in your alert.
Rest Name Relative
length Alert script
language
symbol Alert script language
time value
Whole rest 4 beats Rw 2 seconds
Half rest 2 beats Rh 1 second
Quarter rest 1 beat Rq ½ second
Eighth rest ½ beat Re ¼ second
Sixteenth rest ¼ beat Rs 1/8 second
Thirty-second rest 1/8 beat Rt 1/16 second
Dot Increase the
length of rest
50 percent . Increase the time
value of rest 50 per-
cent
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