MikeCC
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Sure I recall seeing something years ago about the same problem with medical equipment. The solution was to have sort of mnemonic tones that reflected the problem area. No idea if that's what they actually do these days.
Stupid warning beeps
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DJE
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Every audible alarm that can be switched off has been switched off on my boat. A regular scan of the sails, the instruments, and the horizon seems to suffice to tell me what is going on. And fortunately she came with a very good but pre-dsc radio. I might consider some sort of anchor dragging alarm but I've got by without one up to now. Why would you want a high wind alarm? If it was blowing 45 knots I think I would have noticed.
fisherman
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I remember reading about this problem in aircraft, so they went for a low comforting warble for 'your coffee is ready' to a screaming banshee for 'THE WING'S FALLEN OFF!!!!' and a range in between.
I was in harbour and frantically looking round the wheelhouse for the source of a beep not unlike my bilge alarm, it was the dustcart reversing.
bobgarrett
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Dooioing : at a waypoint/buoy
GHA
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zoidberg
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I have it in mind that warning beeps - five of them - in the entrances to Portsmouth and Plymouth harbours means one is right in the way of the Britanny Ferries cross-channel ro-ro, or an aircraft carrier ( or both ) and to GTF OUT OF IT....
Seajet
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In our company demonstrator Hawk G-HAWK they tried out the CAMU warning system with a womans' voice - thought to catch a pilot's attention quicker - for all the warnings, on start up she ran through all the checks just like the red lights on turning the ignition in a car, " Starter Fire, starter fire, spin, spin, eject, eject ! "
It was most unnerving for irregular occupants like me, and the pilots hated it, calling her ' Moaning Minnie ', she quickly got unplugged.
Unless all the manufacturers agree on the same sounds and we take training courses to suit I think we need a simple attention getter hooter and then LED's showing which instrument is complaining, but I'm reminded of Red Dwarf;
" Purple Alert ! "
" Are you sure Sir ? That does mean changing the bulb....'
It was most unnerving for irregular occupants like me, and the pilots hated it, calling her ' Moaning Minnie ', she quickly got unplugged.
Unless all the manufacturers agree on the same sounds and we take training courses to suit I think we need a simple attention getter hooter and then LED's showing which instrument is complaining, but I'm reminded of Red Dwarf;
" Purple Alert ! "
" Are you sure Sir ? That does mean changing the bulb....'
PintPlease
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Maybe for an autopilot disconnect it could just play 'The Wanderer' by Status Quo.
Bru
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Like it!
And for excess water in the bilge maybe "Down Down" would get the message across
DJE
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No you couldn't use two Status Quo songs. The warnings are supposed to sound different from each other.
Heckler
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Indeed! Large inflateable off Morocco in the Straits, 20 people on board, no power, can any vessel nearby assist? Really?
Stu
englishrobs
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I once sailed a boat off the East Coast where the owner had helpfully set the depth sounder to issue a warning beep if the depth under the keel was less than 2m. Needless to say it was on constantly. After ploughing through various levels of menu items we found the setting and then debated whether 0.5m was sensible. Even then we didn't have a particularly quiet day.
