PRTG Sound in iPad's Safari Browser

Dear Robert,

you could install iPRTG 2 (just released!) on your iPad and use vibration alarms (sound alarms are planned for the next release of iPRTG 2).

I've been using a Google Chrome browser on a notebook to monitor now for several weeks and I hear all the error notifications. It makes an electric warbling sound. And I've now tested the Safari browser on a notebook and it sounds as does Internet Explorer.

So the issue may be more about the iPad's limited version of Safari.

Vibration alerts in the iPRTG2 would be inadequate since the intention is to have a series of small, wireless panels scattered around our area that would immediately draw attention if there's an issue. The tiny popups are too small to draw that attention and vibration would not work either. Sound is really the only way to go. When iPRTG2 does sound that may be the solution if I don't find a better browser or better hardware platform; this is just a test of iPad.

When you enable the Play Audible Alarms option in the User Account settings (choose Setup | User Accounts –> click on according user account), a WAV file will be embedded into either all or only the dashboard web pages of PRTG (depending on your setting).

Following code is then added to the web pages that PRTG delivers:

<embed src="/sounds/beep.wav" autostart="false" autoplay="false" width="0" height="0" id="alarmsound" enablejavascript="true" controller="false" type="audio/wav">

It depends on the browser if these sounds are played. Firefox 3.6, for example, asks for an additional Quick Time plugin to play the sound. Chrome in version 5.0 without Quick Time installed may also not play the WAV file (without any notice), while Internet Explorer 8.0 does play the file.

So, maybe additional plugins would be necessary on the iPad to play embedded WAV files.

See Also

How can I setup audible notifications (sound files) in PRTG?