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Chime play options

Hi Everyone!

In addition to the Chime app being available for apple and android products, Is it possible to play a chime tune on a computer? If it is possible, can I also create a hyperlink on a document for others to access the tune?

I saw that the British Bat Survey and Jersey Bat Survey from the bats.org.uk website had a "Play Chime" button and another project had a document with a hyperlink that takes you to a page where the chime can be played. I am currently in the process of creating a document for volunteers that will detail how to program the AudioMoth in case something happens that erases the settings, and I would like give them the option to set the time in that manner (in case they can't download the AudioMoth Time App) . Thanks!

-Edder

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Edwin Houwertjes

Nov 29, 2022

Hey the audiomoth chime is gone from herokuapp, my phone refuses to play this properly so I used this with my laptop, that worked just fine. Now it shows a blank page.

Alex Rogers

Nov 29, 2022

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Ah. Heroku changed their policy on free nodes. We'll host it somewhere properly and add a link to the website.

Edder Antunez

Mar 04, 2021

@Alex Rogers Thank you for the explanation and example. What you mentioned is what I had in mind for deployment, so I appreciate the verification. Much appreciated.

Alex Rogers

Feb 27, 2021

On laptops and desktops you sometime have to experiment a bit with the volume and distance of the AudioMoth. The small speakers on smartphones work really nicely with the high frequency signal in the chime.

Edder Antunez

Mar 01, 2021

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Thanks @Alex Rogers !

I appreciate the link to the Javascript code. I will look into the resource. Additionally, will that Javascript code allow me to alter the chime to program an AudioMoth (set a sample rate, schedule, gain, etc). Or is that information somewhere else?

Alex Rogers

Mar 01, 2021

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@Edder Antunez The standard chime library and the standard firmware only allows two things to be set - the time and an optional deployment ID. Setting the time in combination with persistent configurations is the most common requirement - you can configure your AudioMoth once and then just set the time in the field with the smartphone. We use it that way in citizen science deployments so that the configured devices are posted to the users who can then just put batteries in and set the time with a smartphone - they don't need to download the desktop Config App and set the detailed configuration. The deployment ID also allows specific applications to be associated the resulting WAV files with a user or location. For example, you can allow the users to indicate where they are deploying the AudioMoth on a website and then associate the resulting recordings with that location. The Rainforest Connection Companion App does this to automatically associate deployments with recordings that are uploaded to their site.

Alex Rogers

Feb 27, 2021

Yes, you can host the same chime application on a webpage. There is the necessary Javascript code in the github repository here - https://github.com/OpenAcousticDevices/AudioMoth-Chime

The chime used by the British Bat Survey and Jersey Bat Survey uses a slightly earlier version (we developed it for these projects) and won't work with the current firmware. However, there is a test site that runs the new library code here: https://audiomothchime.herokuapp.com

This test site will likely go up and down from time to time, so the safer option is to host the Javascript code from the repository on your own website. It is a just two JavaScript files and there is an example of how to use it on the github page.