Motorola 009 manual Using Rests, Maximum Alert Lengths

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Using Alert Script Language

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.

Rest	Name	Relative	Alert script	Alert script language
		length	language	time value
			symbol
	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	.	Increase the time
		length of rest		value of rest 50 per-
		50 percent		cent

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.

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