How To: Make 752-9800 Beep to identify it in a panel

If a panel contains more than one Edge Computer (752-9800) it might be useful to make the one you are working on to emit a beep. This can prevent accidentally interacting with the wrong devices, etc.

  1. ssh to the device and type

apt-get update

  1. type:

apt-get install beep

  1. To make the device beep, for example type:

beep -f 300.7 -r 10 -d 100 -l 400

  1. See the documentation on beep to change the frequency and duration of the beep.
    https://manpages.debian.org/buster/beep/beep.1.en.html
    This is what it sounds like;
    https://youtu.be/k_TDBCAUdyQ
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