From 3139b1cbbe058566fd766893dc9776186937416d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kasemir <ky9@ornl.gov>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:26:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Alarm: Cmd line tool to 'talk' for testing kafka and
 annunciations

... or to send an annunciation like "I'm about to restart the alarm
server" to operators
---
 app/alarm/examples/talk.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 app/alarm/examples/talk.sh

diff --git a/app/alarm/examples/talk.sh b/app/alarm/examples/talk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0709046773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/alarm/examples/talk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Send talk message
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]
+then
+    echo "Usage: talk.sh Accelerator Message"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+topic="$1"
+text="$2"
+
+kafka/bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --broker-list localhost:9092 --property 'parse.key=true' --property key.separator=" : "  --topic ${topic}Talk <<END
+talk:/$topic/pv : {"severity":"MAJOR", "standout":true, "talk":"$text"}
+END
+
+