"Pulsing alert tone" or "interrupted alert tone" would describe the 
aural signal.

Jack


Vitaliy wrote:
> Encouraged by Vasile's success, I decided to seek advice on this list. :)
>
> Say you have a device that indicates an "error" condition by quickly 
> flashing the LED, and emitting a 1Khz sound that pulsates at about 4Hz 
> (on/off).
>
> In the "Troubleshooting" section of the manual, I describe the symptoms as 
> 'Quickly flashing LED, "chirping" sound', but a colleague argues that 
> there's nothing "chirping" about the sound. What would be a better word? 
> None of the alternatives suggested by thesaurus.com seem correct to me.
>
> Vitaliy 
>
>   
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