In the notification properties, you should select and configure one or several actions that should be performed automatically when the notification is triggered. Available actions are described in detail below.
Notify by email
This action allows you to send email notifications when the notification is triggered. To do this, check the box to the left of the field and specify the address to which notifications should be sent. A new field is added automatically after each input. To cancel sending notifications to any of the specified addresses, uncheck the box to the left of the required address.
The notification name is specified in the header of the received email and the unit name, in brackets. The main part of the email contains the notification text.
Notify by SMS
This action allows you to configure sending notifications as SMS messages. The action is available only for IoTplot Premium package subscriptions. Phone numbers should be specified in the international format (for example, +18023293294). A new field is added automatically after each input.
Display online notification in a pop-up window
This notification action allows you to display notifications in a pop-up window in IoTplot (see more). In the Sound URL field, you can specify the address of the audio signal. The recommended file size is up to 0.5 MB. If the field is not filled in, the default audio signal is used.
When using different browsers, take the following restrictions into account:
| Browser | Supported format |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 9+ | MP3, AAC |
| Google Chrome 11+ | MP3, WAV, Ogg |
| Mozilla Firefox 12+ | WAV, Ogg |
| Safari 5+ | MP3, WAV, AAC |
| Opera 10+ | WAV, Ogg |
If necessary, you can select the notification color. The default color is white.
If the Blink minimap option is enabled, once the notification is triggered, a mini-window opens in which you can track the movement of the unit.
Send a request
This action allows you to send messages about triggered notifications to third-party servers. To do this, specify the server address and select the method of the HTTP request: POST or GET.Â
Send a report by email
This action allows you to send an existing report to one or several specified email addresses.Â
To configure this action, follow these steps:
- Select your account’s resource.Â
- Select the report template.
- Select the object on which you want to execute the report.
- If necessary, enable the Triggered unit option. If the option is enabled, the report is executed only on the unit that triggered the notification, regardless of the object selected in the previous list.
- Select one or several file formats:Â HTML, PDF, Excel, XML, CSV. When selecting the PDF format, you can specify the page orientation, size, and width. When selecting the CSV format, you can specify the coding and delimiter as well as enable or disable the displaying of headings.Â
- If necessary, enable additional options.
- Specify the time interval for which report should be executed.
- Select one of the two options defining the report content
- Specify and select the email addresses of the recipients of the report. A new field is added automatically after each input.
Register event for unit
This action allows you to register events in the unit history. It is recommended to register all notifications as events. This will allow you to see all registered events (either manually registered though the Monitoring tab, or automatically through notifications) in an Event report.Â
Event logging and reporting are available in Fleet Advanced and Premium packages. In order for events to be registered as violations and to be available in the Violations report, enable the Register as violation option.
