SMS

You can set up Surveillance Station to automatically send you system notifications by SMS.

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To set up SMS notifications using an existing SMS provider:

  1. Tick the Enable SMS notifications checkbox.
  2. Select an SMS provider from the drop-down menu. The default service provider is "Clickatell".
  3. Enter your SMS account information in Username, Password, and Confirm Password.
  4. Specify the API ID.
  5. Specify a primary number in Primary phone number. You may also specify a secondary number in Secondary phone number. Notifications will be sent to specified phone numbers.
  6. Tick Enable SMS interval limit if you do not wish to receive too many notifications of the same event, and specify how frequently you wish to receive them in the Minimum interval between each message (minutes) field.
    Note: To reduce the number of notifications, you can also try lowering the sensitivity and increasing the threshold of event detection, or go to the Advanced tab to modify Notification Combination Settings.
  7. Click Send a test SMS message and then OK to see if your settings are correct. Check your settings if no test SMS message is received.
  8. Click Save to save your changes.

To set up SMS notifications using a new SMS provider:

  1. Tick the Enable SMS notifications checkbox.
  2. Click Add SMS service provider.
  3. In the Provider name field, enter the name of your SMS service provider.
  4. In the SMS URL field, enter an SMS URL obtained from your SMS service provider.
  5. Click Next.
  6. In the URL parameter definition window, the system will break down the SMS URL into several parameters. Define each parameter by selecting the corresponding category. Each parameter category can be used only once except Other.
  7. Select your SMS provider from the drop-down menu.
  8. Enter your SMS account information in Username, Password, and Confirm Password.
  9. Specify a primary number in Primary phone number. You may also specify a secondary number in Secondary phone number. Notifications will be sent to specified phone numbers.
  10. If you do not want to receive too many messages, check the Enable SMS interval limit box. Then specify how frequently you want to receive messages in Minimum interval between each message (minutes). This message interval is the minimum time between messages. The value must be between 1 and 10000 minutes.
  11. Click Send a test SMS message and then OK to see if your settings are correct. Check your settings if no test SMS message is received.
  12. Click Save to save your changes.

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