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The purpose of ''Notifications'' is to generate an email or an SMS when certain types of events occur.
The purpose of ''Notifications'' is to generate an email, an SMS, or an HTTP request ("webhook") when certain events occur.


To create a new notification, select ''Notifications'' in the main menu and click ''Add new''.
To create a new notification, select ''Notifications'' in the main menu and click ''Add new''.
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The ''Description'' field is included in both emails and SMSs.
The ''Description'' field is included in both emails and SMSs.


HTTP requests contain a full description of the event in the form of a JSON object.
Multiple ''Event types'' can be included in a single notification. For example, you can create a notification called "Tamper alarm", and include the event types ''Controller Tamper''

and ''Reader tamper''.
Multiple ''Event types'' can be included in a single notification. For example, you can create a notification called "Tamper alarm", and include the event types ''Controller Tamper'' and ''Reader tamper''.


It is possible to limit the times during which notifications are generated by specifying a schedule for ''Only when'' and / or ''Unless when''. If no schedule is specified, the notification is always active.
It is possible to limit the times during which notifications are generated by specifying a schedule for ''Only when'' and / or ''Unless when''. If no schedule is specified, the notification is always active.

Revision as of 09:29, 27 February 2019

The purpose of Notifications is to generate an email, an SMS, or an HTTP request ("webhook") when certain events occur.

To create a new notification, select Notifications in the main menu and click Add new.


Create notification


The Name field is is included in emails as part of the subject.

The Description field is included in both emails and SMSs.

HTTP requests contain a full description of the event in the form of a JSON object.

Multiple Event types can be included in a single notification. For example, you can create a notification called "Tamper alarm", and include the event types Controller Tamper and Reader tamper.

It is possible to limit the times during which notifications are generated by specifying a schedule for Only when and / or Unless when. If no schedule is specified, the notification is always active.

It is also possible to specify a Maximum rate for the number of notifications that will be generated during e.g. one hour or a day.

Multiple SMS recipients can be specified with comma (,) between each recipient, and the same is true for email recipients.