I’ve done the test and the sms/email notifications work correctly. With the trigger set below, shouldn’t I be getting notifications when scene 1 is run?
No, you are using Vera as the scene controller. This will not work. You will need to put the notification into the scene itself.
- Garrett
Thanks Garrett.
How can I add the notification into the scene itself? Using UI5, I’ve only seen (I’m new) the ability to add notifications into the individual devices for events that happen, not a notification when a scene as a whole is triggered. Does it have this capability?
There’s no check box of sorts built-in to Vera that would give you scene notifications, but there are a few user created options if you search the forum.
I personally use @Ap15e’s SND in 99.9% of my scenes which to date has generated more than 250,000 scene related emails; so it works well.
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,6656.msg41726.html#msg41726
(I wonder if SND wore out my LuaInterface? :P)
Not the way you have set this up. You need to change your trigger to an event such as a door is opened and you can have multiple triggers to include door is closed. Then when you establish the scene in UI5 (and in UI4) and set up the trigger and select the checkbox as displayed in your attachment, you should receive notifications when the event is triggered. This is one of the core functionalities of MCV and Vera. Note: depending on where you live and you carrier, there maybe restriction to SMS being received which is why I use Automator.app with an iPhone.
Ensure that details in Account > My Contact info are setup correctly but as I see you have tested this, it is reasonable to assume they are correct. However, in testing did you reach your daily limit?
You can verify the notification were triggered by reviewing details in Account > My Alerts and there should be details of the notification/trigger if it was setup correctly.
P.s I just setup a test scene and notification, I received the email but no SMS. I then went to test sending an SMS; however, I did not receive any!
SMS Rectified, I haven’t used this for a while and needed to take my own advice and set My Contact info up correctly. SMS received…
Thanks guys, it seems like the easiest solution for me was to add a Virtual Switch into my scene, and for that virtual switch to send a notification when it is thrown.
If its of interest to you…
Depending on your choice of phone, you can avoid SMS or emails notifications for scenes if you want by using an app called Prowl (I use the one for iOS)
By adding some Lua code to the Scenes you create, it will let you know via Notifications when the scene is invoked/run.
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=4508.45
I’m still very new to all this too, and have no programming experience, but it works quite well and the app also keeps everything in on place much like a log file so you can see history and avoid cluttering up your mail box. 