I am creating a separate thread specific to the Vera Alerts plug-in from RTS. As in another post, several others have noticed we are not receiving alerts as expected. Also Richard’s website does not appear to be functional: http://rts-services.com/.
I am still receiving some of the alerts via the Vera App push notifications and on my Syslog server, but not via the Android Vera Alerts app. This is problematic, as some alerts were specific to VeraAlerts (restart and reboot of Vera itself, for example), and the push notifications are often seriously delayed compared to the Android Vera Alerts app. I know the Vera Alerts app was originally based on Google Cloud Messenger, which was replaced by Firebase Cloud Messaging - but I think I remember an update to the Android Vera Alerts maybe two/three years ago that kept the alerts working.
Not related to RTS, but I stopped getting alerts pushed to the mobile app on Sept 3rd 2024 Not sure what happened.
We upgraded the router about the same time so not sure if it’s an app issue or a me issue
Same here, last alert I received was 9/4. I did just email him so will post if I get a response…
Got update from Richard and appears it’s not getting updated per his response…
Google deprecated an API that the Google Web server used.
I thought it would be an easy fix … but after pulling 1 thread it cascaded into a much bigger effort. Probably a week to fix.
Since I do not use Vera anymore I decided not to put the effort into this
Thanks for verifying! This is the start of the end - I can no longer count on timely notifications, so I need to look elsewhere.
Is anyone using any of the other profiles in VeraAlerts on Vera other than the VeraAlerts Android app? I use Syslog, but that doesn’t help for notifications. Twilio? PushBullet?
I am going to be away on vacation, and although people will be house sitting, etc, I sure am going to miss VeraAlerts notifications to my Android to make sure I can remotely manage my home. I already told my wife I am planning to start migrating to a new home automation platform when we return - this loss of VeraAlerts Android is forcing the issue.
Reactor will do Prowl or Pushover directly. If that’s all too much (i.e. you’re not currently using Reactor and you don’t want to install it just for notifications), you can pretty easily use Pushover directly using curl with os.execute(). Also a caution all around is that it might not work on VeraEdge, where the OS is so far out of date that it doesn’t support the modern encryption standards their web site now demands.
curl -k -s -m 15 -X POST --form-string 'token=APITOKEN' --form-string 'user=USER' --form-string 'message=MESSAGETEXT' https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json
Note: if you’re not currently using Reactor, or you’re using a version earlier than 3.11, install 3.11 directly from the Github repository. The Vera App Store version is out of date and not being updated.
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While I don’t use Reactor, your post encouraged me to check out Pushover. The VeraAlerts mios/Vera plug-in supports Pushover. I downloaded the Pushover Android app to my phone and created an account/user key. I then created a new Pushover Profile in the VeraAlerts plug-in and just supplied the user key from the Pushover Android app (leaving the other fields blank) and sent a test push message - success ! I then linked the pushover profile to my VeraAlerts plug-in/Vera username as well as to Default Recipients. So far it works as expected - I am receiving pushes from the VeraAlerts plug-in! Linking to Default Recipients has restored Vera re-start/reboot system messages which I missed! Thanks @rigpapa for suggesting Pushover!
So just using the user key only worked for a week. I ended up paying the $5 for the app, then saving a password to create a user account, then logging into Pushover.net to create an API key. Easier than it sounds, and the $5 one-time fee seems to earn you 10,000 message a month - far more than I care to be pushed. Just wanted anyone following along to know you do need to create what in the Vera Alerts plug-in on your Vera device is called a AppPushoverID, and at Pushover.net is called a API Token/Key.
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