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Introduction

Us Use the Twilio is a web service to make a call to a phone and play a voice message.

Prerequisites

• A Twilio account is required.

• From your Twilio account console, note Account SID, Auth Token, and Phone number.
  

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Configure Twilio Voice Message within the NETx Core Studio

• In the Core Studio menu, open Modules

  >

  → Messenger

  > 

  → [Live] Twilio Voice

  Messge

  Message.

• Right-click to open the context menu and select Insert new definition to add a new profile.

• Fill the following fields:

  • Profile: profile name

  • AccountSid: Account SID as in your Twilio console

  • AuthToken: Auth Token as in your Twilio console

  • SenderPhoneNumer: the Phone number as in your Twilio console

• Save the definition table. Changes are immediately applied.

Send a voice message via XLogic

Use a Twilio SMS Voice Message messenger profile in combination with the MessengerMESSENGER.SendVoiceMessageSENDVOICEMESSAGE XCommand.

Testing

To test the profile from the Core Studio,

• Go to Menu → Tools

  >

  → Run XCommand

  .

  …

• Select XCommand MESSENGER.

  SENDSMS

  SENDVOICEMESSAGE and fill the required fields:

  • Profile: the name of the configured profile (note: if the profile name does not exist or if this parameter is blank, the first found Twilio Voice Message definition will be used)

  • Recipient: recipient phone number

  • Message: message text as string

• Click Execute to send the message.

You will receive the message a phone call on the device with the provided phone number, shortly. Take the call, and the voice message will be played.

Send a voice message from an action

In order to send an SMS a voice message triggered by an alarm or a conditional event,

• Set up an action that uses the 

  Messenger

  MESSENGER.

  SendVoiceMessage

  SENDVOICEMESSAGE XCommand.

• Select the configured Twilio Voice Message profile and provide Recipient and Message.

  SCREENSHOT

• Save the action.

• Use this action in the desired alarm or conditional event.

Send a voice message via LUA

To send an SMS within a voice message within LUA scripts, use the XMessage LUA function.

XMessage is a general LUA function that can be used to send notification and visualization message via LUA. For sending telegram Twilio voice messages, use the following parameter values:

• Device: not used for sending SMS. Leave empty.

• UserOrGroup: not used for sending SMS. Leave empty.

• MessageType: "

  TwilioSms

  TwilioVoiceMessage"

• Parameter1: name of the Twilio

  SMS

  Voice Message messenger profile

• Parameter2: recipient phone number

• Parameter3: message text as string

The following example uses the Twilio SMS Voice Message messenger profile "twyour-profile-name" to send an SMSa voice message:

nxa.XMessage("","","

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TwilioVoiceMessage","

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your-profile-name", "+436641234567", "This is an

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voice message sent by LUA.")