Introduction
The integrated Messenger module of the NETx BMS Core Server allows you to send messages to several services.
This feature can be useful for a number of use cases, for example:
- Alarm notifications
- The temperature in room 101 exceeded its maximum allowed value
- The weather station became offline
- Timed notifications
- Every monday, notify a user about the average temperature in a room
- Conditional notifications
- A new user checked in to hotel room 101
- A new report is ready for download
The following services are supported:
- Email
- requires an SMTP server
- Twilio (a widely used SMS gateway)
- requires a Twilio account
- Telegram (a widely used messenger application, such as WhatsApp)
- requires a Telegram account and a smartphone with the Telegram app installed
NETx BMS Platform ships with pre-built messenger logics, that can be easily configured and used in custom actions.+
Messenger configuration
The Messenger module configuration can be done in the NETx BMS Core Studio.
From the menu bar, select "Modules" => "Messenger", then select the desired messenger service configuration (for example "[Live] Email").
Move on with the service-specific configurations.