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
- Telegram (a widely used messenger service, such as WhatsApp)
- requires a Telegram account and a smartphone with the Telegram app installed
- Twilio (a widely used SMS gateway)
- requires a Twilio account
- Twitter (a social networking service)
- requires a Twitter account
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.