You can set up alarms in Consibio Cloud to generate notifications whenever a measured parameter falls outside defined threshold, when a device goes offline etc.
In order to not spam you with undesired messages, we will only send you alarm notifications, when you have actively subscribed to these notifications on each configured alarm. This article describes how to do that, and how to unsubscribe again, if desired.
1. Create the alarm configuration
To receive alarm notifications, you first have to set up the alarm. The general workflow for doing so is described here: Alarms - A step-by-step guide.
2. Add a phone number to your account
You can receive alarm notifications in one of three ways:
- By email
- By SMS
- By a phone call
If you only wish to receive alarm notifications by email, you can skip this step.
If you want to receive notifications via SMS or an automated phone call, you need to a valid phone number to your Consibio Cloud account. We will only use the number to send you alarm notifications and never for marketing or promotional purposes, as described in our Privacy Policy. Other users cannot see or access your phone number.
If you entered a phone number during signup, it is already stored on your account. If not (or if you can't remember if you did it during signup), you can access your account settings and enter/validate your phone number by:
- Logging in to Consibio Cloud.
- Clicking on your username in the top right corner.
- Clicking on "Account settings":
- Click on the "Phone" input field:
- Click the "country selector flag" and choose your area code:
- Enter you number and click Save. The red border on the box will disappear, when you have entered a valid phone number:
3. Subscribe to the alarm
To subscribe to an alarm, select the the Consibio Cloud project where you created an alarm in step 1 and open the configured alarm:
In the configuration drawer that opens, scroll to the bottom and find the section labeled "Settings private to you". It is here you control your alarm notification settings.
To subscribe to an alarm, select "SMS" or "E-mail" under "Notify by". By setting a "minimum notification interval", you can ensure that you won't get notifications for this specific alarm more often than the specified interval. With the settings below, you will be notified by sms, but will not be disturbed more than once every 12h, even though the alarm triggers multiple times in that period:
Under "Notify by" you select the method of notification.
4. Unsubscribe from an alarm
To unsubscribe from an alarm, simply open the alarm like described above, scroll down to the "Settings private to you" section and select "Do not notify" under "Notify by":
If you wish to stop all SMS notifications at once, you can also choose to simply remove your phone number from your Consibio Cloud account by following step 2 above and entering an empty number.