Brand new user, however, I have read TONS of HE docs, watched videos, & read comments from the excellent HE users.
But.......... I cannot figure out what prob is very simple - add a text notification to my cell phone, from an event (like a contact - door open). I do know there are 3'rd party (Pushover, etc.), but read HE has basic SMS. One HE doc shows placing the cell number in (e.g. +16171234567), but wont work. And I'm not sure Im putting it in the correct place. It looks like the "custom message to send" box. (Under text notifications, step 5. Ill try to paste the link to the doc, but not sure it will appear.
Thank you VERY much!!! Exasperated Bill. https://docs.hubitat.com/index.php?title=Notifier
Hubitat no longer natively supports SMS, but it sounds like you would be OK with push notifications. In that case, install the Hubitat mobile app on your phone, which will create a device on your hub that you can select in any app, like the Notifications app as in these docs, that lets you choose such devices. There are other options, as you note, but this one is free and pretty easy to set up.
EDIT: so, pretty much everything that was said above while I was typing.
I use Sendmail, community driver you can use w/an email account to send texts to your phone via email...more info here.
You can also send notifications to the HE app on your phone if that will suffice for you - that is supported. You will need to have the app loaded on each phone where you want to get notifications.
Afternoon (or morning or evening ) to Ranchitat, bertabcd1234, aaiyar, and danabw,
I sincerely want to thank each of you for jumping in, and helping me instantly!!!! This IS a wonderful community, exactly what I have read, and also a big reason I chose Hubitat. But, thank you! I was going crazy, reading, testing!
I do have Pushover working. Was hoping for an internal system, so when my internet goes down, alerts will still happen. At least when I am home. And I wanted to learn the basics (I didn't know SMS was removed - bummer!!!!), before using a 3'rd party.
OK - former (5 year) WInk user; only have had my new hub a few days, but I know I'm going to love Hubitat! Already done some manual backups.
You folks take care out there. And, did I say thank you? (hee hee)
Bill
So, somewhat an after thought, from the excellent help.
Does that mean there is no way I'd receive notifications (if I was home), if my internet is out?
I do realize Pushover is dependent on my HE getting the notices out (so that would not work). But, would the HE mobile app (installed on my Android), while logged on to my home network by my cell's WiFi (so.. on the same network as the HE, e.g. 192.168.x.y) receive a notification?
Thanks. Sorry!
Bill
Any notification whether SMS or push notification via HE app or Pushover requires an internet connection since those notifications are sent via cloud base API. Even the old native SMS required this too. Only idea would be to use a TTS device to speak a message but obviously you would need to be home to hear it.
Using TTS with Sonos is somewhat local. The initial TTS conversion happens via Amazon's Polly service. The hub takes your text, submits it to Amazon, who returns back an audio file. This file is then sent to the Sonos device for playback. Hubitat caches these TTS-Audio clips, so as long as you're requesting the same phrase over and over again, it will be local. If your TTS includes a word that changes each time, like the Date/Time, then the roundtrip to Amazon's AWS cloud is required.
Thanks again very much for the instant replies. Excellent help!!!
I was hoping, but O well! I suspect since would be home, the alerts would not be super necessary.
Thanks very much for the great knowledgeable responses!
Bill
@Bill123 - One idea is to use Color Bulbs to indicate issues that may require immediate attention. For example, I have all of my Color Bulbs turn BLUE if any of my Leak Sensors detect water. This way, even if the internet was down, I would be aware of an issue. Some folks also set a bulb to a specific color if the garage door is left open for too long. Others use a local Zigbee or Z-Wave siren to provide an audible notification of a critical condition in the house.
So, you do have options for 100% local 'notifications' aside from SMS/Push notifications.
Jeeze (fav Bill saving...) Again, I have already found (and did so reading the "boards" last year, before I jumped)... this community has to be the absolute best!
Having instant, knowledgeably responses, is overwhelming! What a wonderful group of people.
(See.. I just learned the "at" thing, with a user name).. duh.......
Wonderful, inventive ideas! We have talented folks out there!
OK folks, back to the Wink (which had a google outage today, I guess) jump over to awesome Hubitat ship.
Thanks again............ Bill
) to Ranchitat, bertabcd1234, aaiyar, and danabw,
