Pushover Question

[april.brandt]

So, I'm setting up some pushover notifications and I want a notification to have a different tone. HOW do I do that? You can choose your notification tone for default. is that all you get to work with? I'm setting up a call button and want it to have a different tone.

[ogiewon]

One idea is you could add a second Pushover device with the exact same Pushover credentials and phone device, but choose a different notification tone for it. Then, in your automations, just pick the appropriate device based on what tone you desire.

[april.brandt]

So it really is that limited? That sucks.

[ogiewon]

Well, you can change the priority of the message which might also change the tone (don’t recall)...

See the following thread, and in particular this post regarding some of the undocumented options.

Pushover Notifications Driver [Slightly Enhanced]

I made a few edits to @ogiewon's FANTASTIC pushover driver that work for me and save me time. He has updated his github repo with these changes and asked that I give a brief explanation of the additions. You can now set the default priority of your Pushover Notification in the preferences of the driver. With the Pushover app you can set up different notification sounds and visuals based on the priority of the message. You can create a separate virtual device for each priority level and route n…