How to Send an SMS Notification

You can send a SMS notification from IVM and EyeLine.

First off you need to register with a SMS Gateway service. These are online services the will forward SMS messages to mobile phones. Generally these are commercial and you have to pay for each message. Some services are:

www.clickatell.com
http://www.kapow.co.uk/

There are many others, try searching using your preferred search engine for SMS Gateway

1) IVM Setup

Under Mailbox Properties check Send To Email. Remove all the other ticks (ie do not send the audio). Click on Email Settings. For the services listed below set the Subject, Body and email address as listed.

2) EyeLine Setup

Under Options > Motion, select 'Email motion detection notifications'. Click on Email Settings. For the services listed below set the Subject, Body and email address as listed.

3) Service Information

Listed below are the setting for two services. The information for these and other services are list on their web site.

Clickatell (www.clickatell.com)

Email Address
sms@messaging.clickatell.com

Subject
anything

Body Text
api_id:1234
user:Name
password:Secret
to:123456789
text:This is how to send an SMS using SMTP

Note: Where api_id, user, password are provided by clickatell..

  • after to is the mobile phone no
  • after text is the message you wish to send

    Kapow (http://www.kapow.co.uk/)

    Email Address
    mobilephonenumber@kapow.co.uk

    Subject
    the message you wish to send

    Body Text
    username...
    password...
    (Where username and password are the values provided by kapow)