Create a custom alert rule
The Alert Builder guides you through creating a Custom Alert Rule - including setting the condition that results in an alert notification, assigning the sensor located in the area you are monitoring, and selecting the contacts that receive a notification when an alert is activated.
NOTE
To assign a sensor to an alert rule, the sensor must be added to a Connection Device
How to create a custom alert rule
- From the tab / navigation bar, tap
(Settings menu). - Tap Manage Alerts.
- From the upper right corner, tap the
icon. - Scroll to select an Alert Type and tap Select Alert.
- Select the sensor the alert applies to - be sure the sensor is located in the area you are monitoring.
- Enter the conditions that are to result in an alert. The conditions vary by the alert type selected. If you do not have a sensor required for the alert type selected, you are notified.
- Delivering alert to - all of your alert contacts are listed. Select who alert notifications are to be delivered to. A checkmark appears next to the name of each contact that will receive alert notifications. By default, alerts are sent to your Default Contact.
- Push Notifications - set to ON by default.
- Tap Save Alert.
Alert Type - select the type of condition to be monitored by the Alert Rule. What type of condition are you monitoring? For example, are you monitoring the temperature outside or maybe the temperature inside a room at your home.