Alarms
Alarm messages for escalations
The first person in the multi-person escalation list receives a message and they are given the option
to reply BUSY:
Format: <Site> <Input> has turned ON. Reply OK <Input> or BUSY <Input>. You are the <nth>
of N> to be sent this.
e.g. Shed1 Pump has turned ON. Reply OK Pump or BUSY Pump. You are the 2
nd
person of 3 to be sent this message
The last person in the escalation list receives a different message as they don’t have the option to
reply BUSY:
Format: <Site><Input> has turned ON. Reply OK <Input>. You are the <nth> of <N> to be sent
this.
e.g. Shed1 Pump has turned ON. Reply OK Pump. You are the 3rd person of 3 to be
sent this message
Other alarm messages
Other alarm messages have the following format.
Alarm has been acknowledged message:
<Site><Input> alarm has been acknowledged.
Alarm has not been acknowledged message:
<Site> <Input> alarm was NOT acknowledged.
SMS Lite returns to normal (Idle) state:
<Site><Input> has turned OFF.
Output Control
Control outputs by sending a text message containing on/off or pulse and the output name. In this
example Output 1 has been renamed ‘Fan’
- Turn the specified output on
ON <output name> e.g. ON Fan
- Turn the specified output off
OFF <output name> e.g. OFF Fan
- To pulse an output on for one second then off again
PULSE <output name> e.g. ”PULSE Fan”, or “PULSE fan 1 sec”