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Send SMS alerts from Motadata

Motadata alerts reach the person on duty as an SMS. SMSEagle sends them over its own cellular connection, so they don’t depend on internet access or a cloud service.

No plugin to install

Motadata can already send SMS alerts. You paste the SMSEagle address into the SMS alert settings, and alerts start arriving by SMS.

SMS for the alerts you choose

You link the SMS Alert action with selected alerts, so an SMS goes out only when it matters.

Works without internet

SMSEagle sends alerts through its own SIM card straight to the mobile network, so they don’t depend on internet access or a cloud SMS provider.

How it works

1

Event Trigger

A Motadata alert matches a configured action.

2

Communication

Motadata’s built-in SMS Alert action sends an HTTP API request to the SMSEagle device over your local network.

3

Alert

SMSEagle delivers the alert over its own cellular connection, not through a third-party service, as an SMS to the recipient’s phone.

Set up in about 10 minutes

Generate an API token in SMSEagle, create an SMS Alert action in Motadata, match it with your alerts, and you’re done.

SMSEagle sends Motadata alerts to the right person by SMS, day and night.

No per-message fees

SMSEagle sends SMS through a regular SIM card, so you only pay for your mobile plan.

Alerts keep going if one carrier fails

On devices with two SIM cards from different operators, SMSEagle switches to the second one when the first operator’s network is down.

Alerts keep working even if one device fails

Two SMSEagle devices can work as an HA cluster: if one fails, the other takes over sending.

SMSEagle configuration

Motadata uses API to communicate with SMSEagle.

  • Create a new user in SMSEagle (menu System > Users, user access level: “User”).
  • Grant API access to the created user:
    • go to Settings > Global settings > API and open the API v1 page
    • click Create API key, fill in Key name and select the user created above as Owner
    • Add access permissions in section Permissions for: Send SMS, Send to contact, Send to group
    • click Create key. The access token is shown only once, right after saving

Motadata configuration

1. Go to Actions (from the Menu on the left panel). Click New button on the right side to create a new action.

2. Fill the fields:

  • Action name: SMSEagle Alert
  • Action: choose SMS Alert
  • Recipients: Number where you would like to receive SMS texts
  • Message: You can leave the deafult placeholders, or modify it to your needs.
  • SMS Gateway URL: https://url-of-smseagle/index.php/http_api/send_sms?access_token=smseagle-token&to={to}&message={message}
  • SMS Timeout: 5

Replace:

  • url-of-smseagle with actual IP address of the SMSEagle device
  • smseagle-token with already generated token for newly created user

3. Once the action is created, match it with the alert.

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