Send one alert every N minutes
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:00 pm
Hi all,
I'm looking for advice/suggestions on implementing limited SMS/text message alerts. I've used Panasonic IP cameras that have a delay feature after alerts, so that you can send a text message when there is motion detected, and then *not* send anymore text messages for some user-specified delay, like 5 minutes.
Ideally I'd like my system to send me a text message when there's motion detected, then keep recording/emailing/ftping (probably a separate filter), so that I only get 1 SMS per 5 minutes. That way if there were a series of "events" as ZM sees them, it might be someone walking across the room 20 times in a 2-minute period, but I would only get 1 SMS rather than 20.
I have been searching for ways to do this here in the forums but I'm not finding anything. Is anyone else doing this, or is there already a way to do this using clever filters that I'm not thinking of?
I'm looking for advice/suggestions on implementing limited SMS/text message alerts. I've used Panasonic IP cameras that have a delay feature after alerts, so that you can send a text message when there is motion detected, and then *not* send anymore text messages for some user-specified delay, like 5 minutes.
Ideally I'd like my system to send me a text message when there's motion detected, then keep recording/emailing/ftping (probably a separate filter), so that I only get 1 SMS per 5 minutes. That way if there were a series of "events" as ZM sees them, it might be someone walking across the room 20 times in a 2-minute period, but I would only get 1 SMS rather than 20.
I have been searching for ways to do this here in the forums but I'm not finding anything. Is anyone else doing this, or is there already a way to do this using clever filters that I'm not thinking of?