At the last stage of creating a notification, you should specify parameters related to how it is triggered.
The paremeters depend on the selected notification type and may include a subset of those listed below. The required parameters are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Name* | The name of the notification. When filling in this field, take input rules into account. |
| Description | The description of the notification. If added, it is used in the notification tooltip. The text should not contain more than 10,000 characters. |
| Time interval (from — to) | The validity period of the notification. By default, it is unlimited, that is, the notification becomes active immediately after it is enabled and until it is disabled or deleted. To set a specific validity period, activate this option and specify the time frame. After the specified interval expires, the notification is automatically disabled or, if the monitored units do not exist any more, deleted. |
| Control period from current time* | The period between the time the message was generated and the current time. If it is exceeded, the message is not taken into account and the notification is not triggered. It is advisable to indicate a control period of at least an hour because a shorter period may not be enough for data analysis. |
| Min duration of alarm state* | The parameter which allows you to prevent the accidental triggering of the notification caused by GPS errors (for example, in case of false exits from the geofence). It is also useful to prevent repeated notifications for a trigger condition that may occur frequently for short durations (if you are more concerned about longer durations of the condition). Specify the minimum duration of the alarm state in seconds, minutes or hours and select a unit of time in the drop-down list. The maximum allowed value is 24 hours (1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds). |
| Max triggers |
The maximum number of times the notification can be triggered. When this limit is reached, the notification is automatically disabled. You can set a time limitation for this parameter (icon |
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Generate notification* |
The parameter which allows you to select when the notification should be triggered. To receive it only when the unit state changes to the alarm state, select the Only when state changed option. If you select this option, make sure the unit is not in the alarm state at the moment the notification is enabled. To receive the notification each time the unit device sends an alarm message, select the For all messages option. |
| Min duration of the previous state* |
The parameter which allows you to prevent unnecessary triggering. Available if the Only when state changed option is selected for the Generate notification parameter. If the time which passes before the beginning of the alarm state is equal to or greater than specified in this parameter, a notification is triggered. This prevents repeated triggering in cases where the alarm state is interrupted for a short period of time. Specify the minimum duration of the previous state in seconds, minutes or hours, and select a unit of time in the drop-down list. The maximum allowed value is 24 hours (1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds). |
| Max time difference between messages* |
The drop-down list in which you should select the maximum time between the alarm message and the one that preceded it. Available if the Only when state changed option is selected for the Generate notification parameter. If the time difference between the alarm message and the previous message is greater than the selected one, the notification is not triggered. |
| Timeout* |
The time interval after receiving a message upon the expiration of which the message should be analyzed. The setting is available if the Only when state changed option is selected for the Generate notification parameter. Specify the timeout in seconds or minutes and select a unit of time in the drop-down list. The maximum allowed value is 30 minutes (1800 seconds). |
| Enabled | The notification state. If this option is activated, the notification will be enabled when you save it, if not, the notification will be disabled. |
| Process LBS messages | The parameter which allows taking into account the data on the unit location obtained using cellular base stations (LBS). |
| Time limitation |
The setting which allows you to specify the time and select the days and/or months during which the notification parameters should be monitored. For example, they can be monitored only on weekdays and within working hours, or only on odd days, and so on. You can learn how to set a time limitation below. This setting takes into account the time the message was generated, and not the time it was registered on the server. That is, if a message generated on the specified day, and there is no connection to the server at that moment, it is synchronized with the server at a later time. If this later time happens to be when the notification parameters shouldn’t be monitored, the notification is still triggered because it is based on the timestamp of the message being generated. The exceptions are the notifications of the Alarm and Connection loss types where the time of the message registration on the server is taken into account. |
Time limitation
To set a time limitation, follow the steps below.
- Click on the icon
. - Specify the time limitations in the sections described below. To expand a section, click on it.
Section Description Time Specify, during what time interval the notification parameters should be monitored within the day. You can specify two time intervals. To make the interval fields active, check the box next to them. Week days Select the days of the week on which the notification parameters should be monitored. Days Select the dates on which the notification parameters should be monitored. To select all the odd or even dates at once, click on the icon
or 
, respectively. To clear the selection, click on the icon 
.
Months Select the months during which the notification parameters should be monitored. - Click OK to apply the limitation. To close the window without saving the changes, click on the icon
 or select Cancel.
If you specify a limitation only in the Time section, the notification parameters are monitored during the specified intervals every day. If you select days and months in addition to the time intervals, the system monitors the notification parameters during the specified intervals only on these days and months. If you specify a limitation only in the Months section, the notification parameters are constantly monitored during the selected months.
