How to: Create email messages to send Aware notifications
Last modified: Monday October 24, 2022.
When creating rules, you can configure email messages with templated information. When the rule triggers, the email message then contains information relevant to the rule, for example, the exact camera that caused the rule to trigger.
Prerequisites
You must have configured Alta Aware to be able to send email messages.
Task — Create the email template
You can create and select email for any of the available rule types. The relevant options are defined in the
- Choose
Tools > Rules . - Follow the instructions to configure the relevant type of rule.
See About: Alta Aware rule types. - In the rule you are creating, select
Email from theActions section of theRules dialog box. - Enter the email addresses of the recipients of the notification.
To send to multiple recipients, separate each email address with a comma (,).
- Create the body of the email message.
To use the available template items, click+ Show included info and template parameters .
For example, type:
Attention,
Something has triggered a Aware video security system rule:
Rule name: $ruleName
Camera: $cameraName
Camera view: $cameraView
View alarm: $url - Click
Done.