9300 Series User’s Guide Alerting via Email (9330 and 9350)
Chapter 5 - Features and Applications Page 135
NOTE
In the following destination-setting example: 1-250-555-666,,,,,999#, the pager number is 1-250-555-
666 and the message string that displays on the pager is 999. You may need to insert 9,,, before the
destination number if the line you are using is not a direct line. In this case the destination number is
9,,1-250-555-666,,999#
Alerting via Email (9330 and 9350)
NOTE
For detailed information about setting up your network and building a framework for meter email
(MeterM@il) alerts, refer to the technical note
ION MeterM@il.
If email is specified as the destination address in the Alert module then an email
message is sent to any address you specify. You can only set one email address per
Alert module. If you want to send an alert to more than one email address you
need to create a group — be sure your email server is configured to send email to
groups via SMTP (Simple Message Transport Protocol).
Follow the steps below to send email alerts from your meter. Note that your meter
must support emailing (with a correctly configured SMTP server):
1. Create an Alert module.
2. Configure these Alert module setup registers as indicated:
Message – type in the text of the alert to be emailed.
Destination – type in the destination email address.
Type – select Email.
Com Port – select Ethernet.
Location – type in a custom string; this is optional, and appears in the email.
Email From – type in an address that you want the email to appear from. This
may be required as some SMTP servers only accept emails from valid
addresses.
3. Create an ION module that will produce a pulse on its Trigg er output when the
exceptional event occurs (for example, a Setpoint module pulses its Trig ge r
output when the setpoint condition is reached).
4. Link the Alert module’s Trigg er input to the Trig ge r output of the module created
in step 3.
5. Send and save. When the Trig ger input is pulsed, the Alert module establishes
communications with the SMTP mail server, and emails the alert message.