From 092af0f9f9b48272a367bb0062ff62fa88b4b7ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jm Casler Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:50:19 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update to doc to add info on the bell character --- docs/software/plugins/ExternalNotificationPlugin.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/software/plugins/ExternalNotificationPlugin.md b/docs/software/plugins/ExternalNotificationPlugin.md index dda95e4c4..de9f33ad5 100644 --- a/docs/software/plugins/ExternalNotificationPlugin.md +++ b/docs/software/plugins/ExternalNotificationPlugin.md @@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ For basic usage, start with: Depending on how your external cirtcuit configured is configured, you may need to set the active state to true. ext_notification_plugin_active = 1 + +## Alert Types + +We support being alerted on two events: + +1) Incoming Text Message + +2) Incoming Text Message that contains the ascii bell character. At present, only the Python API can send an ascii bell character, but more support may be added in the future. + +### Bell Character + +The bell character is ASCII 0x07. Include 0x07 anywhere in the text message and with ext_notification_plugin_alert_bell enabled, we will issue an external notification. # External Hardware