Push notifications

[Jimbo.Automates]

It would be great if the ISY supported push notification services like pushover in the notification configuration. I know this can be done currently using email to pushover but a direct connection would be better. I know it can also be done with the network module, but without variable substitution it's not very useful.

 

Thanks,

Jim

 

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[MWareman]

It would be great if the ISY supported push notification services like pushover in the notification configuration. I know this can be done currently using email to pushover but a direct connection would be better. I know it can also be done with the network module, but without variable substitution it's not very useful.

 

Thanks,

Jim

 

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Michel has (repeatedly) said that variable substitution is coming to the network module - along with a method to get the result of a network resource call back into a variable).

 

I don't think I want him to divert effort into implementing more 'native' non-email notification systems, given how many of them there are - and instead apply laser like focus to improving variable support in the network module (as promised!) to allow us to do these things ourselves.

 

Michael.

[Jimbo.Automates]

I agree, but that is only because I already purchased the network module. However if direct pushover communication is all I wanted then I don't think that justifies the $50.

 

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[MWareman]

Going the road of adding pushover natively (as much as I would like it!) will lead to questions like What about NotifyMyAndroid? What about Prowl? What about IFTTT? What about some-other-new-serive-nobody-else-has-heard-of? etc etc. It's a game of whack-a-mole for them. Not a game I would choose.

 

Better to say 'get the network module, and you can use whatever service you like'. I already created an entry on the wiki for NMA and Prowl (which work beautifully by the way) - this will be enhanced when variable support is added. The wiki page is at http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... tification and it is easily adapted for Pushover.

 

Michael.

[MWareman]

FYI - I just updated the wiki page to include Pushover details.

 

Michael.

[Jimbo.Automates]

Thanks Michael, I did check out your wiki when I was setting up pushover and it was very helpful. But I am still using email to pushover since variables are not supported, and I don't feel like creating all the different notification resources I need right now.

 

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[MWareman]

Just out of interest - what kind of latency do you see generally with Pushover via email? I find with the API I get the update often within a second - while email often went to a minute or two - and sometimes even more than that.

 

The email solution exceeded my tolerance for delivery reliability, so I gave up on it. When the network module supports variable substitution life certainly will be easier for us all I feel.

[Jimbo.Automates]

I was kind of worried about that as well because the latency sending from inside gmail was 20-30 seconds, but sending a test from the ISY admin console is less than 6 seconds which is about the same as a test using the network module. (I use smtp.gmail.com in the isy). Also, I'm on Android so not sure if that is why mine takes a little longer than yours?

[gatchel]

Just curious, what benefit does pushover have as compared to gmail, etc... I send to a gmail account and get notifications in seconds. Usually less than 10 seconds to get a bit closer to accurate.

[MWareman]

Just curious, what benefit does pushover have as compared to gmail, etc... I send to a gmail account and get notifications in seconds. Usually less than 10 seconds to get a bit closer to accurate.

 

To me - it just keeps things separate. I can also assign different sounds to different alerts - so (for instance) notification that the garage door was opened or closed is silent - but a notification that the garage door has been left open is more of a siren - to get my attention.

 

Michael.