Alerting
Alerting is a powerful feature that enables you, and others you designate, to be notified of the
following events:
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Problems with your thermostat and HVAC system.
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Excessive heating or cooling energy usage.
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Intrusion.
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Loss of Internet connectivity.
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Other problems or alerts with anything else you choose to connect to the control
module (wired or wireless).
Alerting provides many of the features of a traditional alarm system without the monthly fee. If
you have an alarm system that is no longer in use, you can wire those sensors into the control
module to convert your old system to a self-monitored system.
When the BAYweb Thermostat senses an alert condition it immediately sends a message to
the BAYweb portal servers, which in turn emails the alert message to the list of recipients you
may specify. Typically you will enter an email address that will deliver the alert message to
your mobile phone via text messaging (SMS).
The time it takes for you to receive an alert varies mostly due to the variable delivery time of
text messaging. The BAYweb alert server will normally dispatch the alert email within 10
seconds of the event.
Implementing Alerting
There is a wide variety of additional sensors and devices that can be integrated into the
alerting system. Refer to the device instructions for detail on integrating those devices.
To enable alerting, login to the web portal, bring up the “Settings” page in the thermostat
applet, and set the “Alert email” to the addresses you want the notification to go to. Set “Alert
Interval” to something other than “Disabled”.
Depending on any other sensors or devices you have connected to the control module, you
may need to configure the thermostat to look for other X10 wireless IDs and wired inputs. This
is also done from the “Settings” page of the thermostat applet.
Testing Alerting
To verify that alerting is operating as expected, login to the web portal and review the
thermostat applet “Operation Log”, “Alert Log”, and “Sensor Log”.
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