The TwilioSMS action component can use the Twilio service ( https://www.twilio.com/ ) to post a message specified in the component properties to a mobile phone SMS. It is useful to notify people of information from sensors. Note, Twilio is not a free service and they charge to send SMS to mobile phones.
Component Properties
| AccountSid | Twilio service account Sid | |
|---|---|---|
| Token | AUTHTOKEN of the Twilio service | |
| From | The calling phone number. Start with country code | Example: +447912345678 |
| To | Phone number to send to. Start with country code (for UK 44) | Example: +447912345678 |
| Message | Message string to post to SMS | Example: "The temperature of sensor X has reached " + av.Data + "ºC" |
| Timeout | API timeout |
In this example, the message is concatenated using the + symbols and the variable av. stands for “Action Variable” and Data is the data variable of this Action Variable.
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