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How To Setup An Alert In Milo GPS

Setup Alert

An alert is a notification of an event. You can setup alerts for events such as speeding, geofence violations, idling, etc. Click here to see a complete list of available alerts.

Alerts are useful when you want to receive a notification about an important event. For example, if you want to know when a vehicle enters or exits a geofence, which could be a driver’s home. You can receive the alert by email or text.

Follow the steps below to setup an alert.

1. From the Dashboard…click on the name of a group.

2. Click on Setup Alerts.

3. Setup the alert.

A. Select the alert trigger. In the example above I selected the Geofence alert. The options will change depending on the alert that you select.

B. Set the schedule. Place a check mark for each day that you want the alert active.

Note: set the Start Time to 00:00 AM and the End Time to 11:59:59 PM to make the alert active the entire day.

C. Set the display options.

Do Nothing (Default): no unique icon.
Show Message Icon: display a unique icon for this alert.
Show Alert Icon: show the alert icon that was set in the General Settings
Show Alert: Optional Response
Show Alert: Required Response

D. Optional: Set the delivery method. The alert can be sent to multiple emails and/or phones via text message. Click here for instructions on how to send the alert to a phone.

4. Click the Save button.

How to Send Alerts to Your Mobile Phone

To send an alert to your mobile phone via text message you will need to send it as an email. All you need is a mobile phone number and the email address for your mobile phone provider. Below is a list of the most common ones.

Example: 2102224444@txt.att.net

AT & T [10_digit_number]@txt.att.net

T-Mobile [10_digit_number]@tmomail.net

Verizon [10_digit_number]@ vtext.com

Spring [10_digit_number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com

How to Setup Speed Alerts

Setting up a speed alert is very easy to do. This is one of the most important tasks for improving the safety of your fleet and reducing fuel costs. Please follow the steps below to setup a speed alert in the Fleet Management System.

An alert can be created for an entire group or just an individual item. The steps below will show you how to create one for an entire group.

1. From the Dashboard click on the Group name where you want to setup the alert. You should now see the Group Editor.

2. Click on Setup Alerts.

3. Click on Excessive Speed to select the speeding alert for configuration.

4. Set the Speed Threshold in MPH and the alert schedule. When a vehicle goes above the threshold an alert will be recorded. The schedule allows you to control when alerts can be triggered. The example in the picture sets the schedule for 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

5. Select Show Message Icon from Display Type drop down menu. This will display a special icon on the map where the speeding alert occurred. Choose the icon you want from the Alert Image drop down menu.

6. As an option you can have the alert sent to your email or mobile phone. Enter the email address or the phone number in the Email Address box. To send the alert to your phone as a text message please see this blog post.

7. Click on Save Alert.

Now your alert is ready to go. If a vehicle or asset goes above the speed threshold you set in step 4 an alert will be recorded. If you set up an email address or phone number that alert will be delivered to you. You can also see all the recorded alerts in the Alert reports, on the Tracking map, and on the Dashboard.