An automated workflow using ifttt
Connects Fing + SMS
Text Alert when Fingbox detects someone arrived
About this workflow template
This automation scenario allows you to connect Fing and SMS
It can be build using Ifttt, a no-code workflow automation tool. Ifttt allows you to create automated bots using a simple drag-and-drop interface for non-technical users. This is a ready-made scenario, but it can be customized by adding more apps, actions, filters or branches.
Categories
Fing and SMS can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:
How it works?
When this trigger fires in Fing
A user arrived in Fing
This trigger fires when a user is detected in or nearby your network.
Then this action happens in SMS
Send me an SMS in SMS
This Action will send an SMS to your mobile phone.
How to set up this workflow
This guide contains information on how to set up an automatic workflow that allows to Text Alert when Fingbox detects someone arrived.
Part I
Configure Applications
First, we need to connect Fing and SMS to IFTTT.
Create IFTTT account.
Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.
Connect Fing to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your Fing account, using Fing credentials.
Connect SMS to IFTTT.
Give IFTTT access to your SMS account, using SMS credentials.
Part II
Build an integration workflow
Next, we need to create a workflow automation scenario using graphical no-code web interface of IFTTT.
Set up a Trigger action for Fing
Choose the following trigger: A user arrived (This trigger fires when a user is detected in or nearby your network.).
Then set up an Action for SMS
Choose this action: Send me an SMS (This Action will send an SMS to your mobile phone.).
Part III
Test and Publish
Finally, we need to test this automation and publish it.
Customize data flow
Configure the data that is exchanged between Fing and SMS.
Test the workflow and turn it on for production use
Test your scenario and publish to production. Now you have an automatic workflow, that will Text Alert when Fingbox detects someone arrived!
Supported triggers and actions
Send ifttt an sms tagged
Send IFTTT a tagged SMS by adding a hashtag symbol anywhere in the message (e.g. #IFTTT).
triggerbyiftttSend ifttt any sms
This Trigger fires every time you send any SMS to your IFTTT phone number.
triggerbyiftttFrom number
The number from which Zapier will send this text.
triggerbyzapierSend sms
Send an SMS to a number. Notice that a successful action means that the SMS has been queued, not delivered.
actionbyzapierautomateiopipedreamSend me an sms
This Action will send an SMS to your mobile phone.
actionbyiftttCall phone
Make a phone call to a number. Notice that a successful action means that the call has been queued, not completed. (Deprecated, no longer available for new customers)
actionbyzapier
Turn on internet access
Resume the access to internet for a given user or category.
actionbyiftttPlay led effect
This action will play a light effect on Fingbox LED.
actionbyiftttPause internet access
Suspend the access to internet for a given user or category.
actionbyiftttA user arrived
This trigger fires when a user is detected in or nearby your network.
triggerbyiftttEveryone left
This trigger fires when no one of a user group is detected in or nearby your network.
triggerbyiftttInternet outage event happened
Trigger requires you only to have a free Fing Account, you don't need a Fingbox to use this!Trigger fires when there is an Internet outage event on your ISP impacting your location, both when it starts and it is resolved.
triggerbyifttt
Apps you need
IFTTT helps to create applications connections with a simple statement: if this then that. For example: "Tweet your Instagrams as native photos on Twitter". You define a task by a trigger and an action.
