Fing
SMS
ifttt

An automated workflow using ifttt

Connects Fing + SMS

Text Alert when Fingbox detects someone has left

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.

Fing and SMS can also be integrated using automation tools other than ifttt:

How it works?

When this trigger fires in Fing

Fing

A user left in Fing

This trigger fires when a user is no more detected nearby.

Then this action happens in SMS

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 has left.

Part I

Configure Applications

First, we need to connect Fing and SMS to IFTTT.

  • Create IFTTT account.

    Create IFTTT account.

    Create IFTTT account if you don't have one.

  • Connect Fing to IFTTT.

    Connect Fing to IFTTT.

    Give IFTTT access to your Fing account, using Fing credentials.

  • Connect SMS to IFTTT.

    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 left (This trigger fires when a user is no more detected nearby.).

  • Then set up an Action for SMS

    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

    Customize data flow

    Configure the data that is exchanged between Fing and SMS.

  • Test the workflow and turn it on for production use

    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 has left!

Supported triggers and actions

  • SMS

    Send ifttt an sms tagged

    Send IFTTT a tagged SMS by adding a hashtag symbol anywhere in the message (e.g. #IFTTT).

    ifttt
    triggerbyifttt
  • SMS

    Send ifttt any sms

    This Trigger fires every time you send any SMS to your IFTTT phone number.

    ifttt
    triggerbyifttt
  • SMS

    From number

    The number from which Zapier will send this text.

    zapier
    triggerbyzapier
  • SMS

    Send sms

    Send an SMS to a number. Notice that a successful action means that the SMS has been queued, not delivered.

    zapierautomateiopipedream
    actionbyzapierautomateiopipedream
  • SMS

    Send me an sms

    This Action will send an SMS to your mobile phone.

    ifttt
    actionbyifttt
  • SMS

    Call 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)

    zapier
    actionbyzapier
  • Fing

    Turn on internet access

    Resume the access to internet for a given user or category.

    ifttt
    actionbyifttt
  • Fing

    Play led effect

    This action will play a light effect on Fingbox LED.

    ifttt
    actionbyifttt
  • Fing

    Pause internet access

    Suspend the access to internet for a given user or category.

    ifttt
    actionbyifttt
  • Fing

    A user arrived

    This trigger fires when a user is detected in or nearby your network.

    ifttt
    triggerbyifttt
  • Fing

    Everyone left

    This trigger fires when no one of a user group is detected in or nearby your network.

    ifttt
    triggerbyifttt
  • Fing

    Internet 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.

    ifttt
    triggerbyifttt

Apps you need

IFTTT

IFTTT

Automation Platforms

An automation service with a simple formula - IF This Then That

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.