Microphone Alerts
Alerts
When iSpy detects sound it fires off an alert. This alert can do whatever you like - play an mp3 file (careful not to play an mp3 that results in an endless detect-play loop), send you an email, send you an SMS etc. You can also tell iSpy to execute batch files - so you can interface the alerts with home automation - detect sound outside and turn the lights on for example, detect sound and play the sound of dogs barking. Anything is possible really!
You get a certain number of SMS credits with your subscription (as it costs us each time you send one). You can recharge your SMS credits through the account page on iSpyConnect.
The key thing to remember when testing alerts is the Distinct Alert Interval. iSpy is limited to one alert every 3 minutes (by default) - so if you are trying to trigger alerts to test and nothing is happening then you probably need to adjust this setting.
Mode: There are 2 types of alert mode:
- Sound Detected: You can change the numeric value next to this to specify a minimum interval of activity to trigger the alert.
- No Sound Detected: This is triggered when the detector stops detecting sound (useful for an office, or machinery etc). You can change the numeric value next to this to specify a minimum interval of inactivity to trigger the alert.