Your site MQTT credentials are available only upon request. Each MQTT device requires an additional monthly connection fee added when it is added to your account.

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Using the MQTT credentials provided, configure your local device. The message and topic must be formatted in a specific way to be integrated into StaffAlerter. Messages received without the correct topic or message format will be ignored.

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Step 1 - Dashboard

Click on Dashboard under the Devices heading at the bottom of the page.

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Step 2 - Accessing a Device Page

Click on the Device Name to access the detailed information about the device and the device messages.

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Step 3 - Apply Filter

Filters can be applied if desired to drill down to an alarm or event of a specific type.

  1. Select the Alarm to filter by
  2. Click Apply

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Step 4 - Message Table

The message table contains six columns (from left to right)

  1. Type - Message type if defined, Types are Alarm, Message, Alert, Status, Relay, Temp, Interval, etc...
  2. Message - Message set by the device.
  3. Battery - If operating off a battery, the battery voltage can be sent into StaffAlerter.
  4. RSSI - If operating off of Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi signal strength of the device can be sent into StaffAlerter.
  5. Published - The Date and Time the message was published