Creating A Broadcast Message For Future Use - Multitech SF100-G User Manual For System Administrators

Creating a Broadcast Message for Future
Use
In this example a school wants to be prepared to send a message that school is closed for the day. The
Administrator creates a Trigger Message word Snow and the following Broadcast Message:
School is closed today.
This example assumes that a Group called Parents has been created and that SF100 stands for the
Administrator's cell phone number.
1. Go to the Triggers > Add a Broadcast Trigger screen.
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Enter Snow in the Trigger Message word box. Trigger message words or codes are not case-
sensitive.
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Enter the Broadcast Message. In this case the message is School is closed today.
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Select the Group that will receive this message. In this case the group is Parents.
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Check the Authenticate box to indicate that this message can be sent by an authenticated user
only.
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The Authentic User selected to trigger this message is SF100, the Administrator's cell phone.
Note: All phone numbers for Authenticated Users must be preceded by the country code ("1" for
U.S.) in the address book so the SMSFinder can match the phone number of the received SMS
trigger message with the phone number in the Authenticated User list.
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Click Save. The following screen displays the Broadcast Message saved for future use.
2. To trigger the broadcasting of this message to the Parent group, the administrator sends the SMS
text message word Snow from his cell phone to the SMSFinder. When the SMSFinder receives this
message, it compares the Administrator's cell phone number with the Authentication List and if they
match, it broadcasts the message to everyone in the Parent group.
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. SMSFinder User Guide for System Administrators (Document S000451B)
Chapter 6 – SMS Examples
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