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Send Messages from Regroup to Alertus

You can send messages from the New Messages page to your Alertus devices. You must select Beacon & Desktop as the delivery method for these messages.

See the topic Send New Messages, to know all options available for sending a message. The following procedure focuses only on sending Alertus messages:

  1. Click New Message button. See the following image:

    The post-new message page opens.

  2. In the Message Type field, select Ad-Hoc Message to send messages only to Alertus Groups (Devices). You can leave the recipients field empty.

    To send messages to Regroup recipients along with Alerts Groups, select as follows:

    • Ad Hoc Message: Send messages to Alertus Groups (Devices). Or, to Regroup groups and individuals along with Alertus Groups. 

    • Message to Channel: Send messages to Regroup channels and Alertus Groups (Devices). 

    • Quick Messages: sending messages to channels, groups or individuals saved as quick messages with Beacon & Desktop as a delivery method. For more details, see the topic: How to use quick messages.

      See the following image:

      You can also select these message types directly from the New Message drop-down (New Message> Message to Channel).

      Note: To send messages to only Alertus Groups (Devices), select Ad Hoc Message, and you can leave the Recipient section empty.  

  3. In the Delivery Method section, select Beacon & Desktop as the delivery method. 

    See the following image:

    The Recipients section expands with fields to add Alertus Profiles and Groups. 

  4. Click the Alertus Profile dropdown and select the required profile. 

  5. Click the Alertus Groups(s) dropdown and select the required groups.

    Tip: Our system accesses these detail using the Alertus Base URL, username and password you enter while setting up the Alertus add-on. 

    See the following image:

  6. Add the sender profile and message content. To learn more about it, see the topic Send New Messages. 

  7. Click Save message body as a template for future use or Save as Quick Message to save the message body or full message, including recipients, respectively, for future use.

  8. Click the schedule for later checkbox to schedule sending the alert later.

  9. You can click Preview to preview the message.

  10. Click Send Now to send the alert.

See the topic Send New Messages for more details on sending messages.