User's Manual

not want to receive notifications while someone is home. In Sleep mode and
Away mode, you may or may not want to receive notifications. In Away mode,
you may want to receive an email notification any time a device recognizes a
change at your house. For example, every time a window or door opens, you can
set notifications under the Notification tab to generate an email.
IN BETA, YOUR NOTIFICATIONS ARE PRE-ASSIGNED SUCH THAT IN
AWAY MODE, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION IF MOTION IS
DETECTED OR IF A DOOR/WINDOW SENSOR GOES FROM CLOSED TO
OPEN. You can change this preset notification as described later in this chapter.
Note: In the shipping product, users will be able to:
. • assign different notifications for different sensor states in each
mode
. • attach a picture to their notification. They will be able to click on a
picture and attach it to their email or text message notification
Your default notification
While you were purchasing your iControl System, you were asked to provide an
email or SMS address. This information was used to set your default notification.
A default notification is the email or SMS address to which you chose to have
your iControl System notifications sent. To see your default notification, click on
the Notification tab. You will see a screen like this:
A customer named George purchased an iControl System. During his purchase
on the iControl website, he provided his email address, [e-mail].
If you click on the word ‘George’, you will see the email or SMS address that