Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Center Expert Send SMS Integration

This article outlines the integration of Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Center Expert with Varius Message Router to send SMS alerts.
Please refer to Send SMS from external systems page to see other integration examples.

Concept

The concept involves configuring StruxureWare Data Center Expert to access a custom URL in Varius Message Router. The format of the custom URL is:
http://<%ip_address%>/pages/sendmsg.aspx?user=<%username%>&password=<%password%>&to=<%recipient_mobile_no%>&text=<%sms_text%>

StruxureWare Data Center Expert

1. To use Send HTTP Post alert notification in StruxureWare Data Center Expert, create an Alert Action.

2. Double-click the Alert Actions icon.
Click Add… to open the Add Alert Action window. Select Send HTTP Post and click OK and enter a name for this alert action.

3. Enter the URL of Varius Message Router into the Target URL field.

The format of the custom URL is:
http://<%ip_address%>/pages/sendmsg.aspx?user=<%username%>&password=<%password%>&to=<%recipient_mobile_no%>&text=<%sms_text%>

An example will be:
http://192.168.0.88/pages/sendmsg.aspx?user=admin&password=password&to=91111111&text=smstext

In this example, we are assuming:
– IP address of Varius Message Router is 192.168.0.88.
– The user id / password of the licensed user is admin / password.
– The alert recipient’s mobile number is 91111111

For sms text, please include StruxureWare  alert variables for specific alert information.