Using the Actions (Notifications) Platform : Skaro Technology

✅ Fibaro HC2/HCL
✅ Fibaro HC3/HC3L

✅ Vera

✅ Ness/Elk M1

✅ C-BUS

✅ Standalone

As of v2025.04 - This has been renamed to Actions

Push Notifications

You can now setup and send Push Notifications to your mobile phone, using the Pushover app and platform (more info on this platform can be found here). This is a paid app that you will need to buy to use the service, however it is available for a 7 day trial, so that you can fully test out the service in conjunction with the automationbridge.

Webhook/URL

You can now also configure any notification to send a web hook, or action a web url in addition to other notifications.

How to use the Actions platform

You will find the Actions page, on the main header bar on the home page of the automationbridge.

Before you can send notifications, you must setup some destinations, these can be

- Email Address
- SMS Message

- Google Assistant Speakers

- Alexa Speakers

- Sonos Speakers (Fibaro Only)

- Push Notifications

- Webhook/URL

To enable each destination, just click the Enable button in the relevant section, and then follow these guides.

Setting up Email Notifications
Setting up SMS Notifications

Setting up Pushover Notifications

Setting up Google Assistant Voice Notifications (Fibaro HC2)

Setting up Google Assistant Voice Notifications (Fibaro HCL)

Setting up Google Assistant Voice Notifications (Vera)
Setting up Alexa Voice Notifications

Setting of Sonos Voice Notifications (Fibaro HC2 & HCL)

Setting up Webhook/URL destinations

Once you have your destinations setup and ready, then you can continue setting up your notifications. Just follow these steps below, in this guide I have all available destinations enabled to show all options, depending on your platform some of these may not be available.

Step 1 - Click the Add button in the top section of the page, Notifications.

Step 2 - Select what action you want to perform from the dropdown, and then select the device you want to use as the trigger for this action, then click Next

Step 3 - Select the state change that you want this notification to be actioned on, this will change based on the device type selected in Step 2.

Step 4 - Now select the action you want to be performed, if this is a notification, then select the speakers/destinations and the message, or if this is an action to control another device, select this from the available options

eg Send a Notification, enter the text you want to have played, and the speakers