Flic Home

    Community
    • Login
    • Search
    • Popular
    • Users

    How do I do I send an sms text message?

    General Discussion
    hub sms text message
    4
    7
    1755
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • Swedishflicker
      Swedishflicker last edited by

      Hi, I have just bought the latest Flic Hub LR with the Flic 2 smart buttons. I am now trying to set up a button paired with the hub to send an sms but I can’t understand how to achieve it?

      I am using the Flic app on my iphone to configure my hub. I want to be able to send a sms just using the Hub (without the phone having to be around).

      Cheers and thanks in advance!

      Swedishflicker 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • paulsnokia
        paulsnokia last edited by

        Hi,

        I had this requirement and solved it by linking Zapier (Free account) (5 Zap limit I believe so if you need more perhaps not the right email option) and then using a service called Firetext (UK based) to deliver the text messages.

        And yes it works 👍 .

        You will need to pay for credits (the first 25 are free) £20 for 500 so depending on what you want this combination, as a way of using a flic button as an alert service, it works well.

        However!! Zapier is not instant so if anyone knows of a service that will email instantly I would be interested (I will keep looking).

        The reason I mention the delay is for those who are looking for a Panic Button Solution as the above combination can take between 30 seconds and a few (less than 5) minutes to deliver the text, the delay is with the Zapier free account, unfortunately. 😞

        But if you need an alert as an email/text this workaround/combination is by far the simplest/cheapest I have found and it works :).

        Hope that's helpful for someone.

        regards
        Paul.

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • karl
          karl last edited by

          I, too, am a new flic button/hub user and want to use the button to send myself an SMS. I couldn't get it to work on IFTTT, though that service seems to think it's possible and everything is properly connected. I WAS able to get it work fine on Zapier, however. Unfortunately, ideally I'd like the button to trigger an SMS to two different numbers (same message, though). While Zapier supports this, and I got it to work, it will cost me $240/year after the trial period, and that's too much for me, so I'm still looking around for another solution (maybe Microsoft Flow). Zapier supports a single SMS/button press for free, however.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Emil
            Emil FlicTeam @Swedishflicker last edited by

            @Swedishflicker that's when the Flic is connected to the phone - not to the hub.

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Swedishflicker
              Swedishflicker @Emil last edited by

              @Emil ok thanks. Have you supported it yourselves before? I remember reading forum posts (not in this forum necesarilly) about buying credits to send sms.

              Emil 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • Emil
                Emil FlicTeam last edited by

                We don't provide such a service. But you can probably use IFTTT or Microsoft Flow via the Hub to send an sms.

                Swedishflicker 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • Swedishflicker
                  Swedishflicker @Swedishflicker last edited by

                  Ps. I live in sweden.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • First post
                    Last post