First, I would like to thank the folks at Perceptive Automation for making such fine software. I have used Indigo for years, and recently started using Indigo Touch. Configuration is simple, logical and straightforward for the user, and all the software works consistently and repeatedly. What more could one want?
I use an Automation Direct PLC as a stand-alone security system. It is interfaced to Indigo with an EZIO8SA.
I want to send an SMS text message to my phone if there is a security breach. It is easy enough to have Indigo send an email to my Verizon account when it senses an input going high on the EZIO8SA {my_phone_number@vtext.com}.
However, I want to make sure that, for some reason, Indigo doesn't send out dozens, if not hundreds of text messages. For example, if the output on the EZIO8SA begins to oscillate at 3:00 in the morning, I would get a big bill from Verizon.
So, I would like to monitor and limit the number of SMS text messages that Indigo would initiate. I could set a variable after it sends out the first text message. I could use this variable as a condition to disallow additional text messages to be sent.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Neal