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Feature request: Node Red node for sending custom VRM push notifications

The VRM push notifications are great for alarms - but limited to predefined content and situations.
It would be great to have a "VRM" control node in the Victron Node RED library with the ability to pass a customized payload string on to VRM and have it pushed to the user just like an alarm message.

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sportswagoneer answered ·

Second this!
I want to use the accelerometer data from the Ruuvi tag Pro to notify of a sudden stop (grounding?) in my sailboat. Would be very useful for renting/loaning scenarios. VRM would seem to be the best way of notifying of such an event!

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Or at least allow changes in the priority of alarms and therefor pushes in the native VRM.
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equus-luna answered ·

Well, Good news. I have found a solution. There is a code red node called SimplePush

https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-simplepush

that allows a message to be pushed to your mobile device. This does mean installing the Simple Push App on your IOS or android device. Also, if you want any customization or if you want to receive > 10 push notifications per month, you will need to pay the $12 annual subscription. Now personally, I love installing a whole bunch of new apps to my phone and I love paying another subscription fee that will sure to be auto-renewing 10 years for now. However, I have tested it out and it seems to work pretty good. So all and all, an acceptable solution until Victron gives us more access to customize push notifications within the app.



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Peter Van Tienen answered ·

This is awesome, thanks for sharing! Just what I was looking for.

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