E-mailer

Use the E-mailer component to send a message to a valid e-mail address or valid mobile phone address. You can use the E-mailer with Control Scripting to send messages when specified events take place, or use the E-mailer for routine communication. If someone replies to a message sent from Q-SYS, the reply is sent to the "From" address specified in the Configure section of the Control Panel.

Requirements

Controls

The controls listed below are divided into sections to match the Control Panel sections.

E-mailer

 Control

Function

Default / Range

Send

Momentary button to send the e-mail.

N / A

To

Must be a valid e-mail address. Multiple addresses can be entered, separated by a semicolon, comma, or space. Check with the carrier for the Mobile Phone to determine the format of the e-mail address you would use to send e-mail to the phone; each carrier is different.

N / A

Subject

Must contain some text.

N / A

Message

Must contain some text.

N / A

Status

Sending - Yellow

Send Succeed - Green

Error 1 - Red

N / A
1. Errors can include: (parenthesis are explanations)
  • 'To' field is empty (must contain valid e-mail address)
  • 'To' field is malformed (must be valid e-mail address format)
  • 'Subject' field is empty (must contain some text)
  • 'Message' field is empty (must contain some text)
  • 'From' field is empty (must contain some text)
  • sendmail: MAIL FROM:< from address> failed (must be valid e-mail address format)
  • Cannot send e-mail while emulating (must be in Run mode)
  • sendmail: cannot connect to remote host ( IP address): No route to host (must be valid e-mail server IP address)

Configure

 Control

Function

Default / Range

From

Must be a valid e-mail address.

If the e-mail was undeliverable, the failure return e-mail goes to this address, not the Core. If the person to whom the e-mail was sent replies to your email, the reply goes to this email address.

N / A

Password

If a password is required by the e-mail server, enter it in this field.

N / A

Server

IP address of the outgoing SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) mail server from which the email will be sent. Do not use a server name unless the core is configured to use DHCP and the DHCP server provides a name server address, then the Sever field can contain the name of the outgoing SMTP mail server rather than the IP address.

Tip: You can search the Internet for the server name, e.g. hotmail outgoing mail server, then in a command prompt window ping the server name to get the IP address.

N / A

Server Requires Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

If you are using a mail service that requires SSL, click this button to enable SSL. If the mail server operates on a non-standard port (it might), you must append a colon followed by the port number to the IP address.

Some organizations with their own mail servers may not require SSL for access within the company. In this case, do not use the SSL option.

Off / On

Properties

There are no Properties for the E-mailer component.

Control Pins

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

From

N / A

text

N / A

Output

Message

N / A

text

N / A

Input / Output

Password

N / A

text

N / A

Input

Send

N / A

trigger

N / A

Input / Output

Server

N / A

text

N / A

Output

Server Requires SSL

0

1

false

true

0

1

Input / Output

Status

N / A

Sending

Send Succeed

< error message>

N / A

Output

Subject

N / A

text

N / A

Input / Output

To

N / A

text

N / A

Input / Output