Getting started with messaging

Messaging with AutoAlert is easy, you can communicate with your colleagues as well as other companies, customers or suppliers.

Communicating with collegues

You can send a message direct to your colleagues when logged in to the AutoAlert site on your desktop or by clicking on the connections icon ( ), selecting the relevant employee and clicking the speech bubble.

From there you can see the latest messages and create a new messages which your colleagues can view when logged into the AutoAlert website or from their mobile telephone or iPhone/iPad monitor app.

You can also view, send and receive messages from your iPhone or iPad, or mobile phone using the AutoAlert monitor application.

Simply, select contacts and then click on the relevant contact name. From there you can see your latest messages as well as send or receive new messages.

Communicating with other people

If you want to send a message to another individual, you can do this from the website by clicking on the messaging icon ( ) and then entering your message in the drop down box. If the telephone number is already stored you can simply select it, otherwise you can add a new number.

The message will be sent as a text message and requires purchase of message credits. These are available by clicking on your name at the top right of the screen. The drop down box shows how many message credits you have available. Clicking on the link allows you to purchase more credits.

You can also select a date and time to send the message if you don’t want to send it straight away.