How to configure the Alert button?

You are holding the Alert Button in your hands. How do you configure it to use your WiFi router?

Your new Alert button needs to connect to the internet to send its alerts. They will then be forwarded as emails and as text messages to your phone. In order to do that it needs to know which WiFi network to use for communications. In addition, your Alert button must be configured with an email and phone number to send notifications. 

Please note: we recommend that configuration steps are completed in this order. Note also that some pages on this site are only available to registered owners. For example, you cannot Configure your device as directed in Step 3 until you have created your MySpool account and logged in, as directed in Step 2.

1. Setup your Alert button to use your WiFi. This procedure is described below.

2. Create your account. Be aware that your account is not created until you have received an email from us and confirmed it by clicking on the provided link.

3. Login and click Configure Device to enter email and phone number for notifications.

To begin configuring your button, you will need to know the WiFi network name and its password.

 

How to setup your Alert button to use your WiFi

 

  1. Twist the red knob clockwise a quarter of a turn in the direction indicated by arrows. This will ensure that it is not activated. Activate it by pressing it down. An LED will indicate that your device is ready to be programmed with your WiFi.  Important! Release the knob to ensure that it is ready to be activated by twisting it clockwise a quarter of a turn again.


     

  2. Step 1Open your phone, go to Settings, and choose Wi-Fi.  Under the CHOOSE A NETWORK tab you will see available networks. One of them will be the Alert button. It will look like SASensor-000000 where "000000" is the unique button ID. In the example below it is shown as SASensor-2336877.  Write down this number and provide it when requesting help from myspool support.

     

     

  3. Step 2Select SASensor-233687. Once connection is established, which may take 10-15 seconds, it will open a browser window with configuration settings.  Please note, in case you do not see the configuration page, you may need to open a browser window and type in an address: 10.10.4.1 . The window will look like this:

     

     

  4. Step 3When you select Configure WiFI, you should see the configuration window:

     

     

  5. Select the WiFi router and enter it’s password. Make sure no trailing spaces are added. 

     

     

  6. Select Save, and return the phone to it’s old WiFI network, we are done with Alert Button configuration!

  7. Test your device: press the Alert button. You should see 3 blinks when your signal has been sent. Do not forget to release the knob to ensure that it is ready to be used again by twisting it clockwise a quarter of a turn. Please keep in mind that myspool limits emails sent by this device to once per minute.


 

Note 1:  when your Alert button is being configured, i.e. it is waiting for you to enter WiFi  credentials, a steady blue light can be seen. Once configuration has been completed and your Alert button is unable to validate it's registration, a blinking blue light is seen for 10 seconds. In this case please  create your account and  configure your device.

Note 2:  Please follow these directions to add a phone number to your Alert button for text message notifications.

 

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