Setting up your SMS notification (Pre V10)

Setting up your SMS notification (Pre V10)

This article applies to VisitorRego versions prior to V10. For information on SMS setup in V10 or higher, please refer to the knowledge base article SMS notification set up.

VisitorRego has the ability to send an SMS notification to both the staff member the visitor is here to see and the visitor themselves.

To do this you will need to have
  • mobile numbers of staff members listed (see here for options on updating the staff list)
  • an SMS gateway service provider. This can be your own on mobile phone provider or via VisitorRego for 17c per message. 

To setup your SMS notification from
 Admin mode choose Options> System Setup> SMS tab.



Here you can enter your SMS domain details and modify the message that is sent to both staff and visitor.

To send and SMS to staff tick the 'Send SMS' to Staff check box and choose 'Applyto hold any changes.
To send and SMS to the visitor tick the 'Send SMS' to Visitor check box and choose 'Apply' to hold any changes.

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