Having the push service send status messages on smart home devices
At regular intervals, your FRITZ!Box can send you emails, so-called 'push service mails', to report on the status of your smart home device and give you information about its use. You can specify which events you want to be informed about and how often these emails should be sent. Push services are available for various functions.
Depending on the settings, the push service sends emails with information about the output, consumption, and switching state of your smart home device.
Example:
Your washing machine is connected to the smart plug, for example FRITZ!Smart Energy 200. As soon as the washing cycle has finished, i.e. when the washing machine switches to standby mode, you want to receive corresponding notification by email.
In this guide we use this example to show you a possible application scenario and how to configure the push service for smart home.
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.
1 Configuring a smart home device
- Click on 'Smart Home' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click on 'Device Management' or 'Devices and Groups' in the 'Smart Home' menu.
- Click on the button
(Edit) for the respective device. - Click on the 'Switch Automatically' tab.
- Enable the option 'Switch off on standby', then select a power threshold and the duration.
- Click on 'OK' or 'Apply' to save the settings.
2 Configuring the push service
Entering email account information
- Click on 'System' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click on 'Push Service' in the 'System' menu.
- Click on the 'Configure Push Service' button and follow the wizard's instructions. If the button is not shown, click on the 'Sender' tab.
- Enable the push service.
- Enter the account information for the email address to be used as the sender address for the push service. With T-Online email addresses, you must enter your Telekom password for email clients in the 'Password' field.
- Click on 'Account Information: Additional Settings'.
Note:In most cases, the FRITZ!Box automatically completes the following information. With smaller local providers, you have to enter it yourself. The required information is supplied by your email provider.
- Enter your username and the name of your email provider's SMTP server.
- If the server is not accessible on port 25, enter the port used by the server to communicate in the 'Port' field, for example 587.
- If the server supports SSL, enable the option 'This server supports a secure connection (SSL)'.
- Enable the option 'Test email sending after adopting the settings'. If the option is not available, the test email will be sent automatically.
- Click on 'Next' or 'Apply' and follow the wizard's instructions.
Enabling the push service for smart home
- Click on 'System' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click on 'Push Service' in the 'System' menu.
- Click on the 'Smart Home' tab and then click on the (Edit) button for the respective smart home device.
- Enable the option 'Email dispatch enabled' and enter the desired email address.
- Enable 'For every switching event'.
- Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.
The smart plug automatically turns off and the push service sends you a corresponding email as soon as the washing machine switches to standby mode, causing its power threshold to fall below the defined value for the amount of time you specified.
