User Guide

Address Book
Address Book Reference
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Siemens
User Guide Version 3.0
A6V10415471
Building Technologies
2017-11-30
NOTE:
Groups are required for remote notifications, which are addressed to recipient
groups, not to individuals. You do not need groups for reports, which can instead
be emailed to individual contacts.
The Groups expander shows any groups to which the selected contact is already
assigned.
● To assign a contact to an existing group, you must select the group name from
the drop-down list and click Add. (The drop-down list shows only the groups to
which the contact does not already belong.)
● To remove a contact from a group, you must select the group name in the field
and click Remove. If all contacts are removed from a group (the group
becomes empty) the group itself is eliminated, and no longer displays in the
drop-down list.
● To create a new group and assign it to the contact, you must type a new group
name directly into the empty drop-down list field, click Add, and click Save .
This group will then become available in the drop-down list for other contacts
as well.
● To rename a group, select the group from the Groups expander, you must type
its name in the drop-down list field, click Update, and click Save . The
group will be renamed for all the contacts that use it.
Devices:
Here you can specify one or more devices, that is, methods which can be used for
contacting that person, such as email addresses, mobile phone numbers for SMS
messages, and/or a pager number:
● Email: you can specify up to three email addresses.
● SMS: you can specify up to two mobile phone numbers for SMS messages.
● Number/Provider: Depending on the pager service configured, you must
specify a pager number only or a pager number and provider.
NOTE:
Reports can be sent by email. Remote notifications can be sent by email, SMS,
and/or pager. For each of these communication methods to work, the
corresponding service (email, SMS or pager) needs to be configured on the
management platform.
Preferred Device:
● Preferred Device: This is the first method of contacting the person to be tried.
By default, it is set to the first email address that you configured in the Devices
expander. You can select a different preferred device from the drop-down list.
● Fallback Device: This is the method that will be used if sending a message to
the preferred device fails. It has to use a different service from the preferred
device. For example, if the preferred device is an email address, the fallback
cannot be a different email address. It has to be an SMS number or a pager
number.