Set Up IAMMETER Energy Alerts and Notifications

This guide explains how to create notice groups and configure supported energy, power, current and offline alerts in IAMMETER Cloud.

Before configuring a rule, decide whether you need a persistent Cloud notification, a local alarm record or a temporary browser warning:

• Use IAMMETER Cloud for persistent remote rules and notice groups.
• Use IAMMETER-Docker local alarms for local one-second values and retained alarm records.
• Use the Realtime Meter Monitor for live visual monitoring and optional sound alerts while the browser page is open.

For an overview of these options, see Energy Monitoring Alerts & Automation.

Software alerts provide monitoring information and notifications. They do not replace circuit breakers, over-current protection, interlocks or other electrical protection required for an installation.

Step 0: What You Will Achieve

In this guide, you will learn how to:

• Create a notice group for alert recipients
• Set up daily or monthly energy alerts
• Set up power or current threshold alerts
• Enable device offline alerts
• Review alert logs and test the notification path
• Connect optional webhook or MQTT workflows

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Step 1: Create a Notice Group

Before setting alerts, create a Notice Group. A notice group contains the contacts who should receive alerts and reports.

1.1 Add Contacts

1. Go to Notification → Contacts.
2. Click Add Contact.
3. Enter the contact information required by the selected notification channel.

1.2 Create a Notice Group

1. Go to Notification → Notice Group.
2. Click Add Group.
3. Select the contacts to include.

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Step 2: Optional Monthly Billing Report

To receive a scheduled electricity report:

1. Go to Auto Sending.
2. Enable Monthly Billing Report.
3. Select a notice group.

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Step 3: Set Up Daily or Monthly Energy Alerts

1. Go to Auto Sending → Add Rule.
2. Select Daily consumption or Monthly consumption.
3. Enter the energy threshold.
4. Select the notice group.

Use an accumulated-energy rule when the daily or billing-period total matters. For an instantaneous high-load condition, use a power or current rule instead.

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Step 4: Set Up Power or Current Alerts

4.1 Create a Trigger Rule

1. Go to Auto Sending → Add Rule.
2. Select the meter and phase, where applicable.
3. Choose Power (W) or Current (A).

The power-alert form includes Alarm time for setting the time window in which the rule applies. The screenshot above shows the time-enabled interface.

4.2 Set the Threshold and Condition

• Enter the threshold value.
• Choose Greater than or Less than.

Choose a threshold from the normal operating range and the response you expect someone to take. A threshold crossed during every normal motor start will create noise rather than useful information.

4.3 Select the Trigger Type

• Level Trigger: can trigger again while the condition remains true, subject to the minimum interval.
• Edge Trigger: triggers when the measured state crosses the configured boundary.

4.4 Set the Minimum Interval

Use the minimum interval to reduce repeated notifications:

• Level trigger: minimum 30 minutes
• Edge trigger: minimum 1 minute

4.5 Select the Notice Group

Choose the notice group that should receive the alert. Confirm that every intended recipient has completed any required channel binding.

4.6 Set the Alarm Time Window

Power alerts can be restricted to a specified time window using Alarm time. Enter the start and end times for the period you want to monitor, then save the rule with the appropriate threshold and notice group.

For example, a business that finishes closing tasks at 19:00 can monitor an evening window such as 19:00–23:00 for unexpectedly high power. Choose the threshold from the normal load during that period; refrigeration, security systems and other essential equipment may legitimately remain on. This is a configuration example, not a universal threshold or a measured savings result.

Alarm time determines when the rule applies. Minimum Interval controls repeated notifications; it is not the time window and does not mean that power must remain above the threshold for that duration.

Time-windowed power alerts are the basis for after-hours high-load notifications in our Small Business Energy Monitoring and Cost Control solution. They help owners notice equipment left running after work, investigate the cause and reduce avoidable electricity waste.

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Step 5: Enable a Device Offline Alert

IAMMETER can notify the configured recipients when no data has been uploaded for more than 10 minutes.

An offline alert indicates loss of uploaded data. Check site power, Wi-Fi, internet access and the meter connection before assuming a device fault.

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Step 6: Test the Complete Workflow

• Create a controlled power or energy condition where practical.
• Confirm that the correct notice group receives the notification.
• Review the event under Auto Sending → Logs.
• Adjust the threshold or minimum interval if normal behavior produces unnecessary messages.

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Step 7: Notification Channels

IAMMETER Cloud supports email and additional configured channels:

• Telegram alert notifications
• WeChat notifications

Available delivery options can depend on account, region and current platform support. The alert condition and notice group remain the core of the workflow.

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Step 8: Optional Webhook and MQTT Automation

Webhook and MQTT can connect IAMMETER measurements or trigger events to an external system. Treat control logic as a separate engineering task: add timing, hysteresis, fail-safe behavior and appropriate electrical protection.

Useful examples:

• Webhook and integration discussion
• MQTT automation example
• Additional trigger example
• IFTTT workflow example

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Related Guides

• Electricity Usage Alerts: choosing useful thresholds
• Power Threshold Alerts for High Load and Peak Demand Monitoring
• Local one-second monitoring and alarm records
• Browser live monitoring and sound alerts