eTime Xpress has a built-in capability to send SMS (text) messages for Alerts and Shift Change Notifications. These are sent to the Alert SMS number that is recorded in the employee's profile.
To use this Alert SMS address you must subscribe to an SMS package from Celayix.
Using an Email-to-SMS Gateway
Instead of sending a text message using the Alert SMS above, you can use a capability that is provided by many mobile carriers. The Email to SMS Gateway allows eTime to send an email that will end up as a text on the employee's phone rather than a message in their email program.
The content may not be the same as using the "real" SMS ability because eTime is sending an email.
Put the cellphone number in the Alert Email field along with the mobile carrier gateway address. Each carrier has its own address format. In general the format is the ten digits of the cellphone followed by the carrier's specific gateway address.E.g.,
- AT&T 4581234567@txt.att.net
- Verizon 4581234567@vtext.com
- Other 4561234567@carrierGateway
To find out the carrier's specific format to do Google search for "carriername email sms gateway". Note that not all carriers provide this service.
Celayix Software cannot make any guarantee that this will work because it depends on the carrier's gateway service.