If you have a member in your group that doesn’t have a smartphone, you might want to set them up to send and receive BART notifications via SMS.
Depending on their settings, members Members have the ability to send and receive notifications and alerts via SMS. They will also have the ability to respond to a call out with their status and estimated time of arrival.
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Please Note: You must be an administrator of the group or district to set them a Member up with SMS |
Check List
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, there’s a few requirements you’ll need to check off first:
The
memberMember must have a current BART subscription
The
memberMember,
groupGroup or
districtDistrict must have pre-purchased SMS credits (you can purchase SMS credits here)
The
memberMember must have their current mobile phone number within the system
Steps
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1. Check your Members ‘Contact Methods’
Log into the BART Members WebApp
Navigate to the ‘Administration’ item in the main menu
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, then select ‘Members’ from the sub-menu
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Select
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your Member from the list.
A popup dialogue box will appear with the
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‘Profile’ tab open by default.
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First ensure that your member has a current and valid mobile phone number set within the ‘Contact Methods’ section – if not,
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click on the ‘Add +’ button.
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You’ll see a new row in the Contact Methods section, where you can select the contact type from the dropdown:
Email
Mobile
Landline
Pager
Use the ‘Value’ text field provided to fill out the Member’s mobile number.
Then tick the ‘SMS’ checkbox.
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When you’re ready, click on the ‘Save’ icon.
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Please note: from this screen, you can scroll down to view how many SMS credits are available. |
2. Enable Send Instructions
While the Member Profile dialogue box is open, click on the ‘Permissions’ tab
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Scroll down to ‘SMS Send Instructions’
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and use the toggle to enable this option
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3. Enable SMS for a Broadcast Tag
Select the ‘Broadcast Tags’ tab up the top of the modal dialogue box
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For each
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Broadcast Tag that you would like your
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Member to
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View or
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Send to, use the dropdown box provided
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in the ‘
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SMS’ column.
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Once you’re happy with your settings, click on the ‘SAVE’ button
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