Receive SMS Notifications

Owned by Catherine Randall
Last updated: Apr 14, 2021
1 min read

You can receive your broadcast messages via SMS instead of or in addition to push notifications. This may be handy for those who don’t have access to a smartdevice, or for the added security of receiving broadcasts from multiple channels.

To receive broadcast messages via SMS, you must:

  • Have a BART membership with a current subscription
  • Have pre-purchased SMS credits - individually or through your group or district (you can purchase SMS credits here)
  • Your membership settings must have 'SMS Send Instructions' set to ON (you may need to talk to your group administrator to enable this setting)
  • The broadcast tags relating to your membership must have the 'SMS' column set to 'ALL'
  • Your mobile number must be associated with your BART membership details

If you're an administrator, you can read through all the steps to set your members up with SMS here

Respond to a Broadcast via SMS

You can respond to a broadcast via SMS to indicate your attendance status, by simply entering in a number:

0 - Not Attending

1 - Attending

2 - Other


If required, you can also share your ETA by entering a dot or hashtag after your status:

Example using a dot

1.20

(response.time)
Attending, with a 20 minute ETA


Example using a hashtag

1#20

(response#time)
Attending, with a 20 minute ETA