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Manything Motion detected. Slack Post to channel.

Alert your team about any unexpected motion

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How this automation works

Make sure you are only recording during non business hours, otherwise there will be plenty of posts in your slack Channel :)

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Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your Manything camera detects motion. NOTE: Your camera needs to be 'on', it won't trigger on motion if it is in standby mode or offline.
DeviceName MotionScore LinkToViewEvent EventDateTime
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.
channel message title title_url image_url

Services used in this Applet

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29 triggers, queries, and actions

Battery fully charged

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires when your Manything camera battery level reaches 100%.

Battery Low

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Triggers when a device's battery is running low. It will trigger when there's around 20% charge remaining.

Clip Shared

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires when you share a clip using Manything.

Device offline

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires when your Manything camera goes offline.

Motion detected

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your Manything camera detects motion. NOTE: Your camera needs to be 'on', it won't trigger on motion if it is in standby mode or offline.

Power disconnected

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Triggers when a device detects that its power has been disconnected.

Power reconnected

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires when the power is reconnected to a device.

Sound detected

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your Manything camera detects sound. NOTE: You need to enable sound detection in the camera settings. Your camera needs to be ‘on’, it won't trigger on sound if it is in standby mode or offline.

History of device offline

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your Manything camera went offline.

History of motion detected

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your Manything camera detects motion. NOTE: Your camera needs to be 'on', it won't detect motion if it was in standby mode or offline.

History of power reconnected

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when the power was reconnected to a device.

Change to 'Stills Mode'

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will switch your recording from a video stream to stills only mode, where still images are taken at regular intervals rather than video. Ideal for low bandwidth usage.

Change to 'Video Stream'

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will switch from ”Stills Only Mode” to a video stream.

Mute audio

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will mute audio for recordings made on a device, so no audio is captured.

Post to channel

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.

Set motion sensitivity threshold

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will set the motion sensitivity on a device. "1" triggers on small motion events. "10" triggers on big motion events.

Set multiple camera settings

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will set a number of different camera settings at the same time. NOTE: To start a new recording, the app must be open at the recording screen on the device you specify.

Set time interval between stills

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will sets the time interval between stills images. This value is only used when the phone is recording in stills mode.

Start recording

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will start your Manything camera. NOTE: The camera needs to be open at the recording screen on the device you specify and in standby mode. Your camera will start in the recording mode selected in its settings.

Stop recording

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will stop your Manything camera from recording.

Turn camera flashlight off

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will turn the camera's flashlight off. NOTE: Works on iOS only, not yet available for Android

Turn camera flashlight on

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will turn the camera's flashlight on (if it has one). NOTE: Works on iOS only, not yet available for Android

Turn off sound and motion emails

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will turn off sound and motion email alerts from your Manything camera.

Battery fully charged

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires when your Manything camera battery level reaches 100%.

Battery Low

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Triggers when a device's battery is running low. It will trigger when there's around 20% charge remaining.

Change to 'Stills Mode'

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will switch your recording from a video stream to stills only mode, where still images are taken at regular intervals rather than video. Ideal for low bandwidth usage.

Change to 'Video Stream'

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will switch from ”Stills Only Mode” to a video stream.

Clip Shared

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires when you share a clip using Manything.

Device offline

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires when your Manything camera goes offline.

History of device offline

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your Manything camera went offline.

History of motion detected

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your Manything camera detects motion. NOTE: Your camera needs to be 'on', it won't detect motion if it was in standby mode or offline.

History of power reconnected

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when the power was reconnected to a device.

Motion detected

Realtime trigger
Realtime Applets run after the trigger service notifies IFTTT of a new trigger event. Since IFTTT is notified proactively of new trigger events, realtime Applets normally run within a few seconds of a trigger event occurring.
This Trigger fires every time your Manything camera detects motion. NOTE: Your camera needs to be 'on', it won't trigger on motion if it is in standby mode or offline.

Mute audio

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will mute audio for recordings made on a device, so no audio is captured.

Post to channel

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will post a message to the channel you choose in Slack.

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