# Resending Text Message Alerts

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 28, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353 "2011-09-28T14:54:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rooks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rooks)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353/1 "2011-09-28T14:54:10Z")

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Is there a way to resend alert text messages after five minutes or so of an alarm going unacknowledged?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353/2 "2011-09-28T14:55:00Z")

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No, there is no built-in method for that.

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**Author:** ![rooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rooks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rooks)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353/3 "2011-09-28T16:22:15Z")

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Do you have any suggestions for a work around?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353/4 "2011-09-29T01:01:04Z")

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Well, you could possibly create a gateway side timer script that checks to see if there have been any unacked alarms past 5 minutes and send an email using system.net.sendEmail. Using that method will not send the same email as the Ignition system though.

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**Author:** ![vahterto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@vahterto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vahterto)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353/5 "2011-10-04T14:07:20Z")

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Hi

Check sms reception center.  
[sw4me.com/wiki/SMSReceptionCenter](http://www.sw4me.com/wiki/SMSReceptionCenter)

We have used it with Ignition and it works great.

Br  
Tommi

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**Author:** ![rooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rooks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rooks)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/resending-text-message-alerts/3353/6 "2011-10-07T16:47:45Z")

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Thanks Travis. And thanks Tommi. I will look into these options.