Get alerts by email or on your phone
A notification channel PNeX flows can send to — email, ntfy or Telegram
Easy 15 min
#notificationsCreate a channel
Notifications → Channels → New, then pick SMTP, ntfy or Telegram and fill in the form.
Send a test
Use the test button on the channel.
The test message arrives in your mailbox or on your phone.
Before you start
Prerequisites
Finish these tutorials first.
Parts & services
What this tutorial needs.
Services & accounts
Already covered by the prerequisites
- Set up PNeX on a Raspberry Pi · depending on your choice
Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB) / Raspberry Pi 4 (4 GB+) · Official Raspberry Pi USB-C power supply · microSD card, 32 GB, high endurance · USB 3 SSD · Raspberry Pi Imager
- Set up PNeX on a Linux VM · depending on your choice
Linux VM or server (Debian/Ubuntu)
What next?
These tutorials build on this one.
Water the plant automaticallyA relay and a small pump, driven by a flow when the soil gets too dry — and an alert when it doesTemperature alerts with your own firmwareAn AM2301 sensor on an ESP32-C6-Zero, a few lines of C++ written in the browser, a Python-like function and an alert on your phone, all self-hostedMonitor a plant's soil moistureA capacitive sensor on an ESP board, a live chart, and the data history