Starting with the release of InformaCast 8.0, users will have option of connecting with other systems and devices through the use of our plugin architecture. Need to send notification to social media sites, email, rss, and more?
With InformaCast plugins, simply install and configure the plugins, then choose them from the list of endpoints like you would any other device. Simple to install, easy to use, and a quick way to extend the reach of your notification.
Learn more about each plugin by following the links below.
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Inbound CAP PluginLearn More | Purchase | Download | User GuideThe Inbound CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) plugin allows you to poll various data sources (which are typically RSS feeds from public safety organizations) and match the messages received from these data sources with message rules (which are used to define what types of messages you are interested in rebroadcasting to InformaCast recipients). |
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Cisco Digital Media Manager (DMM) PluginLearn More | Purchase | Download | User GuideAs a way of further expanding the number of people reached with InformaCast broadcasts, the Digital Media Manager (DMM) plugin allows you to send InformaCast broadcasts containing text to Cisco Digital Media Players (DMPs). With a correctly configured, active DMM server, you can configure InformaCast to treat Digital Media Player groups as a new device type that can be assigned to a recipient group just as you would a phone or speaker. The Digital Media Manager plugin only supports the Cisco 4400 Digital Media Player series and Cisco Digital Media Manager software version 5.2.2 or higher. Support for additional models will be added in the near future. |
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InformaCast Mobility Subscription ServiceLearn More | Purchase | Download | User Guide
The Mobility Subscription Service allows you to include external phones, email addresses, SMS text messaging, and cell phones as eligible recipients of an InformaCast broadcast. Once you have created accounts for these recipients through the Mobility plugin, you can assign these recipients to a recipient group and send them InformaCast broadcasts.
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Conference Call PluginLearn More | Purchase | Download | User GuideThe Conference Call plugin allows a user to automatically initiate a conference call session with a pre-determined group of phones. For example, when an emergency is declared and an InformaCast broadcast is sent, all public safety managers could be automatically called and placed into a conference call session to discuss the situation. Members of the conference call group also have the ability to listen to the broadcasted message before accepting the conference call request. |
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M2M (Machine-to-Machine) PluginLearn More | Purchase | Download | User GuideAs a way of further expanding the number of people reached with InformaCast broadcasts, the M2M plugin allows you to send InformaCast broadcasts when a contact closure has been triggered or trigger a contact closure when a specific broadcast has been sent. Once you have configured your contact closures, you can add them to InformaCast: input ports will allow you to trigger InformaCast broadcasts when they’re activated, and output ports can be added as recipients to InformaCast’s messages so that when they’re sent as broadcasts, the contact closure’s output port(s) is activated. |
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Script PluginLearn More | Download | User GuideAs a way of further expanding the number of people reached with InformaCast broadcasts, the Script plugin allows Java and JavaScript programmers to build a custom integration by creating a script file containing code that can participate at various phases of the broadcast. The integration can be deep—relaying audio associated with the broadcast—or simple, depending on how much code is written, and how much of the exposed interface is used. |
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Inbound Email PluginLearn More | Download | User GuideThe Inbound Email plugin allows you to initiate InformaCast broadcasts upon receipt of an email from a monitored email account. Once you have an email account set up within the Inbound Email plugin, you can configure email broadcasts that contain how the email account should be monitored, the broadcast to trigger, and the recipient groups to receive the broadcast. |
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Outbound Email PluginLearn More | Download | User GuideThe Outbound Email plugin allows you to send text and/or audio InformaCast broadcasts to email accounts. Once you have configured email references in your Outbound email plugin (email references contain the email addresses that will receive the InformaCast broadcast), InformaCast will treat these references as new recipients that can be assigned to a recipient group just as you would a phone or a speaker. |
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Twitter PluginLearn More | Download | User GuideThe Twitter plugin allows you to send text messages from InformaCast to Twitter (twitter.com). Once you have created an account on Twitter, you can configure InformaCast to treat the destination Twitter account as a new recipient that can be assigned to a recipient group just as you would a phone or a speaker. |
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Facebook PluginLearn More | Download | User GuidesThe Facebook plugin allows you to send text messages from InformaCast to a Facebook account’s wall or the fan page(s) of an account you administer (www.facebook.com). Once you have created an account on Facebook, you can configure InformaCast to treat the destination Facebook account (and its fan pages, if applicable) as a new recipient that can be assigned to a recipient group just as you would a phone or a speaker. |
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SchoolMessenger PluginLearn More | Purchase | Download | User GuidesAs a way of further expanding the number of people reached with InformaCast broadcasts, the SchoolMessenger plugin allows you to include SchoolMessenger jobs as eligible recipients of an InformaCast broadcast. Once you have an active account on the SchoolMessenger hosted server, you can configure InformaCast to treat SchoolMessenger jobs as new recipients that can be assigned to a recipient group just as you would a phone or a speaker. |
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WordPress PluginLearn More | Download | User GuidesThe WordPress plugin allows you to send text messages from InformaCast to WordPress instances. Once you have created a WordPress instance, you can configure InformaCast to treat the destination WordPress instance as a new recipient that can be assigned to a recipient group just as you would a phone or a speaker. |
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Quick URL PluginLearn More | Download | User GuideThe Quick URL plugin allows you to send the text contained in broadcasts’ Short Text and Long Text fields from InformaCast to a designated URL. Once you have licensed your plugin, you can configure InformaCast to treat the destination URL as a new recipient that can be assigned to a recipient group just as you would a phone or a speaker. |
