InformaCast

Use InformaCast to make an announcement over the PA for each drill/action alert/caution alert in CatapultEMS.

Instructions
In InformaCast
  1. In the left pane, choose Notifications > Command Center > Sites. Review and align with CatapultEMS sites. In InformaCast each site can be global or local. Choose the same level as the Distribution Lists and Device Groups they need to contain. 
  2. In the left pane, choose Notifications > Command Center > Scenarios. Review and align with CatapultEMS actions. For example, if you have an evacuate, lockdown, and shelter-in-place in CatapultEMS, you need to set up the same scenarios in InformaCast. 
  3. In the left pane, choose Integrations > Service Accounts. Create a "CatapultEMS" user and set up a permanent token. Copy the bearer token for use below. 
    1. User  > Securities tab > Global Permissions
      1. Users > User Tokens > Create, View, and Delete
      2. Notifications > Command Center > Sites > View
      3. Notifications > Command Center > Scenario Notifications > Create
      4. Enable view scenario permissions (?) 

In CatapultEMS, choose District Settings > Integrations > Add Integration. Fill in the following:
  • Name: PA (InformaCast)
  • Authentication: bearer token (get token from client)
  • Request Method: POST
  • URL to send the payload: https://api.icmobile.singlewire.com/api/v1/scenario-notifications (the first part of the address changes per client)
  • Monitoring URL: https://api.icmobile.singlewire.com/api/v1/sites
  • Monitoring response should include: "data"
  • Monitoring Email: [your email address]
  • Content of payload 
{
"scenarioId": "$$MAPPED_ACTION_TYPE_ID$$",
"location": {"site": {"id": "$$MAPPED_SITE_ID$$"}}
}
  • Event trigger: select all except incident
    • Initiate caution alert

      Initiate action alert

      Initiate drill

      Resolve incident

      Resolve caution alert

      Resolve action alert

      Resolve drill

  • Action types: select all
  • MAPPED_SITE_ID fields. Get Site IDs using Postman.
    • GET https://api.icmobile.singlewire.com/api/v1/sites
    • Authorization: use bearer token from above.
  • MAPPED_ACTION_TYPE_ID fields. Get Scenario IDs using Postman.
    • GET https://api.icmobile.singlewire.com/api/v1/scenarios
    • Authorization: use bearer token from above.