SMS Tool Required

There is nothing out of the box in the helix server that can send any alerts for live connections as you are expecting. Helix server, whenever a live stream comes in, stores the information in Helix ServerR17;s registry. [Liveconnection.*.* under registry root]. You can view the registry using admin credentials if you go to http://helixserverip:adminport/admin/regview.html.

 

There are multiple ways to achieve what you are looking for:

 

Option 1:

Write a helix server plugin that watches for changes in helix server registry. Whenever any entry under “Liveconnections” in the registry get created or deleted, you would know that a live stream came in or dropped out of the Helix Server respectively.

 

Documentation to get you started :

 

https://common.helixcommunity.org/nonav/2003/HCS_SDK_r5/helixsdk.htm

 

A registry monitor plugin is what you would be writing if you go this way, Look in Chapter 9 –  R20;Creating a Monitor Plug-in221;

 

Option 2:

 

This is a crude way and highly *not* recommended as you would need to query every X seconds/minutes. You can write http scripts to do what you would using a browser to view the registry as pointed above at http://helixserverip:adminport/admin/regview.html and watch for entries under LiveConnections

 

As far as sending SMS, I think it is out of scope with respect to Helix Server. Having said that, I believe every operator supports sending SMS to a phone number like 5555555555 by emailing to operatorsemailgateway.com">5555555555operatorsemailgateway.com. You can email the info from your monitor plugin.

 

Eswar