Notification settings
Choose which trap events reach you and how. OcuTrap notifications come from your traps' firmware; the app lets you pick the events and delivery channels.
On this page
The web and mobile apps present these controls a little differently.
Web (Settings → Notifications)
On the web app, open Settings and find the Notifications section. You pick, for each event category, which channels deliver it:
Event categories
- Captures: confirmed catches from a trap.
- Trap alerts: battery, signal, offline, and tilt alerts.
- Billing: failed payments, renewals, and plan changes.
- System updates: firmware releases and planned maintenance.
Channels
- Email: sent to your account email address.
- In-app: shown in the app's Inbox. The notification bell in the app header shows your unread-inbox count (the same number as the Inbox); open it to read in-app notifications. Scout-mode triggers and alerts are the exception: they appear in the trap's activity feed, not the Inbox, so they never count toward the bell.
- Push: mobile only; configure push in the mobile app (the toggle is disabled on web).
Mobile (Notification Settings)
In the mobile app, open Notification Settings:
- Notification Channels: toggle Push Notifications and Email Alerts.
- Alert Types: toggle Target detected, Animal captured, Low battery, and Device alerts (battery, signal, offline, and tilt, not Scout triggers or alerts, which are activity-feed-only).
- Alerts are sent immediately. There is no digest option.
Push notifications also require phone-level permission for the OcuTrap app. See Using the mobile app. If permissions look correct and push still fails, try Resetting the mobile app.
Scout-mode triggers and alerts work differently from Captures and Trap alerts: they are recorded in the trap's activity feed only, and never send push or email, never appear in your Inbox, and never affect the notification-bell count. For how Scouting works and where to see photos while the door stays open, see Scouting mode.