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====== Point Alert ======

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<wrap info>Available only with **[[https://www.locusmap.app/premium|Premium]]**</wrap>

===== What is it for? =====

The Point alert **notifies** you (with beeping, a custom sound, vibration or a voice) **when a point from a selected folder** of your user points **is nearby** (in the defined distance). Thanks to it, you don't have to check on the map all the time for geocaches near your hiking route, for example.

<wrap important>Point alert does not notify of [[manual:user_guide:points:locus_maps_pois|LoPoints]]. </wrap>
===== How to set it up? =====
<wrap box>**Locus menu > All features > Points > Point alert**</wrap>
==== 1. Set distance and alarm frequency ====
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  * **Distance** - set how far from the selected point should Locus start the alert
  * **Notify once** - the alert goes on only once
  * **Notify until stopped** - notification repeats in the defined interval until stopped manually (red STOP button on-screen) or when you're out of the alert distance. 
==== 2. Set type of notification ====
Tap **select type**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:poialert7.jpg?nolink |}}\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:poialert2.jpg?nolink |}}\\ 
=== Settings of sound ===

  * **Disable** - all sounds are disabled, only screen and vibration alert work
  * **Beep** - select number of beeps (1-10)
  * **Select sound** - select any sound stored in your device storage
  * **Text-to-speech** - enables voice prompts notifying of the name, distance, and direction of the point\\ Tap **Play** to check your sound settings.
=== Settings of vibration ===
Visible only when the vibrator is present (mainly on mobile phones)
  * **Disable** - the device does not vibrate on notifications
  * **Pattern** - set notification vibrating pattern, using three symbols: '.' for 200 milliseconds vibrations, '-' for 500 milliseconds vibrations and ' ' (space) for 500 milliseconds of silence.\\ Tap **Play** to check your vibration settings.

==== 3. Select points ====
  * open the selection of **point folders**:\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:poialert3.jpg?nolink |}}\\ 
  * **check** the folder with the points you want to be **notified of**

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Without selecting a particular folder, the Point Alert can notify of **any temporary point on the map** (e.g. displayed by GC Live Map) and also of **all non-navigational waypoints** that are not included in a route.  
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==== 4. Tap START ====
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===== Setup change and point alert stop =====
Point alert setup can be changed anytime, even when the feature is running.
  * scroll down your system toolbar and tap the point alert notification\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:poialert8.jpg?nolink |}} OR tap the point alert button in Locus menu
  * change the setup or tap the **STOP button to terminate the alert**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:functions:poialert9.jpg?nolink |}}