---
alias: user-guide-automation-task-core-sendnotificationtodriver
tags:
- automation tasks
description: "Sends a direct message to a driver for real-time protocol customization"
---

# Send Notification to Driver

![Screenshot showing a notification setup interface for sending a message to a driver.](../images/drivernotification-lg.svg)

This task allows sending direct messages to the driver. It is used to allow real-time customization (when available) to the protocol process.

![Screenshot showing a notification type input field.](../images/image93.png)

## Inputs

| Name     | Data Type | Description |
| -------- | --------- | ----------- |
| type     | `String`  | Type of driver notification. |
| Content  | `String`  | Content of the driver notification. |
| Activate |  `any`   | Activate the notification send. |

## Outputs

| Name    | Data Type | Description  |
| ------  | -------- | --------- |
| Success | `Boolean` | If there was no problem emits a `true` |
| Error   |  `Error`  |  Error that occurred during the processing of this task |

## Settings

On the *General Tab*, you have the usual settings and the following settings:

| Name    | Data Type | Default  | Description |
| ------  | -------- | --------- | --------- |
| Type  |  `String`  |   | Type of notification to send. The expected value is different for each protocol (when supported) |
| Content  |  `String`  |  |  Content of the notification to send |

![Screenshot showing settings options, including a section labeled "Notification to Driver Settings".](../images/image94.png)

## Behavior

In this task you choose a driver when dropping it into the workflow (if you have more than one driver associated with the controller).

On `activate`, the task will send a notification to the pre-selected driver with a type and the contents converted to an object.

## Remarks

Not all protocol drivers support/expect notifications.

Each protocol driver has it's own set of expected types and content formats. Refer to their specific documentation for more information.