Method for configuration by means of associating a machine terminal with at least one user terminal by indicating an address, @U, of the user terminal on a cellular communication network, the machine terminal and the user terminal each comprising an address, @M, @U, and each being suitable for being connected to the cellular communication network, the user terminal further comprising an image-capturing means, the method comprising the following steps: - a step of capturing an image of an icon associated with the machine terminal using the image-capturing means of the user terminal, characterized in that the method also comprises the following steps: - a step of extracting an address, @M, of the machine terminal from the captured image of the icon, said extraction step being carried out by the user terminal, - a step of transmitting a message to a management module that is connected to a cellular communication network and is remote from the machine terminal and the user terminal, said transmission step being carried out by the user terminal, the message comprising the extracted address, @M, of the machine terminal and the address, @U, of the user terminal, - a step of associating the extracted address, @M, of the machine terminal with the address, @U, of the user terminal, said step being carried out by the management module, - recording the address, @M, of the machine terminal in association with the address, @U, of the user terminal in a database; the method also being characterized in that the management module carries out the following steps: - receiving a report from the machine terminal via said cellular communication network, - querying said database in order to determine the address, @U, of the user terminal associated with said machine terminal, - sending a message relating to said report to said associated user terminal via said cellular communication network by means of said address, @U, of the user terminal. - a step of capturing an image of an icon associated with the machine terminal using the image-capturing means of the user terminal, - a step of extracting an address, @M, of the machine terminal from the captured image of the icon, said extraction step being carried out by the user terminal, - a step of transmitting a message to a management module that is connected to a cellular communication network and is remote from the machine terminal and the user terminal, said transmission step being carried out by the user terminal, the message comprising the extracted address, @M, of the machine terminal and the address, @U, of the user terminal, - a step of associating the extracted address, @M, of the machine terminal with the address, @U, of the user terminal, said step being carried out by the management module, - recording the address, @M, of the machine terminal in association with the address, @U, of the user terminal in a database; - receiving a report from the machine terminal via said cellular communication network, - querying said database in order to determine the address, @U, of the user terminal associated with said machine terminal, - sending a message relating to said report to said associated user terminal via said cellular communication network by means of said address, @U, of the user terminal.