Hafedh Ghodhbani writes: I used the following command to get alarms information: getpars -U* -C* -B* -mCMPNM:%12s -mTYPE:%6s -mALMOPT:%8x This doesn't give the alarms priorities. Do you know how to get the alarms priorities using get= part The terminology is confusing. ALMOPT will tell you what type of alarm is configured CRIT will tell you the priority (1 to 5, 0 means no alarms) PRTYPE will tell you the what type of alarm has the highest priority (1 to 9, 0 means no alarms) If you are proficient with working with bit-mapped packed long integer values, there is a wealth of information that can be found in ALMSTA It took me a while to figure it out (with help from list members), but I now understand is well and have automated reports that extract alarm statuses, priorities, acknowledge statuses, etc from ALMSTA. Brad Wilson ExxonMobil Chemical Co Edison Synthetics Plant 732-321-6115 732-321-6177 fax Brad.S.Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave