AND the mask 0030 hex with the high order bits of the alarm status word. 0030 just happens to be the High and Low Deviation alarm bits. Bob Wingard -----Original Message----- From: Dwight.Flinchum@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:Dwight.Flinchum@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 1:58 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] Need Clarity on ALMSTA Hello All, I have recently found a parameter extension I don't understand. I have been all through my Foxboro documentation and have searched the CSC web site to no avail. However, I am a little thick between the ears and the answer to my question may be right in front of me. I have a switch block who's toggle is connected to a real alarm block. The connection is: COMPOUND:BLOCK.ALMSTA.AH0030 Can someone shed some light as to the AH0030 extension. I am familiar with using bit extensions but this extension baffles me. As I mentioned earlier, I have been through the documentation. I had hoped that Integrated Control Software Concepts B0193AW Chapter 8 - Block alarming would have answered my question. Thanks in Advance for any and all help. Regards, Dwight Dwight Flinchum Sr. Process Control Engineer Technical Department Greif - Riverville Mill P.O. Box 339 Amherst, Va. 24521 Office: 434.933.4204 Fax: 434.933.4148 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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