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Subject:	What is the valueAlarm.active field?
From:	David Bracey via Tech-talk <[email protected]>
To:	"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2025 23:06:59 +0000

What is the “valueAlarm.active” field? Is it backed by any database field?

dbracey@somebox:~$ pvget -v dbracey:xxxExample

dbracey:xxxExample epics:nt/NTScalar:1.0

double value 0

alarm_t alarm MAJOR DEVICE LOLO

int severity 2

int status 1

string message LOLO

structure timeStamp

long secondsPastEpoch 1764694785

<SNIP>

double minStep 0

valueAlarm_t valueAlarm

boolean active false

double lowAlarmLimit 2

double lowWarningLimit 4

...

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