# Alarm - OPC Based Message **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [May 31, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-opc-based-message/47284 "2021-05-31T19:15:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robert.zapalski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f17d59/32.png) [@robert.zapalski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/robert.zapalski)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-opc-based-message/47284/1 "2021-05-31T19:15:06Z")
I am trying to display a message that resides in a OPC tag as part of an alarm element. I have tried to bind to the Label property and Notes without any success. The best I have been able to achieve so far is getting my OPC tag path to display as a STRING using UDT parameters, but unable to pull the actual value from the OPC tag. I should have the ability to bind to a OPC tag value here, correct? Syntax issue? Also…i am trying to set this up as part of a UDT. UDT has two element: .alarm and . description. .alarm is a boolean…true when alarm active .description contains the alarm description to be displayed. Image below references a direct tag value. Ideally using UDT parameters for referencing. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/1/71eb2d4222844ddaaff022e2e5b2443a406529ff.png) ---
**Author:** ![mike4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@mike4](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mike4)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-opc-based-message/47284/2 "2022-04-18T19:06:21Z")
I am looking to do the same thing. Any solutions found on this? ---
**Author:** ![andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-opc-based-message/47284/3 "2022-04-18T19:55:51Z")
Have you tried adding `.value` at the end? `.value` is used to get the value of a tag. Assuming your OPC path you want to bind is a string type tag.