# Alarm popup, Active delay **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-popup-active-delay/86342 "2024-02-26T07:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![O\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@O\_E](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/O_E)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-popup-active-delay/86342/1 "2024-02-26T07:50:37Z")
Hi Im trying to link a Active Delay to a popup. I have managed to display the value via ([default]tgewvds/test/Alarms/Alarm.timeOnDelaySeconds) but when im trying to write to it i get a error: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/7/47f675da21da056c2606aabbaa47558108213e05.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/7/f7cfc3ff1235b5d0b644b2e8c3f6d55c20e61746.png) Any ideas on how i can write to this ? ---
**Author:** ![djs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@djs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/djs)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-popup-active-delay/86342/2 "2024-02-26T16:03:21Z")
You could add a tag to your UDT and then bind your delay to that tag. ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-popup-active-delay/86342/3 "2024-02-26T16:48:32Z")
You could also use `system.tag.configure` > **[system.tag.configure | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-tag/system-tag-configure)** > > Creates tags from a given list of Python dictionaries or from a JSON source string.