# Alarm Status Table - Error\_IO **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** vision\ **Created:** [February 28, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-error-io/86525 "2024-02-28T16:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mcgheeiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-error-io/86525/1 "2024-02-28T16:16:31Z")
We are having trouble getting the alarm status table in vision to work, any assistance is greatly appreciated: Ignition 8.1.30 running on Windows Server Alarm Status Table has error on alarmEvents = Error\_IO ---
**Author:** ![mcgheeiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mcgheeiv](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mcgheeiv)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-error-io/86525/2 "2024-02-28T17:22:23Z")
More information... system.alarm.queryStatus() throws the following error: ```auto Java Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.newGatewayException(GatewayInterface.java:360) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:334) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:287) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.invoke(GatewayInterface.java:967) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.ClientAlarmUtilities.queryStatusImpl(ClientAlarmUtilities.java:41) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractAlarmUtilities.queryStatus(AbstractAlarmUtilities.java:81) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayException: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayException: Error executing gateway function. at org.python.core.Py.JavaError(Py.java:547) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractAlarmUtilities.queryStatus(AbstractAlarmUtilities.java:83) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.python.core.PyReflectedFunction. __call__ (PyReflectedFunction.java:190) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.ScriptManager$ReflectedInstanceFunction. __call__ (ScriptManager.java:552) at org.python.core.PyObject. __call__ (PyObject.java:400) at org.python.pycode._pyx28.f$0(:1) at org.python.pycode._pyx28.call_function() at org.python.core.PyTableCode.call(PyTableCode.java:173) at org.python.core.PyCode.call(PyCode.java:18) at org.python.core.Py.runCode(Py.java:1687) at org.python.core.Py.exec(Py.java:1731) at org.python.util.PythonInterpreter.exec(PythonInterpreter.java:277) at org.python.util.InteractiveInterpreter.runcode(InteractiveInterpreter.java:130) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.tools.jythonconsole.JythonConsole$ConsoleWorker.doInBackground(JythonConsole.java:626) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.gui.tools.jythonconsole.JythonConsole$ConsoleWorker.doInBackground(JythonConsole.java:614) at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayException: Error executing gateway function. at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.newGatewayException(GatewayInterface.java:360) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:334) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:287) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.invoke(GatewayInterface.java:967) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.ClientAlarmUtilities.queryStatusImpl(ClientAlarmUtilities.java:41) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractAlarmUtilities.queryStatus(AbstractAlarmUtilities.java:81) ... 23 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.ResponseParser.startElement(ResponseParser.java:361) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.getResponse(GatewayInterface.java:498) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:292) ... 27 more Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.newGatewayException(GatewayInterface.java:360) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:334) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.sendMessage(GatewayInterface.java:287) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayInterface.invoke(GatewayInterface.java:967) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.script.ClientAlarmUtilities.queryStatusImpl(ClientAlarmUtilities.java:41) at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.script.builtin.AbstractAlarmUtilities.queryStatus(AbstractAlarmUtilities.java:81) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayException: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.client.gateway_interface.GatewayException: Error executing gateway function. ``` ---
**Author:** ![yehet73190](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/yehet73190/32/68157_2.png) [@yehet73190](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/yehet73190)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-error-io/86525/3 "2025-04-23T16:16:16Z")
We recently just had this error but was able to fix it by restarting the gateway. Would also like to know as well what's the cause of this?