# Alarms

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms/10763>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 9, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms/10763 "2015-11-09T20:46:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jado58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@Jado58](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jado58)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms/10763/1 "2015-11-09T20:46:26Z")

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I created an alarm to monitor average % and compare to settings, in this case the average and the setting are both zeros but the alarm is active. This my first attempt with alarms and I can’t figure out what is the cause of this.

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**Author:** ![Duffanator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/duffanator/32/3560_2.png) [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms/10763/2 "2015-11-09T21:07:38Z")

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Probably because inclusive is set to True in the Alarm Mode Settings section.

Inclusive = True would be \<=  
Inclusive = False would be \<

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms/10763/3 "2015-11-09T23:47:27Z")

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[quote=“Jado58”]average and the setting are both zeros but the alarm is active[/quote]You have a 15% deadband defined. So once active, it has to go back above setpoint by the deadband % (or 1/2 the deadband – I can’t remember) in order to reset the alarm. Now, since the setpoint is zero, the deadband is zero, too. So the average going the slightest amount over will reset it.

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**Author:** ![Jado58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@Jado58](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jado58)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarms/10763/4 "2015-11-10T15:35:10Z")

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[quote=“Duffanator”]Probably because inclusive is set to True in the Alarm Mode Settings section.

Inclusive = True would be \<=  
Inclusive = False would be \<[/quote]  
Ah, I was wondering what that was, it solved my issue. Thank you!