# Memory boolean tag alarm enabled **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [June 25, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756 "2025-06-25T08:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anders\_Liedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Anders\_Liedman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anders_Liedman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756/1 "2025-06-25T08:54:13Z")
Hi, new to Ignition and I'm probably missing something, but I'm trying to access the enabled flag on an alarm set on a boolean memory tag. What am I doing wrong? Here comes a simple test variable { "valueSource": "memory", "dataType": "Boolean", "alarms": [ { "setpointA": 1.0, "name": "Alarm", "label": "t", "displayPath": "t" } ], "name": "ttt", "value": false, "tagType": "AtomicTag" } seems there are none?? it works on my opc tags. { "valueSource": "opc", "opcItemPath": "nsu\u003dCODESYSSPV3/3S/IecVarAccess;s\u003d|var|LAH\_SRV\_KNAR.Application.HMI.M1\_L\_D", "Invert": "0", "alarms": [ { "notes": "Knäred RV M1 Driftlarm", "timeOnDelaySeconds": 5.0, "priority": "High", "enabled": true, "name": "M1\_L\_D", } ], "tooltip": "Driftlarm", "tagType": "AtomicTag", "historyProvider": "MSSQL", "dataType": "Boolean", "name": "M1\_L\_D", "historyEnabled": true, "opcServer": "LAH\_SRV\_KNAR\_PLC1" } ---
**Author:** ![David\_Stone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/david_stone/32/79749_2.png) [@David\_Stone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756/2 "2025-06-25T09:12:09Z")
How are you trying to access the attribute? Please post formatted code, it makes life so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Anders\_Liedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Anders\_Liedman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anders_Liedman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756/3 "2025-06-25T09:35:17Z")
Thanks! ```python try: tagValue = system.tag.readBlocking([tagPath])[0] result["current_value"] = tagValue.value result["tag_quality"] = str(tagValue.quality) system.util.getLogger("MessageHandler").info("Tag value: {}, Quality: {}".format(tagValue.value, tagValue.quality)) except Exception as e: result["tag_read_error"] = str(e) # Debug alarm config if "alarms" in result: system.util.getLogger("MessageHandler").info("Alarm config: {}".format(result["alarms"])) if len(result["alarms"]) > 0: alarm = result["alarms"][0] all_keys = list(alarm.keys()) system.util.getLogger("MessageHandler").info("All alarm keys: {}".format(all_keys)) # Check specifically for enabled has_enabled = "enabled" in alarm system.util.getLogger("MessageHandler").info("Enabled exists: {}".format(has_enabled)) if has_enabled: system.util.getLogger("MessageHandler").info("Enabled value: {}".format(alarm["enabled"])) else: # Check for other possible variants possible_enabled_keys = [k for k in all_keys if 'enable' in k.lower()] system.util.getLogger("MessageHandler").info("Possible enabled keys: {}".format(possible_enabled_keys)) ``` ---
**Author:** ![David\_Stone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/david_stone/32/79749_2.png) [@David\_Stone](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/David_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756/4 "2025-06-25T09:44:53Z")
If I print the system.tag.readBlocking() response object as json I get: `{"value":false,"quality":{"code":192},"timestamp":"Jun 25, 2025, 9:22:47 AM"}` This doesn't contain alarm information. Perhaps [system.tag.getConfiguration | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-tag/system-tag-getConfiguration) could get you the information you require? ---
**Author:** ![Anders\_Liedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Anders\_Liedman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anders_Liedman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756/5 "2025-06-25T13:28:17Z")
Ok, seems like I found the error. When I created the tag, enabled was true in the GUI but wasn't stored on the tag. If I changed the status on it and saved, then it was stored for the tag and could be accessed." So it sounds like there was a GUI issue where the enabled flag wasn't actually being persisted to the tag configuration until you explicitly changed and saved it. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756/6 "2025-06-25T16:00:19Z")
Not a GUI issue. Default values are deliberately not persisted as a storage optimization - but are stored once you change them (and evidently not cleaned up). ---
**Author:** ![Anders\_Liedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@Anders\_Liedman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Anders_Liedman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/memory-boolean-tag-alarm-enabled/107756/7 "2025-06-26T05:29:30Z")
```python So in my case the logic in my script should be: if (alarms && !enabled) { enabled = true; } something like that. Thanks for the answer, it explains the matter. ```