# Passing Minor Alarm data to Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [September 2, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721 "2022-09-02T17:00:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaleb.s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kaleb.s](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaleb.s)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/1 "2022-09-02T17:00:49Z")
Is there a specific process to pass minor fault codes from a PLC to a Ignition Dashboard? Is it as simple as having a Minor Fault tag in the PLC logic and coding a tag in ignition to connect to the PLC tag and display the minor fault data via a label of sorts on ignition? ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/2 "2022-09-02T17:17:22Z")
Might want to give details on your specific PLC(s) ---
**Author:** ![kaleb.s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kaleb.s](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaleb.s)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/3 "2022-09-02T17:27:27Z")
PLC is Allen Bradley L310ER ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/4 "2022-09-02T17:29:36Z")
My vote is to use GSVs in your PLC and get the fault info into a tag or UDT and then just read these tags in Ignition. If you create a UDT in the PLC you can create a UDT in Ignition to match, which makes creating tags in Ignition simple and quick and easy to maintain. ---
**Author:** ![kaleb.s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kaleb.s](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaleb.s)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/5 "2022-09-02T17:38:04Z")
Appreciate the help! ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/6 "2022-09-02T17:41:45Z")
That is just my opinion, others may have some help as well Welcome to the forum by the way. ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/7 "2022-09-02T18:16:56Z")
Be sure to put it in the fault handling routine. Also there’s a spreadsheet that may be of use to you. [https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rd/1756-rd001\_-en-p.xlsx](https://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/rd/1756-rd001_-en-p.xlsx) ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/8 "2022-09-02T18:29:29Z")
If you are only wanting minor fault info there isn’t a need for using a fault handler routine. Wanting major faults would though. ---
**Author:** ![kaleb.s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kaleb.s](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaleb.s)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/passing-minor-alarm-data-to-ignition/63721/9 "2022-09-02T19:36:23Z")
I downloaded that spreadsheet today actually haha. Thank you for the recommendation though!