# Using Alarm Clear and Acknowledged as an alarm reset in the PLC

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-alarm-clear-and-acknowledged-as-an-alarm-reset-in-the-plc/32115>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-alarm-clear-and-acknowledged-as-an-alarm-reset-in-the-plc/32115 "2020-02-10T23:14:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![icediamond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/icediamond/32/13471_2.png) [@icediamond](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/icediamond)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-alarm-clear-and-acknowledged-as-an-alarm-reset-in-the-plc/32115/1 "2020-02-10T23:14:49Z")

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I am trying to find a way to send my PLC (RS Logix 5000) Alarm Cleared and Acknowledged. The goal is to use this status as a fault reset in the PLC. So when both happen the system will start right back up automatically.

[system.alert.acknowledgeAlert](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/system.alert.acknowledgeAlert)

I am fairly new to scripting but I think this may be part of my answer. It is unclear to me and maybe there is a simple solution right in front of me but I am not seeing it.

Any help is very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![camatt3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@camatt3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/camatt3)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-alarm-clear-and-acknowledged-as-an-alarm-reset-in-the-plc/32115/2 "2020-02-11T01:27:08Z")

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I’m not sure if this is what you’re after, but have you seen the Tag Events scripts (Alarm Cleared/Alarm Acknowledged) in the Tag Editor? You can specify a script to run whenever an alarm is acknowledged/cleared on a tag. The script could write to a PLC tag etc.

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**Author:** ![icediamond](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/icediamond/32/13471_2.png) [@icediamond](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/icediamond)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-alarm-clear-and-acknowledged-as-an-alarm-reset-in-the-plc/32115/3 "2020-02-13T23:40:56Z")

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I have learned a lot in the last few days about scripting and this is exactly what I was needing!! Thank you very much camatt3. I knew it was right in front of me I just did not realize where at.

This helps out a lot.