Index: firmware/App/Services/AlarmMgmt.c
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diff -u -r025612ad77fe630889a364586de54bffe5262d56 -r31aa23b12f37b9d16b5160369ccb7dab6c6eca4d
--- firmware/App/Services/AlarmMgmt.c	(.../AlarmMgmt.c)	(revision 025612ad77fe630889a364586de54bffe5262d56)
+++ firmware/App/Services/AlarmMgmt.c	(.../AlarmMgmt.c)	(revision 31aa23b12f37b9d16b5160369ccb7dab6c6eca4d)
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 /// Interval (ms/task time) at which the alarm information is published on the CAN bus.
 #define ALARM_INFO_PUB_INTERVAL                 ( MS_PER_SECOND / TASK_GENERAL_INTERVAL )
+#define DATA_PUBLISH_COUNTER_START_COUNT        12                                                      ///< Data publish counter start count.
 
 // *** This declaration will cause a compiler error if ALARM_TABLE does not have same # of alarms as the Alarm_List enumeration.
 U08 alarmTableSizeAssertion[ ( ( sizeof( ALARM_TABLE ) / sizeof( ALARM_T ) ) == NUM_OF_ALARM_IDS ? 1 : -1 ) ];
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
 
 static BOOL alarmIsActive[ NUM_OF_ALARM_IDS ];                          ///< Array of current state of each alarm
 static BOOL alarmConditionIsActive[ NUM_OF_ALARM_IDS ];                 ///< Array of flag indicates if an alarm condition is active
-static U32 alarmInfoPublicationTimerCounter = 0;                        ///< Used to schedule alarm information publication to CAN bus.
+static U32 alarmInfoPublicationTimerCounter;                            ///< Used to schedule alarm information publication to CAN bus.
 /// Interval (in task intervals) at which to publish alarm information to CAN bus.
 static OVERRIDE_U32_T alarmInfoPublishInterval = { ALARM_INFO_PUB_INTERVAL, ALARM_INFO_PUB_INTERVAL, ALARM_INFO_PUB_INTERVAL, 0 };
 
@@ -68,7 +69,9 @@
  *************************************************************************/
 void initAlarmMgmt( void )
 {
-    ALARM_ID_T alrm;
+    ALARM_ID_T alrm;
+
+    alarmInfoPublicationTimerCounter = DATA_PUBLISH_COUNTER_START_COUNT;
 
     // initialize alarm states and start time stamps
     for ( alrm = ALARM_ID_NO_ALARM; alrm < NUM_OF_ALARM_IDS; alrm++ )
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@
         U32 safetyActivated = (U32)isSafetyShutdownActivated();
 
         broadcastData( MSG_ID_DG_ALARM_INFO, COMM_BUFFER_OUT_CAN_DG_ALARM, (U08*)&safetyActivated, sizeof( U32 ) );
-        alarmInfoPublicationTimerCounter = 0;
+        alarmInfoPublicationTimerCounter = DATA_PUBLISH_COUNTER_START_COUNT;
     }
 }