Index: HemodialysisDevice.py
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diff -u -r08bdd97f4bf72851052fd1e44178335bea9401e4 -r2726aefcda8b4efc3a263b0561ea6bae1526b6a2
--- HemodialysisDevice.py	(.../HemodialysisDevice.py)	(revision 08bdd97f4bf72851052fd1e44178335bea9401e4)
+++ HemodialysisDevice.py	(.../HemodialysisDevice.py)	(revision 2726aefcda8b4efc3a263b0561ea6bae1526b6a2)
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@
                 \returns none
             """
 
-            alarmID = struct.unpack('<H', message['message'][self.START_POS_ALARM_ID:self.END_POS_ALARM_ID])
-            self.alarmStates[alarmID] = True
+            alarmID = struct.unpack('<H', bytearray(message['message'][self.START_POS_ALARM_ID:self.END_POS_ALARM_ID]))
+            self.alarmStates[alarmID[0]] = True
 
         def handlerAlarmClearFunction(self, message):
             """
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@
                 \returns none
             """
 
-            alarmID = struct.unpack('<H', message['message'][self.START_POS_ALARM_ID:self.END_POS_ALARM_ID])
-            self.alarmStates[alarmID] = False
+            alarmID = struct.unpack('<H', bytearray(message['message'][self.START_POS_ALARM_ID:self.END_POS_ALARM_ID]))
+            self.alarmStates[alarmID[0]] = False
 
         def CmdAlarmStateOverride(self, reset, state, alarm):
             """