Index: dialin/hd/alarms.py
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diff -u -r6baf36b2300c50bbdc2bfdd184ac37904abb1da3 -rfe64b46371ec7a8d6709c6f23fd0db81f0dc138c
--- dialin/hd/alarms.py	(.../alarms.py)	(revision 6baf36b2300c50bbdc2bfdd184ac37904abb1da3)
+++ dialin/hd/alarms.py	(.../alarms.py)	(revision fe64b46371ec7a8d6709c6f23fd0db81f0dc138c)
@@ -402,8 +402,7 @@
         @param message:  published blood flow data message
         @return: none
         """
-
-        self.alarms_state = int.from_bytes(bytearray(
+        self.alarms_priority_state = int.from_bytes(bytearray(
             message['message'][self.START_POS_ALARM_STATE:self.END_POS_ALARM_STATE]),
             byteorder=DenaliMessage.BYTE_ORDER)
         self.alarm_top = int.from_bytes(bytearray(
@@ -435,8 +434,8 @@
         alarm_cto = struct.unpack('<I', bytearray(message['message'][MsgFieldPositions.START_POS_FIELD_8:MsgFieldPositions.END_POS_FIELD_8]))
         self.alarm_states[alarm_id[0]] = True
         self.alarm_conditions[alarm_id[0]] = True
-        self.alarm_priorities[alarm_id[0]] = alarm_priority
-        self.alarm_ranks[alarm_id[0]] = alarm_rank
+        self.alarm_priorities[alarm_id[0]] = alarm_priority[0]
+        self.alarm_ranks[alarm_id[0]] = alarm_rank[0]
         self.alarm_clr_top_only[alarm_id[0]] = True if alarm_cto[0] == 1 else False
 
     @publish(["alarm_states", "alarm_conditions"])