Index: firmware/App/Controllers/BloodLeak.c
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diff -u -rf4f7e0ee3baef51d91de64d44a0a00ff967f56c0 -r49a6477e7af4246a08e1c774b979be0df1e1aee5
--- firmware/App/Controllers/BloodLeak.c	(.../BloodLeak.c)	(revision f4f7e0ee3baef51d91de64d44a0a00ff967f56c0)
+++ firmware/App/Controllers/BloodLeak.c	(.../BloodLeak.c)	(revision 49a6477e7af4246a08e1c774b979be0df1e1aee5)
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
 #define BLOOD_LEAK_FPGA_ERROR_TIMEOUT_MS     ( 2 * MS_PER_SECOND )                               ///< Blood leak embedded mode FPGA error timeout in milliseconds.
 #define BLOOD_LEAK_RXFIFO_COUNT_MASK         0x03ff                                              ///< Mask high order bits of blood leak sensor rx count
 
+#define MAX_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_FAILURES_WINDOW_MS ( 1 * SEC_PER_MIN * MS_PER_SECOND )              ///< Blood Leak comm failures window
+#define MAX_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_FAILURES          3                                                 ///< Blood Leak maximum comm failures per MAX_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_FAILURES_WINDOW_MS
+
 /// Defined states for the blood leak detector state machine.
 typedef enum BloodLeakStates
 {
@@ -266,6 +269,10 @@
     // Enqueue the commands to set the embedded mode and request the set point of the blood leak sensor
     enqueueEmbModeCmd( CS_EMB_MODE_CMD );
     enqueueEmbModeCmd( D_EMB_MODE_CMD );
+
+    // initialize FPGA comm failures windowed timer count
+    initTimeWindowedCount( TIME_WINDOWED_COUNT_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_ERROR, MAX_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_FAILURES, MAX_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_FAILURES_WINDOW_MS);
+
 }
 
 /*********************************************************************//**
@@ -1040,6 +1047,11 @@
 
         bloodLeakEmbModeRqstedCmd = NU_EMB_MODE_CMD;
         state                     = BLOOD_LEAK_EMB_MODE_WAIT_FOR_COMAND_STATE;
+
+        if ( TRUE == incTimeWindowedCount( TIME_WINDOWED_COUNT_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_ERROR ) )
+        {
+            SET_ALARM_WITH_2_U32_DATA( ALARM_ID_HD_FPGA_COMM_TIMEOUT, MAX_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_FAILURES, (U32)MAX_BLOOD_LEAK_COMM_FAILURES_WINDOW_MS )
+        }
     }
 
     return state;