# Modifying alarm dispatch

To set up the alarm dispatch, open the “Alarm contacts settings….” in “Administration” menu.

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This will open ‘Alarm contact settings’ dialog shown below.

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Click “Alarm codes” text in the ‘Error types’ list on the left.

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After you click “Alarm codes”, all the alarm dispatch definitions present in the system will be displayed in the “Contact entries” list.

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To modify one of the existing alarm dispatch definitions, select it from the “Contact entries” list. In the example, group Bell Laboratory, defined in 10.1, was selected.

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After a contact is selected, click “+” sign left from “Alarm codes” in “Error types” to unfold the alarm source list.

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You shall unfold the branches to the bottom of the tree to show all the sources if needed.

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Click the checkboxes to modify the alarm sources the way you want, click OK and sign to save.