# Menu menuAlarmStat This menu defines the possible alarm statuses that EPICS records can exhibit which is used for `STAT` and `NSTA` fields of all record types. See ["Alarm Status"](#alarm-status) for more information. | Index | Identifier | Choice String | | ----- | ---------- | ------------- | | 0 | menuAlarmStatNO\_ALARM | NO\_ALARM | | 1 | menuAlarmStatREAD | READ | | 2 | menuAlarmStatWRITE | WRITE | | 3 | menuAlarmStatHIHI | HIHI | | 4 | menuAlarmStatHIGH | HIGH | | 5 | menuAlarmStatLOLO | LOLO | | 6 | menuAlarmStatLOW | LOW | | 7 | menuAlarmStatSTATE | STATE | | 8 | menuAlarmStatCOS | COS | | 9 | menuAlarmStatCOMM | COMM | | 10 | menuAlarmStatTIMEOUT | TIMEOUT | | 11 | menuAlarmStatHWLIMIT | HWLIMIT | | 12 | menuAlarmStatCALC | CALC | | 13 | menuAlarmStatSCAN | SCAN | | 14 | menuAlarmStatLINK | LINK | | 15 | menuAlarmStatSOFT | SOFT | | 16 | menuAlarmStatBAD\_SUB | BAD\_SUB | | 17 | menuAlarmStatUDF | UDF | | 18 | menuAlarmStatDISABLE | DISABLE | | 19 | menuAlarmStatSIMM | SIMM | | 20 | menuAlarmStatREAD\_ACCESS | READ\_ACCESS | | 21 | menuAlarmStatWRITE\_ACCESS | WRITE\_ACCESS |