All Grass Valley devices in an iControl system automatically generate an overall alarm status that can be viewed in iC Navigator (the icon beside the device name), in the GSM Alarm Browser (the Overall sub-alarm inside the folder associated with the device), and on Web pages—any Web page component that is associated with the device, such as a button or a UMD, can be configured to display the device’s overall alarm status. The overall alarm status comes from the device’s hardware or firmware, and is based on the status(es) of one or more sub-alarms corresponding to specific device parameters.