This object is used to control the detection of alarms in this NE. When a threshold from either the property table or the discrete property table is crossed in a manner described by that MIB, then an alarm is said to have occurred. When the alarm is detected, an entry is placed in the alarm log table, which serves as a log of the most recent alarm events. When an alarm is detected, then an alarm trap is also generated. A property which is not in the nominal state will have an entry in the currentAlarmTable. The detectionDisabled(1) value prevents the threshold detection process associated with the property table and discrete property table from running. The NE will not generate alarms. The contents of the alarmLogTable, currentAlarmTable, each instance of discreteAlarmState, and each instance of currentAlarmState remain in the state prior to detectionDisabled being applied. The detectionEnabled(2) value permits alarm detection to run. The detection process continues from the state the transponder was in prior to detectionEnabled being set. The detectionEnabledAndRegenerate(3) value clears all alarm information and permits alarm detection to run. All alarm properties, both discrete and analog, are restored to the nominal value before alarm detection runs. Any properties that are in an alarm state SHALL NOT produce a 'return to normal' alarm as part of the process. Setting this value clears the alarmLogTable and the currentAlarmTable. The detectionEnabledAndRegenerate(3) value is transient. When setting commonAlarmDetectionControl to detectionEnabledAndRegnerate(3), the response will contain detectionEnabledAndRegnerate(3). Subsequent reads of the object report detectionEnabled(2). The detectionDisabled(1) value does not affect the generation of hmsColdStart or hmsWarmStart traps. Traps added in the future are assumed to be unaffected by this object, unless stated in the description of that trap. This object has a default value of detectionEnabled(2). The value for this object is maintained in non-volatile memory.