diff --git a/expressAlarm.py b/expressAlarm.py
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-#!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-"""
-expressAlarm is the function to enable BOSwatch to deal with Swissfone Express-Alarm
-
-@author: Fabian Kessler
-
-@requires: Configuration has to be set in the config.ini
-"""
-
-import logging # Global logger
-import time    # timestamp for expressAlarm
-
-from includes import globalVars  # Global variables
-
-expressList = []
-
-def newEntryExpressList(eatyp, eapoc_id, eapoc_sub, eapoc_text):
-	"""
-	add entry to express alarm list and remove old entries
-
-	@return:    nothing
-	"""
-	global expressList
-	tmpexpressList = []
-	timestamp = int(time.time())
-	# Express-Alarm processing if enabled and delimiter RIC has been received
-	if eapoc_id == globalVars.config.get("ExpressAlarm", "expressAlarm_delimiter_ric"):
-		expressList = []
-		logging.debug("Express-Alarm delimiter RIC received --> buffer cleared  %s  %s %s ", eapoc_id, eapoc_sub, eapoc_text)
-	else:	
-		expressList.append([eatyp, eapoc_id, eapoc_sub, eapoc_text.strip(), timestamp])
-		logging.debug("Added %s  %s %s to expressList", eapoc_id, eapoc_sub, eapoc_text)
-		# check for old entries in expressList
-		for i in range(len(expressList)):
-			# we have to remove entries older than timestamp - ignore time
-			if int(expressList[i][4]) > timestamp-globalVars.config.getint("ExpressAlarm", "expressAlarm_ignore_time"):
-				tmpexpressList.append(expressList[i])
-	expressList = tmpexpressList
-
-
-def expressAlarmExec(typ, freq, data):
-	"""
-	call alarmHandler for every entry in expressList
-	
-	@return:    nothing
-	"""
-	logging.debug("data before update from expressList: %s", data)
-	for i in range(len(expressList)):    
-		#update with eapoc_id (RIC)
-		data['ric'] =  expressList[i][1]
-		#update with eapoc_sub (Sub RIC)
-		data['function'] = expressList[i][2]
-		# Add function as character a-d to dataset (reused from includes/poc.py)
-		data["functionChar"] = data["function"].replace("1", "a").replace("2", "b").replace("3", "c").replace("4", "d")
-		#update with eapoc_id (RIC)
-		data['description'] = expressList[i][1]
-		logging.debug("data after update from expressList: %s", data)  
-		try:
-			from includes import alarmHandler
-			alarmHandler.processAlarmHandler(typ, freq, data)
-		except:
-			logging.error("processing alarm failed")
-			logging.debug("processing alarm failed", exc_info=True)
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