The OSD (On Screen Display) Alert Device is specified by giving the device type of 'osd' and paremeters on how the display should be drawn. The OSD Alert Device uses the following parameters.

• device = osd
• position = string
  The relative vertical position on the screen to being displaying the alert information. The possible values are top, middle, and bottom. (Optional, Default: top)
  

  Example:
  	position = middle
  

• alignment = string
  The relative horizontal position on the screen to being displaying the alert information. The possible values are left, center, and middle. (Optional, Default: right)
  

  Example:
  	alignment = center
  

• offset = integer
  The offset from the relative horizontal and vertical positions to being displaying the alert information. (Optional, Default: 0)
  

  Example:
  	position = 100
  

• timeout = integer
  The time to leave the alert displayed on the screen measured in seconds. (Optional, Default: 10)
  

  Example:
  	timeout = 25
  

• color = string
  The HTML color code to use in for displaying the text on the screen. (Optional, Default: red)
  

  Example:
  	position = #777777
  

• font = string
  The X11 font specification to use for displaying the text on the screen. (Optional, Default: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1)
  

  Example:
  	position = -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
  

• alert = [comma separated list]
  The list of alert types that this device should receive.
  

  Example:
  	alert = watch,warning
  

• areas = [colon separated list]
  This is the list of areas that the device should use to filter the available alerts. The area is specified as a Location,State. The location can be either a city or a county. The state should be the two letter abbreviation for the state. An unlimited number of areas can be specified.
  

  Example:
  	areas = Rockwall,TX:Collin,TX:Dallas,TX:Kaufman,TX:Hunt,TX