private void UpdateAlarm(ConditionState node, SimAlarmStateBackend alarm, string eventId = null)
        {
            ISystemContext context = _nodeManager.SystemContext;

            // remove old event.
            if (node.EventId.Value != null)
            {
                _events.Remove(Utils.ToHexString(node.EventId.Value));
            }

            node.EventId.Value = eventId != null?Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(eventId) : Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray();

            node.Time.Value        = DateTime.UtcNow;
            node.ReceiveTime.Value = node.Time.Value;

            // save the event for later lookup.
            _events[Utils.ToHexString(node.EventId.Value)] = node;

            // determine the retain state.
            node.Retain.Value = true;

            if (alarm != null)
            {
                node.Time.Value    = alarm.Time;
                node.Message.Value = new LocalizedText(alarm.Reason);
                node.SetComment(context, alarm.Comment, alarm.UserName);
                node.SetSeverity(context, alarm.Severity);
                node.EnabledState.TransitionTime.Value = alarm.EnableTime;
                node.SetEnableState(context, (alarm.State & SimConditionStatesEnum.Enabled) != 0);

                if (node is AlarmConditionState)
                {
                    AlarmConditionState nodeAlarm = (AlarmConditionState)node;
                    nodeAlarm.SetAcknowledgedState(context, (alarm.State & SimConditionStatesEnum.Acknowledged) != 0);
                    nodeAlarm.SetConfirmedState(context, (alarm.State & SimConditionStatesEnum.Confirmed) != 0);
                    nodeAlarm.SetActiveState(context, (alarm.State & SimConditionStatesEnum.Active) != 0);
                    nodeAlarm.SetSuppressedState(context, (alarm.State & SimConditionStatesEnum.Suppressed) != 0);
                    nodeAlarm.ActiveState.TransitionTime.Value = alarm.ActiveTime;
                    // not interested in inactive alarms
                    if (!nodeAlarm.ActiveState.Id.Value)
                    {
                        nodeAlarm.Retain.Value = false;
                    }
                }
            }
            // check for deleted items.
            if ((alarm.State & SimConditionStatesEnum.Deleted) != 0)
            {
                node.Retain.Value = false;
            }

            // not interested in disabled alarms.
            if (!node.EnabledState.Id.Value)
            {
                node.Retain.Value = false;
            }
        }