This read-write INTEGER switch controls whether the EWSD exchange sends spontaneous count alarms, with yes(1) enabling them and no(2) disabling them. It matters operationally because spontaneous count alarms push alarm-count updates to the manager as they happen, rather than waiting for a scheduled poll, so an admin toggles it on when they need near-real-time visibility into open-alarm counts. For example, a technician troubleshooting an alarm storm would set this to yes(1) so the management station is notified immediately as new counted alarms occur instead of only at the next periodic report.