Compliant with the ASCOM-Alpaca Specification, the Safety Monitor API provides exposure to the safety conditions at the site. These conditions are based on the selection of boundaries for each of the Observed Conditions as per the ASCOM specification.

The Safety Monitor API method is available for desktop observatory control programs to allow the program to act or react as necessary. 

There are 13 ASCOM defined conditions, any of which can be enabled with boundary conditions to determine when to set the Safety Condition either True or False. The administrator sets these conditions and can also choose to set the value to False continuously possibly during site maintenance activities.