added some error handling
diff --git a/bin/Openbmc.py b/bin/Openbmc.py
index 97d20bf..b320d52 100644
--- a/bin/Openbmc.py
+++ b/bin/Openbmc.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 	'FATAL_ERROR'       : 2,
 	'NOT_PRESENT'       : 3,
 }
+
+EVENT_TYPES = ['NONE','FATAL','RECOVERABLE','WARNING','SW_ERROR','INFO']
+
+
 ENUMS = {
 	'org.openbmc.SensorIntegerThreshold.state' : 
 		['NOT_SET','NORMAL','LOWER_CRITICAL','LOWER_WARNING','UPPER_WARNING','UPPER_CRITICAL'],