diff --git a/userspace/digwatch/lua/output.lua b/userspace/digwatch/lua/output.lua
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+++ b/userspace/digwatch/lua/output.lua
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+local mod = {}
+
+function mod.syslog(evt, level, format)
+   nixio = require("nixio")
+   formatter = digwatch.formatter(format)
+   msg = digwatch.format_event(evt, formatter)
+   nixio.syslog(level, msg)
+end
+
+
+local first_sequence_state = {}
+
+function mod.first_sequence(evt, fieldname, key, format)
+   local field_value = digwatch.field(evt, fieldname)
+   local now = os.time()
+
+   if first_sequence_state[key] == nil then
+      first_sequence_state[key] = {}
+   end
+
+   if first_sequence_state[key][field_value] == nil or
+   now - first_sequence_state[key][field_value] > 5 then
+      formatter = digwatch.formatter(format)
+      msg = digwatch.format_event(evt, formatter)
+      print (msg)
+   end
+   first_sequence_state[key][field_value] = now
+end
+
+return mod