1. A data processing device ( 1 ) comprising processing means ( 4 ) capable of receiving, from equipment ( 3 ) in a communications network, primary data defining events in at least one primary format and of delivering to a management device in said network ( 2 ) secondary data defining alarms representing said events, in a secondary format, wherein said processing means ( 4 ) comprise an interpreter ( 5 ) provided with conversion rules, arranged in the form of “scripts” associated with the various primary event formats, and arranged so as to convert, by means of said rules, primary data received in one of said primary formats into secondary data in said secondary format which can be interpreted by said management device ( 2 ).