Switch

A generic device designed to close, or open, or both, one or more electric circuits. All switches are two terminal devices including grounding switches.

• NOTE: this is an abstract class and should not be instantiated directly

URI: cim:Switch
Type: Class

 classDiagram
    class Switch
    click Switch href "../Switch"
      ConductingEquipment <|-- Switch
        click ConductingEquipment href "../ConductingEquipment"


      Switch <|-- GroundDisconnector
        click GroundDisconnector href "../GroundDisconnector"


      Switch : Equipment.aggregate

      Switch : ConductingEquipment.BaseVoltage

          Switch --> BaseVoltage : ConductingEquipment.BaseVoltage
          click BaseVoltage href "../BaseVoltage"

      Switch : IdentifiedObject.description

      Switch : Equipment.EquipmentContainer

          Switch --> EquipmentContainer : Equipment.EquipmentContainer
          click EquipmentContainer href "../EquipmentContainer"

      Switch : IdentifiedObject.mRID

      Switch : IdentifiedObject.name

      Switch : Switch.normalOpen

      Switch : Switch.ratedCurrent

      Switch : Switch.retained

Inheritance

• IdentifiedObject
  • PowerSystemResource
    • Equipment
      • ConductingEquipment
        • Switch
          • GroundDisconnector

Attributes

Name	URI	Cardinality and Range	Description	Inheritance
normalOpen	cim:Switch.normalOpen	1 boolean	The attribute is used in cases when no Measurement for the status value is pr...	direct
ratedCurrent	cim:Switch.ratedCurrent	0..1 CurrentFlow	The maximum continuous current carrying capacity in amps governed by the devi...	direct
retained	cim:Switch.retained	1 boolean	Branch is retained in a bus branch model	direct
BaseVoltage	cim:ConductingEquipment.BaseVoltage	0..1 BaseVoltage	Base voltage of this conducting equipment	ConductingEquipment
aggregate	cim:Equipment.aggregate	0..1 boolean	The single instance of equipment represents multiple pieces of equipment that...	Equipment
EquipmentContainer	cim:Equipment.EquipmentContainer	0..1 EquipmentContainer	Container of this equipment	Equipment
mRID	cim:IdentifiedObject.mRID	0..1 string	Master resource identifier issued by a model authority	IdentifiedObject
description	cim:IdentifiedObject.description	0..1 string	The description is a free human readable text describing or naming the object	IdentifiedObject
name	cim:IdentifiedObject.name	1 string	The name is any free human readable and possibly non unique text naming the o...	IdentifiedObject

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: http://iec.ch/TC57/2013/CPSM-ShortCircuit#

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	cim:Switch
native	this:Switch