Contingency Element Type: Script

Added in version 20

The following describes the options available when creating a contingency element of type Script. Contingency elements are created from the Contingency Element Dialog, and additional details of how to create contingency elements can be found here.

Action Settings

There are no action settings for a script action.

Command

This edit box will contain the script command to be run as a contingency action. Multiple script commands can be entered and must be specified as a single line of text with the multiple commands separated by semi-colons. If an unknown script command is entered or other inappropriate formatting is included, the contingency will be aborted. When the contingency is aborted the results will be reported in the same manner as the Abort contingency action.

Available script commands are described Auxiliary File Format document posted on the PowerWorld website at http://www.powerworld.com/files/Auxiliary-File-Format.pdf.