Substation Display Objects

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Substations in Simulator define a group of buses that are closely connected. Each bus can belong to either one substation or no substation (called unassigned). By default in Simulator, all buses are not assigned to a substation. This is done because all traditional text file power flow formats do not include information regarding a bus' substation.

Substations are represented on the oneline as a rectangle with the name of the substation inside it. Other information about the substation is also displayed on the rectangle:

• The upper left corner displays a generator symbol if generation exists in the substation.
• The upper right corner displays a load symbol if load exists in the substation.
• The lower right corner displays a shunt symbol if shunts exist in the substation.
• The lower left corner displays the number of buses inside the substation.
• The lower middle displays the maximum voltage level in the substation.

You can also customize the size, colors, and font name and style of a substation object. Note however that the font size of the substation object is automatically changed by Simulator as you change the size of the rectangle.

Right-clicking on the substation will display its local menu. The local menu offers you the chance to view the corresponding Substation Information Dialog and the Substation View Display.