Substation Field Options Dialog

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Substation field display objects are used to show different values associated with substations on onelines.

This dialog can be opened by right-clicking on a substation display field and choosing to open the Substation Field Dialog while in run mode. If in edit mode this dialog will be opened simply by right-clicking on a substation display field.

This dialog is used to view and modify the parameters associated with these fields.

 

Substation Number

Select the number of the substation for which you are inserting or viewing information of a substation field.

Find…

If you do not know the exact substation you are looking for, you can click this button to open the advanced search engine.

Substation Name

The name of the currently selected substation.

Substation ID

The substation ID number.

Total Digits in Field

Total number of digits to show in the field.

Digits to Right of Decimal

Number of digits to show to the right of the decimal point.

Rotation Angle in Degrees

The angle at which the text will appear on the diagram.

Field Value

Shows the current output for the super area field. Whenever you change the Type of Field selection, this field is updated.

Field Prefix

A prefix that can be specified and displayed with the selected value.

Anchored

If this checkbox is checked, the substation field is anchored to its associated substations, which means that it will move with the substation.

Include Suffix

If this checkbox is checked, the corresponding field units will be displayed after the current value. Otherwise, only the value without units will be shown.

Type of Field

Used to determine the type of super area field to show. The following choices are available:

Substation Name, Substation Number 

Name or number of the selected substation.

Substation ID

ID string for the selected substation.

Max Nominal Voltage 

Displays the nominal voltage of the highest nominal voltage bus in the substation.

Substation Load MW, Substation Load Mvar

Total Load MW or MVAR in the substation.

Substation Gen MW, Substation Gen MVAR 

Total Generator MW or MVAR in the substation.

Select a Field

Choose from any of the available substation fields. Use the Find Field button to open a dialog from which the field can be selected.

Checking the Draw Sparkline checkbox will display a sparkline instead of a field value on the oneline and list only those fields that are available for representation as a sparkline.

 

Select OK to save changes and to close the dialog, or click Cancel to close the dialog without saving your changes.