Software Patches

September 30, 2013

Features and Improvements

  • Auxiliary Files (SCRIPT and DATA Sections): The Scale script command now allows specifying the new value or scale factor through a field with the object type to scale. To use this option, the [parameters] input should contain variablenames instead of numeric values. When using a field rather than value, the scaling will be done by individual object rather than the aggregation of all objects selected for scaling.
  • Contingency Analysis Tool: Do not count Aborted contingencies as unsolvable. They are treated as their own category when reporting the final status with the number of violations and unsolvable contingencies.
  • General: Injection groups now have their own set of options that define how they should be scaled. There is also an option that determines if these options should be used. When set to be used, appropriate injection group-specific options will be used instead of tool-specific options. Tools that now allow use of injection group-specific options are PV, ATC, Island-Based AGC, Injection Group Area Slack, Time Step Simulation, and Scaling.
  • User Interface Dialogs: The Scale tool now allows specifying the new value or scale factor through a field with the object type to scale. When using a field rather than value, the scaling will be done by individual object rather than the aggregation of all objects selected for scaling.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Oneline Diagrams: If you resized a bus object and then used the Undo tool (or ctrl-z) to undo the resizing, the anchored devices could move to incorrect locations. This has been fixed.
    • Transient Stability: Fixed error in TLIN1 model. It was not properly monitoring for under-frequency tripping and thus never operated for under frequency.