Terminal

An AC electrical connection point to a piece of conducting equipment. Terminals are connected at physical connection points called connectivity nodes.

Type

Class

URI

cim:Terminal

CIM standard (perspective)

IEC61970 (Grid)

Class hierarchy

Slots

Associated classes
Figure 1. Associated classes
Name Type Description Inherited from

ConductingEquipment

1
ConductingEquipment

The conducting equipment of the terminal. Conducting equipment have terminals that may be connected to other conducting...

n/a

ConnectivityNode

0..1
ConnectivityNode

The connectivity node to which this terminal connects with zero impedance.

n/a

TransformerEnd

0..*
TransformerEnd

All transformer ends connected at this terminal.

n/a

phases

0..1
PhaseCode

Represents the normal network phasing condition. If the attribute is missing, three phases (ABC) shall be assumed, except...

n/a

sequenceNumber

1
integer

The orientation of the terminal connections for a multiple terminal conducting equipment. The sequence numbering starts...

ACDCTerminal

description

0..1
string

The description is a free human readable text describing or naming the object. It may be non unique and may not correlate to...

IdentifiedObject

energyIdentCodeEic

0..1
string

The attribute is used for an exchange of the EIC code (Energy identification Code). The length of the string is 16...

IdentifiedObject

mRID

1
string

Master resource identifier issued by a model authority. The mRID is unique within an exchange context. Global uniqueness is...

IdentifiedObject

name

1
string

The name is any free human readable and possibly non unique text naming the object.

IdentifiedObject

shortName

0..1
string

The attribute is used for an exchange of a human readable short name with length of the string 12 characters maximum.

IdentifiedObject


ConductingEquipment

The conducting equipment of the terminal. Conducting equipment have terminals that may be connected to other conducting equipment terminals via connectivity nodes or topological nodes.

URI

cim:Terminal.ConductingEquipment

Cardinality

1

Type

ConductingEquipment

ConnectivityNode

The connectivity node to which this terminal connects with zero impedance.

URI

cim:Terminal.ConnectivityNode

Cardinality

0..1

Type

ConnectivityNode

description

The description is a free human readable text describing or naming the object. It may be non unique and may not correlate to a naming hierarchy.

URI

cim:IdentifiedObject.description

Cardinality

0..1

Type

string

Inherited from

IdentifiedObject

energyIdentCodeEic

The attribute is used for an exchange of the EIC code (Energy identification Code). The length of the string is 16 characters as defined by the EIC code. For details on EIC scheme please refer to ENTSO-E web site.

URI

eu:IdentifiedObject.energyIdentCodeEic

Cardinality

0..1

Type

string

Inherited from

IdentifiedObject

mRID

Master resource identifier issued by a model authority. The mRID is unique within an exchange context. Global uniqueness is easily achieved by using a UUID, as specified in RFC 4122, for the mRID. The use of UUID is strongly recommended. For CIMXML data files in RDF syntax conforming to IEC 61970-552, the mRID is mapped to rdf:ID or rdf:about attributes that identify CIM object elements.

URI

cim:IdentifiedObject.mRID

Cardinality

1

Type

string

Inherited from

IdentifiedObject

name

The name is any free human readable and possibly non unique text naming the object.

URI

cim:IdentifiedObject.name

Cardinality

1

Type

string

Inherited from

IdentifiedObject

phases

Represents the normal network phasing condition. If the attribute is missing, three phases (ABC) shall be assumed, except for terminals of grounding classes (specializations of EarthFaultCompensator, GroundDisconnector, and Ground) which will be assumed to be N. Therefore, phase code ABCN is explicitly declared when needed, e.g. for star point grounding equipment. The phase code on terminals connecting same ConnectivityNode or same TopologicalNode as well as for equipment between two terminals shall be consistent.

URI

cim:Terminal.phases

Cardinality

0..1

Type

PhaseCode

sequenceNumber

The orientation of the terminal connections for a multiple terminal conducting equipment. The sequence numbering starts with 1 and additional terminals should follow in increasing order. The first terminal is the "starting point" for a two terminal branch.

URI

cim:ACDCTerminal.sequenceNumber

Cardinality

1

Type

integer

Inherited from

ACDCTerminal

shortName

The attribute is used for an exchange of a human readable short name with length of the string 12 characters maximum.

URI

eu:IdentifiedObject.shortName

Cardinality

0..1

Type

string

Inherited from

IdentifiedObject

TransformerEnd

All transformer ends connected at this terminal.

URI

cim:Terminal.TransformerEnd

Cardinality

0..*

Type

TransformerEnd