This section contains parameters of switches. The first line in the switch data section must say: [SWITCH DATA]. This is followed by the data described below. A blank line ends the section.
1. Bus1 Name: Bus name at one end of the switch, enclosed in quotation marks.
2. Bus1 Base kV: Nominal kV of Bus1.
3. Bus2 Name: Bus name at the other end of switch, enclosed in quotation marks.
4. Bus2 Base kV: Nominal kV of Bus2. This must be the same as Bus1’s base kV.
5. Circuit Identifier: A two-character identifier. Switches with terminal buses in common must have different circuit identifiers. The circuit identifier is enclosed in quotation marks.
6. In-Service Flag: 1 if the switch is in-service; 0 if it is not. The default value is 1.
7. Name: A 15-character name for the switch, enclosed in quotation marks.
8. Status: 7 if the switch is closed; 0 if it is open.
9. Default status: 1 if the switch is normally closed; 2 if it is normally open; 0 if it does not have a default state.
10. Current Rating: Current rating of the switch in amperes. Default is 0.
11. Memo: Comments with a maximum of 512 characters. Any alpha-numeric characters can be used, except for the string delimiter (single or double quotation mark). The comment text is enclosed in quotation marks.
12. Tags: Tag string with a maximum of 512 characters. Tags in string are separated by semicolon. Any alpha-numeric characters can be used, except for the string delimiter (single or double quotation mark). The tag string is enclosed in quotation marks.
13. In-Service Date: Set to 0 if not available. Otherwise enter an unsigned 32-bit integer that store the year/month/date information given by the CTime object in Microsoft Foundation Class.
14. Out-of-Service Date: Set to 0 if not available. Otherwise enter an unsigned 32-bit integer that store the year/month/date information given by the CTime object in Microsoft Foundation Class.
15. UDF: User-defined data fields. Enter the list of user defined field values as a tab delimited text string enclosed in single quotes.
An example switch data section is shown below.
[SWITCH DATA]
'ROANOKE' 13.8 'DOT BUS' 13.8 ''= 1 'ROANOKE' 7 1 100 '' '' 0 0