This add-on module in the OneLiner software package is designed for sharing ASPEN network and relay model data using the CIM standard.

The ASPEN CIM module includes:

1. The ASPEN CIM profile with extensions for all OneLiner network and relay data.

2. A Python program ACTool that performs the following tasks: 

• Create the OneLiner bus-branch network from a CIM XML data file.
• Convert CIM DIFF XML file with the network model changes to the corresponding OneLiner change file in the ADX format.
• Convert ASPEN network model in OLR and OLX file formats to CIM XML data file.
• Convert ASPEN ADX change file to CIM Diff XML data file.
• Trigger additional OlxAPI applications to perform required network model data processing tasks.

ASPEN users can use ACTool to export all or part of their OneLiner network to a CIM XML file, which another application can import.

In the opposite direction, ASPEN users can use the ACTool program to convert CIM XML data files exported from another application to an OneLiner OLX file. When required, the OLX network data file can be further augmented with the missing data, e.g. relay settings, to prepare the data for OneLiner studies.

The ASPEN-CIM module can also be included in the enterprise CIM-based network model data management system as shown in the following picture:

The ASPEN CIM module is shipped with a service component designed to help users make custom adaptations to the ACTool to match their existing enterprise CIM profile and make it an integrated element in the enterprise CIM data flow.