generalControlParametersInterface - acep-uaf/MiGRIDS GitHub Wiki

The general component description interface is found in generalControlParametersInterface.xml. The following tags are described in this file and should exist in any child.

Root tag - generalControlParameters

The root tag has to be present in any general control parameters implementation.

prevLoadTime tag

The prevLoadTime tag describes how far back the is used to assess previous load levels in order to predict future load levels. The assessment method is defined by parameter prevLoadAss.

Attributes:

value: Default is 5 min.

unit: Minutes.

prevLoadAss tag

The prevLoadAss tag is the method used to assess the previous load in order to predict what the future load will be. 'value' is a string. Options include 'average', 'weightedAverage' and 'trend' . Default is 'average'. This is just the average of the previous period described by 'prevLoadTime'.

Attributes:

value: Default is 'average'.

unit: NONE.

lowerCut tag

The lowerCut tag is the cut off frequency used in the FIR filter. A value of zero indicates no smoothing. This is used in conjunction with the number of taps specified in the control descriptions for each component.

Attributes:

value: Default is 0 Hz.

unit: Hz.