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Typhoon HIL Documentation
Typhoon HIL Documentation Version: 2025.02
  • Typhoon HIL Application Notes
  • Typhoon HIL Software Manual
  • Typhoon HIL Hardware Manual
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  2. Typhoon HIL Software Manual
  3. Schematic Editor

    Introduction to the Schematic Editor tool in Typhoon HIL software toolchain

  4. User Defined Libraries

    This section describes user defined libraries

  • Typhoon HIL Software Manual
    • Introduction

      Overview of the categories covered in the Typhoon HIL Software Manual

    • System Requirements

      Guidelines for the hardware and/or software environment necessary to run Typhoon HIL software, for both PC and Test Server/Virtual Machine-based setups.

    • Typhoon HIL Quick Start Guide

      Instructions in this section should help you quickly install all necessary software tools and setup hardware components in order to run an example model, either in real-time simulation or TyphoonSim.

    • Typhoon HIL Toolboxes

      List of the Toolbox Packages available in the Typhoon HIL software suite

    • Connecting to your HIL device

      Guidelines on how to connect to a HIL device using either USB or Ethernet ports.

    • Device Manager

      Device Manager is used to create, manipulate, and activate HIL device setups.

    • Typhoon HIL Control Center

      This section provides a general description of Typhoon HIL Control Center and lists the main software components accessible from it, as well as additional software tools which can be invoked from its interface.

    • TyphoonSim

      This section provides a general description of the TyphoonSim software, which is available as both a standalone software and integrated in Typhoon HIL Control Center.

    • Example Explorer

      General Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center Example Explorer.

    • Signal Access Management

      This feature allows you to change the visibility of signals

    • Schematic Editor

      Introduction to the Schematic Editor tool in Typhoon HIL software toolchain

      • Schematic Editor menus and toolbar

        This section describes the menus and toolbar commands available in Schematic Editor

      • Library Explorer

        Description of the Library Explorer panel in Schematic Editor.

      • Model explorer

        This section describes model explorer

      • Quick insert dialog

        Description of the Quick Insert dialog feature in Schematic Editor that allows for quickly finding and inserting new components into your model.

      • Subsystem elements

        This section describes subsystem elements

      • Mask

        Description of component masks and their functionalities

      • Handlers

        Handlers are functions that are executed at specified action points.

      • Schematic areas

        Description of how to create areas in a schematic to improve visual organization.

      • Disable schematic parts

        This section describes how some elements on schematic can be disabled and later enabled.

      • Component bypass

        Description of how to bypass components in a schematic.

      • Schematic Icon API

        Overview of the Schematic Icon API functionality

      • Execution rate visualization

        This section describes execution rate visualization

      • Compilation status dock

        This section describes the compilation status dock in Schematic Editor

      • Undo/redo history window

        This section describes undo/redo history window

      • Creating wires and wire nodes (junctions)

        This section describes creating wires and wire nodes (junctions)

      • Replacing wires with Electric Tags or Signal From/Goto pairs

        This Schematic Editor action allows tags to be quickly generated from connected wires.

      • Auto-connect component terminals

        Description of the behavior of the auto-connection feature

      • Electrical component vectorization

        Describes how specific electrical-type (PE) atomic components can be vectorized.

      • Single-line diagram representation

        Describes how the Electric Bus and similar components can be used in conjunction with the Electrical component vectorization feature to create single-line diagrams (SLD).

      • C code export

        This section describes C code export option.

      • User Defined Libraries

        This section describes user defined libraries

        • What is a user library

          This section describes what is a user library

        • How to create a library

          This section describes how to create a library

        • Editing a library

          This section describes editing a library

        • Exporting library

          Description of the library export functionality in Typhoon HIL Control Center

        • Library specifics

          This section describes library specifics

        • Loading a library in Library Explorer

          This section describes loading a library in Library Explorer

        • Library structure

          This section describes library structure

        • Multi-file user libraries

          This section describes how to create a user library out of separate files

      • Model Settings

        Description of the Model Settings dialog and its options.

      • Alignment assistant

        Description of how to enable, disable and use the alignment assistant

      • Generating an API script from a selection

        Description of how to generate an API script from a selection in Schematic Editor.

    • TyphoonSim Solver Engine

      Summary of the TyphoonSim solver engine algorithms and capabilities as well as its modeling principles and simulation workflow.

    • Simulation context definitions

      Introductory overview of the different simulation contexts - Real-time (VHIL) and TyphoonSim. Core library component and feature availability and visibility for each of these contexts are explained in detail.

    • Schematic Editor Component Libraries

      Detailed functionality and use of the pre-built Component Libraries in Schematic Editor

    • Third-party integrations

      This section provides an overview of the key third party integrations within Typhoon HIL's toolchain.

    • HIL SCADA

      Description of the HIL SCADA tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center

    • Waveform Generator

      This section describes the waveform generator tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center.

    • Test and Calibration Tool

      Description of the Test and Calibration tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center

    • TyphoonTest IDE

      This section describes TyphoonTest IDE

    • Signal Analyzer

      Description of the Signal Analyzer tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center.

    • Lookup table extraction tool

      Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center tool for extracting characteristics (lookup tables) from datasheet graphs and charts into a format that can be imported by non-linear models.

    • Package Manager

      Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center tool for creating and managing Typhoon packages that contain Schematic examples, Schematic and widget libraries, documentation etc.

    • Usage Logging

      This section briefly describes Typhoon HIL software logging feature.

    • Python Interpreters

      Overview of how you can use Typhoon HIL Python Interpreters to further customize your test files.

User Defined Libraries

This section describes user defined libraries

  1. What is a user library
  2. How to create a library
  3. Editing a library
  4. Exporting library
  5. Library specifics
  6. Loading a library in Library Explorer
  7. Library structure
  8. Multi-file user libraries
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