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Typhoon HIL Software Manual
Schematic Editor
Introduction to the Schematic Editor tool in Typhoon HIL software toolchain
Handlers
Handlers are functions that are executed at specified action points.
Property handlers
Description of the Property handler functions available in Schematic Editor and Schematic API

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.
    - Model handlers
      Description of the Model handler functions available in Schematic Editor and Schematic API
    - Mask handlers
      Description of the mask handler functions available in Schematic Editor and Schematic API
    - Property handlers
      Description of the Property handler functions available in Schematic Editor and Schematic API
  - 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
  - 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
  This section describes the Signal Analyzer tool.
- 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.

Property handlers

Description of the Property handler functions available in Schematic Editor and Schematic API

Property handlers are functions that are defined on the property level. Table 1 contains a summary of the Property handler functions possible for Schematic Editor components.

Table 1. Property handlers
Property handler	When called
property_value_changed	Called after the property value is changed, but also during model or library loading. Parameters: mdl - Schematic API object, container_handle - item handle object. Can be either a component handle or a mask handle. property_handle - property handle. old_value - old property value, new_value - new property value.
property_value_edited	Called after the property value is changed in the Component Properties dialog, but changes are still not applied by pressing OK button. This handler is executed strictly in the context of Schematic Editor's UI. Parameters: mdl - Schematic API object, container_handle - item handle object. Can be either a component handle or a mask handle. property_handle - property handle. new_value - property value as set in the component properties dialog.
button_clicked	Called after the Property button is clicked (when the Widget is set to Button). This handler is executed strictly in the context of Schematic Editor's UI. Parameters: mdl - Schematic API object, container_handle - item handle object. Can be either a component handle or a mask handle. property_handle - property handle.