GSF.PQDIF Represents an identifier as defined by the PQDIF standard. Gets the name of the identifier as defined by the GSF.PQDIF library. Gets the name of the identifier as defined by the standard. Gets a string representation of the value of this identifier. Gets a description of the identifier. Generates a list of identifiers valid for the given tag from the given XML document. The XML document containing tag definitions. The tag for which valid identifier values are to be generated. The list of identifiers valid for the given tag. Phase types. Phase is not applicable. A-to-neutral. B-to-neutral. C-to-neutral. Neutral-to-ground. A-to-B. B-to-C. C-to-A. Residual - the vector or point-on-wave sum of Phases A, B, and C. Should be zero in a perfectly balanced system. Net - the vector or point-on-wave sum of Phases A, B, C and the Neutral phase. Should be zero in a 4-wire system with no earth return path. Positive sequence. Negative sequence. Zero sequence. The value representing a total or other summarizing value in a multi-phase system. The value representing average of 3 line-neutral values. The value representing average of 3 line-line values. The value representing the "worst" of the 3 phases. DC Positive. DC Negative. Generic Phase 1. Generic Phase 2. Generic Phase 3. Generic Phase 4. Generic Phase 5. Generic Phase 6. Generic Phase 7. Generic Phase 8. Generic Phase 9. Generic Phase 10. Generic Phase 11. Generic Phase 12. Generic Phase 13. Generic Phase 14. Generic Phase 15. Generic Phase 16. Physical quantity under measurement. None or not applicable. Voltage. Current. Power - includes all data for a quantity or characteristic derived from multiplying voltage and current components. Energy - includes all data from an integration of a quantity or characteristic derived from multiplying voltage and current components together. Temperature. Pressure. Charge. Electrical field. Magnetic field. Velocity. Compass bearing. Applied force, electrical, mechanical etc. Torque. Spatial position. Flux linkage Weber Turns. Magnetic field density. Status data. Represents a channel definition in a PQDIF file. The channel definition resides within a and defines a . Creates a new instance of the class. The collection element which is the physical structure of the channel definition. The data source in which the channel definition resides. Gets the physical structure of the channel definition. Gets the data source record in which the channel definition resides. Gets a string identifier for the channel definition. Gets the phase measured by the device. Gets the quantity type ID, which specifies how the data inside instances of this definition should be interpreted. Gets the physical quantity under measurement (Voltage, Current Power, etc). Gets the name of the quantity. Gets the series definitions defined in this channel definition. Adds a new series definition to the collection of series definitions in this channel definition. Removes the given series definition from the collection of series definitions. The series definition to be removed. Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type. An object to compare with this object. true if the current object is equal to the parameter; otherwise, false. Determines whether the specified is equal to the current . The object to compare with the current object. true if the specified object is equal to the current object; otherwise, false. 2 Serves as a hash function for a particular type. A hash code for the current . 2 Tag that identifies the channel definition index. Tag that identifies the channel name. Tag that identifies the phase ID. Tag that identifies the quantity type. Tag that identifies the quantity measured ID. Tag that identifies the quantity name. Tag that identifies the series definitions collection. Tag that identifies a single series definition within the collection. Creates a new channel definition belonging to the given data source record. The data source record that the new channel definition belongs to. The new channel definition. Represents a channel instance in a PQDIF file. See IEEE 1159.3-2019 section 5.4.3 for details. A channel instance resides in an , and is defined by a inside the observation record's . Creates a new instance of the class. The collection element which is the physical structure of the channel instance. The observation record in which the channel instance resides. Gets the physical structure of the channel instance. Gets the observation record in which the channel instance resides. Gets the channel definition which defines the channel instance. Gets the channel setting which defines the instrument settings for the channel. Gets the index of the which defines the channel instance. Gets the identifier for the harmonic or interharmonic group represented by this channel. Gets the name of the of a device specific code or hardware module, algorithm, or rule not necessarily channel based that cause this channel to be recorded. Gets the name of the device involved in an external cross trigger scenario. Gets the series instances contained in this channel. Adds a new series instance to the collection of series instances in this channel instance. Removes the given series instance from the collection of series instances. The series instance to be removed. Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type. An object to compare with this object. true if the current object is equal to the parameter; otherwise, false. Determines whether the specified is equal to the current . The object to compare with the current object. true if the specified object is equal to the current object; otherwise, false. 2 Serves as a hash function for a particular type. A hash code for the current . 2 Tag that identifies the channel group ID. Tag that identifies the series instances collection. Tag that identifies a single series instance in the collection. Tag that identifies the channel trigger module name. Tag that identifies the cross trigger device name. Represents a channel setting in a PQDIF file. A channel setting resides in an , and is defined by a inside the observation record's . Creates a new instance of the class. The collection element which is the physical structure of the channel setting. The monitor settings record in which the channel setting resides. Gets the physical structure of the channel setting. Gets the monitor settings record in which the channel setting resides. Gets the index of the which defines the channel instance. Gets the system-side part of the transducer ratio. Gets the monitor-side part of the transducer ratio. Determines whether an element identified by the given tag exists in this object's physical structure. The tag of the element to search for. True if the element exists; false otherwise. Tag that identifies the system side ratio. Tag that identifies the monitor side ratio. Power quality equipment and software. The ID of the WPT 5530 device. The ID of the WPT 5540 device. The ID of the BMI 3100 device. The ID of the BMI 7100 device. The ID of the BMI 7100 device. The ID of the BMI 7100 device. The ID of the BMI 7100 device. The ID of the Cooper V-Harm device. The ID of the Cooper V-Flicker device. The ID of the DCG EMTP device. The ID of the Dranetz 656 device. The ID of the Dranetz 658 device. The ID of the Electrotek test program. The ID of the Dranetz 8000 device. The ID of the Electrotek PQDIF editor. The ID of Electrotek PASS. The ID of Electrotek Super-Harm. The ID of Electrotek Super-Tran. The ID of Electrotek TOP. The ID of Electrotek PQView. The ID of Electrotek Harmoni. The ID of the Fluke CUR device. The ID of IEEE COMTRADE. The ID of the Fluke F41 device. The ID of public ATP. The ID of the Metrosonic M1 device. The ID of the Square D PowerLogic SMS device. The ID of the Telog M1 device. The ID of the PML 3710 device. The ID of the PML 3720 device. The ID of the PML 3800 device. The ID of the PML 7300 device. The ID of the PML 7700 device. The ID of the PML VIP device. The ID of the PML Log Server. The ID of the Met One ELT15 device. The ID of the PMI scanner. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 4017 device. The ID of ETK DSS. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 4018 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 4018M device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 4052 device. The ID of the BMI 8800 device. The ID of the Trinergi Power Quality Meter. The ID of the Medcal device. The ID of the GE kV Energy Meter. The ID of the GE kV2 Energy Meter. The ID of the Acumentrics Control device. The ID of Electrotek Text PQDIF. The ID of Electrotek PQWeb. The ID of the QWave Power Distribution device. The ID of the QWave Power Transmission device. The ID of the QWave Micro device. The ID of the QWave TWin device. The ID of the QWave Premium device. The ID of the QWave Light device. The ID of the QWave Nomad device. The ID of the EWON 4000 device. The ID of the Qualimetre device. The ID of the LEM Analyst 3Q device. The ID of the LEM Analyst 1Q device. The ID of the LEM Analyst 2050 device. The ID of the LEM Analyst 2060 device. The ID of the LEM Midget 200 device. The ID of the LEM MBX 300 device. The ID of the LEM MBX 800 device. The ID of the LEM MBX 601 device. The ID of the LEM MBX 602 device. The ID of the LEM MBX 603 device. The ID of the LEM MBX 686 device. The ID of the LEM Perma 701 device. The ID of the LEM Perma 702 device. The ID of the LEM Perma 705 device. The ID of the LEM Perma 706 device. The ID of the LEM QWave Micro device. The ID of the LEM QWave Nomad device. The ID of the LEM QWave Light device. The ID of the LEM QWave TWin device. The ID of the LEM QWave Power Distribution device. The ID of the LEM QWave Premium device. The ID of the LEM QWave Power Transport device. The ID of the LEM TOPAS LT device. The ID of the LEM TOPAS 1000 device. The ID of the LEM TOPAS 1019 device. The ID of the LEM TOPAS 1020 device. The ID of the LEM TOPAS 1040 device. The ID of the LEM BEN 5000 device. The ID of the LEM BEN 6000 device. The ID of the LEM EWave device. The ID of the LEM EWON 4000 device. The ID of the LEM WPT 5510 device. The ID of the LEM WPT 5520 device. The ID of the LEM WPT 5530T device. The ID of the LEM WPT 5560 device. The ID of the LEM WPT 5590 device. The ID of Electrotek Node Center. The ID of WPT Dran View. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 5017 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 5018 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 5080 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 5052 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 4050 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 4053 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 4080 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 5050 device. The ID of the AdvanTech ADAM 5051 device. The ID of the ELCOM BK 550 device. Gets information about the equipment identified by the given ID. The identifier for the equipment. Information about the equipment. Converts the given equpiment ID to a string containing the name of the equipment. The ID of the equipment to be converted to a string. A string containing the name of the equipment with the given ID. Represents an exception Creates a new instance of the class. The type of record the tag is missing from. The name of the tag. The globally unique identifier for the tag. Gets the type of the record in which the tag was identified as missing. Gets the name of the missing tag. Gets the globally unique identifier for the given tag. Represents a writer used to create files using the PQDIF file format. Creates a new instance of the class. The path to the file where the PQDIF data is to be written. Creates a new instance of the class. The stream to write the PQDIF data to. Indicates whether to leave the stream open when disposing of the writer. Gets a collection of required tags identified as missing from the records written to this PQDIF file. Writes the given container record to the file stream. The container record to be written to the PQDIF file. Writes the given observation record, as well as its data source and monitor settings records if necessary, to the file stream. The observation record to be written to the PQDIF file. Indicates whether this observation record is the last record in the file. Releases the unmanaged resources used by the object and optionally releases the managed resources. Specifies additional detail about the meaning of the series data. No quantity characteristic. Instantaneous f(t). Spectra F(F). Peak value. RMS value. Harmonic RMS. Frequency. Total harmonic distortion (%). Even harmonic distortion (%). Odd harmonic distortion (%). Crest factor. Form factor. Arithmetic sum. Zero sequence component unbalance (%). Negative sequence component unbalance (%). Positive sequence component. Negative sequence component. Zero sequence component. Imbalance by max deviation from average. Total THD normalized to RMS. Odd THD normalized to RMS. Even THD normalized to RMS. Total interharmonic distortion. Total interharmonic distortion normalized to RMS. Interharmonic RMS. Spectra by harmonic group index. Spectra by interharmonic group index. TIF. Flicker average RMS value. dV/V base. Frequence of maximum flicker harmonic. Magnitude of maximum flicker harmonic. Spectrum weighted average. Flicker spectrum VRMS(F). Short term flicker. Long term flicker. TIF normalized to RMS. Sliding PLT. Pi LPF. Pi max. Pi root. Pi root LPF. IT. RMS value of current for a demand interval. Transformer derating factor. Transformer K factor. Total demand distortion. Peak demand current. Real power (watts). Reactive power (VAR). Apparent power (VA). True power factor - (Vrms * Irms) / P. Displacement factor - Cosine of the phase angle between fundamental frequency voltage and current phasors. Value of active power for a demand interval. Value of reactive power for a demand interval. Value of apparent power for a demand interval. Value of displacement power factor for a demand interval. Value of true power factor for a demand interval. Predicted value of active power for current demand interval. Predicted value of reactive power for current demand interval. Predicted value of apparent power for current demand interval. Value of active power coincident with reactive power demand. Value of active power coincident with apparent power demand. Value of reactive power coincident with active power demand. Value of reactive power coincident with apparent power demand. Value of displacement power factor coincident with apparent power demand. Value of true power factor coincident with apparent power demand. Value of true power factor coincident with active power demand. Value of true power factor coincident with reactive power demand. Value of the power angle at fundamental frequency. Value of the reactive power at fundamental frequency. True power factor - IEEE vector calculations. Displacement factor - IEEE vector calculations. Value of apparent power - IEEE vector calculations. Value of fundamental frequency apparent power - IEEE vector calculations. Value of fundamental frequency apparent power. Apparent power coincident with active power demand. Apparent power coincident with reactive power demand. True power factor - IEEE arithmetic calculations. Displacement factor - IEEE arithmetic calculations. Value of apparent power - IEEE arithmetic calculations. Value of fundamental frequency apparent power - IEEE arithmetic calculations. Peak apparent power demand. Peak reactive power demand. Peak active power demand. Net harmonic active power. Arithmetic sum harmonic active power. Value of fundamental frequency real power. Value of active power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours). Value of active power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of active fundamental frequency power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of active power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of active fundamental frequency power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of reactive power integrated over time (var-hours). Value of reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of fundamental frequency reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of fundamental frequency reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of apparent power integrated over time (VA-hours). Value of fundamental frequency apparent power integrated over time (VA-hours). Value of active power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours). Value of active power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of active fundamental frequency power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of active power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of active fundamental frequency power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of reactive power integrated over time (var-hours). Value of reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of fundamental frequency reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the positive direction (toward load). Value of fundamental frequency reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of reactive power integrated over time (Energy - watt-hours) in the negative direction (away from load). Value of apparent power integrated over time (VA-hours). Value of fundamental frequency apparent power integrated over time (VA-hours). D axis components. Q axis components. Rotational position. D axis components. Linear position. Transfer function. Status data. Gets information about the quantity characteristic identified by the given ID. The identifier for the quantity characteristic. Inforamtion about the quantity characteristic. Returns the name of the given quantity characteristic. The GUID tag which identifies the quantity characteristic. The name of the given quantity characteristic. Returns a string representation of the given quantity characteristic. The GUID tag which identifies the quantity characteristic. The name of the given quantity characteristic. Defines tags used to identify different series value types. Value type for a measurement. Time. Minimum. Maximum. Average. Instantaneous. Phase angle. Phase angle which corresponds to a series. Phase angle which corresponds to a series. Phase angle which corresponds to an series. Area under the signal, usually an rms voltage, current, or other quantity. Latitude. Duration. Longitude. Polarity. Ellipse (for lightning flash density). BinID. BinHigh. BinLow. XBinHigh. XBinLow. YBinHigh. YBinLow. Count. Transition event code series. This series contains codes corresponding to values in a value series that indicates what kind of transition caused the event to be recorded. Used only with VALUELOG data. Cumulative probability in percent. Interval data. Status data. Probability: 1%. Probability: 5%. Probability: 10%. Probability: 90%. Probability: 95%. Probability: 99%. Frequency. Gets information about the series value type identified by the given ID. The identifier for the series value type. Information about the series value type. Returns the name of the given series value type. The GUID tag which identifies the series value type. The name of the given series value type. Disturbance Categories (as defined in IEEE 1159). The ID for no distrubance or undefined. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Transient. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Impulsive Transient. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Impulsive Transient with nanosecond duration. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Impulsive Transient with microsecond duration. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Impulsive Transient with milisecond duration. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Oscillatory Transient. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Low Frequency Oscillatory Transient. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Medium Frequency Oscillatory Transient. The ID for a IEEE 1159 High Frequency Oscillatory Transient. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation n The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Instantaneous duration. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Instantaneous Sag. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Instantaneous Swell. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Momentary Duration. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Momentary Interruption. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Momentary Sag. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Momentary Swell. The ID for a IEEE 1159Short Duration RMS Variation - Temporary Duration. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Temporary Interruption. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Temporary Sag. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Short Duration RMS Variation - Temporary Swell. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Long Duration RMS Variation. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Long Duration RMS Variation - Interruption. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Long Duration RMS Variation - Undervoltage. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Long Duration RMS Variation - Overvoltage. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Imbalance. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Power Frequency Variation. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Voltage Fluctuation. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Waveform Distortion. The ID for a IEEE 1159 DC offset of voltage or current waveform. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Waveform Harmonics Present. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Waveform Interharmonics Present. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Waveform Notching Present. The ID for a IEEE 1159 Waveform Noise Present. Gets information about the Disturbance identified by the given ID. Globally unique identifier for the Disturbance Category. The information about the vendor. Converts the given Disturbance ID to a string containing the name of the Disturbance. The ID of the Disturbance to be converted to a string. A string containing the name of the Disturbance Category with the given ID. Vendors for power quality hardware. The ID for vendor SATEC. The ID for vendor WPT. The ID representing no vendor. The ID for vendor BMI. The ID for vendor BPA. The ID for vendor CESI. The ID for vendor Cooper. The ID for vendor DCG. The ID for vendor Dranetz. The ID for vendor EDF. The ID for vendor Electric Power Research Institute. The ID for vendor Electrotek. The ID for vendor Fluke. The ID for vendor Hydro-Quebec. The ID for vendor IEEE. The ID for vendor Kreiss Johnson. The ID for vendor Metrosonic. The ID for vendor PML. The ID for vendor PSI. The ID for vendor PTI. The ID for public domain hardware. The ID for vendor RPM. The ID for vendor Square D PowerLogic. The ID for vendor Telog. The ID for vendor PMI. The ID for vendor Met One. The ID for vendor Trinergi. The ID for vendor General Electric. The ID for vendor LEM. The ID for vendor ACTL. The ID for vendor AdvanTech. The ID for vendor ELCOM. Gets information about the vendor identified by the given ID. Globally unique identifier for the vendor. The information about the vendor. Converts the given vendor ID to a string containing the name of the vendor. The ID of the vendor to be converted to a string. A string containing the name of the vendor with the given ID. Represents the container record in a PQDIF file. There can be only one container record in a PQDIF file, and it is the first physical . Creates a new instance of the class. The physical structure of the container record. Gets the physical structure of the container record. Gets the major version number of the PQDIF file writer. Gets the minor version number of the PQDIF file writer. Gets the compatible major version that the file can be read as. Gets the compatible minor version that the file can be read as. Gets the name of the file at the time the file was written. Gets the date and time of file creation. Gets the title applied to the file. Gets the subject applied to the file. Gets the notes stored in the file. Gets the style of compression used to compress the PQDIF file. Gets the compression algorithm used to compress the PQDIF file. Removes the element identified by the given tag from the record. The tag of the element to be removed. Tag that identifies the version info. Tag that identifies the file name. Tag that identifies the date and time of creation. Tag that identifies the title applied to the PQDIF file. Tag that identifies the subject applied to the PQDIF file. Tag that identifies the notes stored in the PQDIF file. Tag that identifies the compression style of the PQDIF file. Tag that identifies the compression algorithm used when writing the PQDIF file. Creates a new container record from scratch. The new container record. Creates a new container record from the given physical record if the physical record is of type container. Returns null if it is not. The physical record used to create the container record. The new container record, or null if the physical record does not define a container record. Types of data sources. The ID for data source type Measure. The ID for data source type Manual. The ID for data source type Simulate. The ID for data source type Benchmark. The ID for data source type Debug. Gets information about the data source type identified by the given ID. Globally unique identifier for the data source type. The information about the data source type. Converts the given data source type ID to a string containing the name of the data source type. The ID of the data source type to be converted to a string. A string containing the name of the data source type with the given ID. Represents a data source record in a PQDIF file. The data source record contains information about the source of the data in an . Creates a new instance of the class. The physical structure of the data source record. Gets the physical structure of the data source record. Gets or sets the ID of the type of the data source. Gets or sets the ID of the vendor of the data source. Gets or sets the ID of the equipment. Gets or sets the name of the data source. Gets or sets the name of the data source Owner. Gets or sets the name of the data source Location. Gets or sets the longitude at which the data source is located. Gets or sets the latitude at which the device is located. Gets the definitions for the channels defined in the data source. Gets or sets the time that this data source record became effective. Adds a new channel definition to the collection of channel definitions in this data source record. Removes the given channel definition from the collection of channel definitions. The channel definition to be removed. Removes the element identified by the given tag from the record. The tag of the element to be removed. Tag that identifies the data source type. Tag that identifies the vendor ID. Tag that identifies the equipment ID. Tag that identifies the data source name. Tag that identifies the data source owner. Tag that identifies the data source owner. Tag that identifies the physical location of the data source. Tag that identifies the channel definitions collection. Tag that identifies the a single channel definition in the collection. Tag that identifies the time that the data source record becomes effective. Creates a new data source record from scratch. The name of the data source to be created. The new data source record. Creates a new data source record from the given physical record if the physical record is of type data source. Returns null if it is not. The physical record used to create the data source record. The new data source record, or null if the physical record does not define a data source record. Represents a parser which parses the logical structure of a PQDIF file. This class makes the data from PQD files readily available to applications and defines several redundant properties throughout the logical hierarchy of the PQDIF file to also facilitate the association of definitions with instances within the logical structure. The following list enumerates some of the more useful associations within the hierarchy. Usage consists of iterating through observations () to examine each of the the measurements recorded in the file. As was noted in the list above, the data source () and settings for the monitor () associated with each observation is exposed as a property on the observation record. Note that the same data source and monitor settings records may be referenced by multiple observation records in the file. The following example demonstrates how to read all observation records from a PQDIF file using the logical parser. observationRecords = new List(); string fileName = args[0]; using (LogicalParser parser = new LogicalParser(fileName)) { parser.Open(); containerRecord = parser.ContainerRecord; while (parser.HasNextObservationRecord()) observationRecords.Add(parser.NextObservationRecord()); } ]]> Creates a new instance of the class. Path to the PQDIF file to be parsed. Creates a new instance of the class. The stream containing the PQDIF file data. True if the stream should be closed when the parser is closed; false otherwise. is null. is not both readable and seekable. Gets or sets the file path (not just the name) of the PQDIF file to be parsed. Obsolete in favor of . Gets or sets the file path of the PQDIF file to be parsed. Gets the container record from the PQDIF file. This is parsed as soon as the parser is ed. Gets a list of all DataSource records from the PQDIF file. This is parsed when passing throug the observation records ed. Opens the parser and parses the . has not been defined. An unsupported compression mode was defined in the PQDIF file. Opens the parser and parses the . The stream containing the PQDIF file data. True if the stream should be closed when the parser is closed; false otherwise. is null. is not both readable and seekable. An unsupported compression mode was defined in the PQDIF file. Determines whether there are any more s to be read from the PQDIF file. true if there is another observation record to be read from PQDIF file; false otherwise Gets the next observation record from the PQDIF file. The next observation record. Resets the parser to the beginning of the PQDIF file. Closes the PQDIF file. Releases resources held by the parser. Represents a monitor settings record in a PQDIF file. Creates a new instance of the class. The physical structure of the monitor settings record. Gets the physical record of the monitor settings record. Gets or sets the date time at which these settings become effective. Gets or sets the time at which the settings were installed. Gets or sets the flag that determines whether the calibration settings need to be applied before using the values recorded by this monitor. Gets or sets the flag that determines whether the transducer ratio needs to be applied before using the values recorded by this monitor. Gets or sets the settings for the channels defined in the data source. Gets or sets nominal frequency. Adds a new channel setting to the collection of channel settings in this monitor settings record. Removes the given channel setting from the collection of channel settings. The channel setting to be removed. Tag that identifies the time that these settings become effective. Tag that identifies the install time. Tag that identifies the flag which determines whether to apply calibration to the series. Tag that identifies the flag which determines whether to apply transducer adjustments to the series. Tag that identifies the collection of channel settings. Tag that identifies one channel setting in the collection. Tag that identifies the nominal frequency. Gets or sets the default value for the property when the value is not defined in the PQDIF file. Creates a new monitor settings record from scratch. The new monitor settings record. Creates a new monitor settings record from the given physical record if the physical record is of type monitor settings. Returns null if it is not. The physical record used to create the monitor settings record. The new monitor settings record, or null if the physical record does not define a monitor settings record. Type of trigger which caused the observation. No trigger. A specific channel (or channels) caused the trigger; should be used with tagChannelTriggerIdx to specify which channels. Periodic data trigger. External system trigger. Periodic statistical data. Represents an observation record in a PQDIF file. Creates a new instance of the class. The physical structure of the observation record. The data source record that defines the channels in this observation record. The monitor settings to be applied to this observation record. Gets the physical structure of the observation record. Gets the data source record that defines the channels in this observation record. Gets the monitor settings record that defines the settings to be applied to this observation record. Gets the name of the observation record. Gets the creation time of the observation record. Gets the starting time of the data in the observation record. This time should be used as the base time for all relative seconds recorded in the series instances. The contains two timestamp fields: and . The StartTime is a required part of any Observation, whereas the is optional. The does not have to be the same as the trigger time and can therefore be chosen more or less arbitrarily. For instance, you can choose to record the as the timestamp of the first data point in the observation or the top of an interval in which the data was captured. The trigger time field is more well defined, essentially always representing the point in time at which the data source decided to capture some data in the PQDIF file. Gets or sets the type of trigger which caused the observation. Gets the time the observation was triggered. For more information regarding recording time in PQD files, see . Gets or sets the Disturbance Category ID Gets or sets the index into collection within this record which initiated the observation. Gets the channel instances in this observation record. Adds a new channel instance to the collection of channel instances in this observation record. Removes the given channel instance from the collection of channel instances. The channel instance to be removed. Tag that identifies the name of the observation record. Tag that identifies the time that the observation record was created. Tag that identifies the start time of the data in the observation record. Tag that identifies the type of trigger that caused the observation. Tag that identifies the time the observation was triggered. Tag that identifies the index into collection within this record. This specifies which channel(s) initiated the observation. Tag that identifies the channel instances collection. Tag that identifies a single channel instance in the collection. Tag that identifies the Disturbance Category. Creates a new observation record from scratch with the given data source and settings. The data source record that defines the channels in this observation record. The monitor settings to be applied to this observation record. The new observation record. Creates a new observation record from the given physical record if the physical record is of type observation. Returns null if it is not. The physical record used to create the observation record. The data source record that defines the channels in this observation record. The monitor settings to be applied to this observation record. The new observation record, or null if the physical record does not define a observation record. The high-level description of the type of quantity which is being captured by a channel. Point-on-wave measurements. Time-based logged entries. Time-domain measurements including magnitudes and (optionally) phase angle. Frequency-domain measurements including magnitude and (optionally) phase angle. Time, latitude, longitude, value, polarity, ellipse. BinLow, BinHigh, BinID, count. XBinLow, XBinHigh, YBinLow, YBinHigh, BinID, count. Probability, value. X-values and y-values. Magnitude and duration. X-values, y-values, and z-values. Time, magnitude, and duration. Time, magnitude, duration, and count. Gets the information about the quantity type identified by the given ID. The quantity type ID. Information about the quantity type. Gets the name of the quantity type with the given ID. The ID of the quantity type. The name of the quantity type with the given ID. Determines whether the given ID is a quantity type ID. The ID to be tested. True if the given ID is a quantity type ID; false otherwise. Defines flags that determine the how the data is stored in a series instance. Straight array of data points. Data values are scaled. Start, count, and increment are stored and the series is recreated from those values. Units of data defined in a PQDIF file. Unitless. Absolute time. Each timestamp in the series must be in absolute time using the type. Seconds relative to the start time of an observation. Cycles relative to the start time of an observation. Volts. Amperes. Volt-amperes. Watts. Volt-amperes reactive. Ohms. Siemens. Volts per ampere. Joules. Hertz. Celcius. Degrees of arc. Decibels. Percent. Per-unit. Number of counts or samples. Energy in var-hours. Energy in watt-hours. Energy in VA-hours. Meters/second. Miles/hour. Pressure in bars. Pressure in pascals. Force in newtons. Torque in newton-meters. Revolutions/minute. Radians/second. Meters. Flux linkage in Weber Turns. Flux density in teslas. Magnetic field in webers. Volts/volt transfer function. Amps/amp transfer function. Impedance transfer function. Definition of a . Creates a new instance of the class. The collection that is the physical structure of the series definition. The channel definition in which the series definition resides. Gets the physical structure of the series definition. Gets the channel definition in which the series definition resides. Gets the value type ID of the series. Gets the units of the data in the series. Gets additional detail about the meaning of the series data. Gets the storage method ID, which can be used with to determine how the data is stored. Gets the value type name of the series. Gets the nominal quantity of the series. Determines whether an element identified by the given tag exists in this object's physical structure. The tag of the element to search for. True if the element exists; false otherwise. Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type. An object to compare with this object. true if the current object is equal to the parameter; otherwise, false. Determines whether the specified is equal to the current . The object to compare with the current object. true if the specified object is equal to the current object; otherwise, false. 2 Serves as a hash function for a particular type. A hash code for the current . 2 Tag that identifies the value type ID of the series. Tag that identifies the quantity units ID of the series. Tag that identifies the characteristic ID of the series. Tag that identifies the storage method ID of the series. Tag that identifies the value type name of the series. Tag that identifies the nominal quantity of the series. Represents an instance of a series in a PQDIF file. A series instance resides in a and is defined by a . Creates a new instance of the class. The physical structure of the series instance. The channel instance that this series instance resides in. The series definition that defines this series instance. Gets the physical structure of the series instance. Gets the channel instance in which the series instance resides. Gets the series definition that defines the series. Gets the value by which to scale the values in order to restore the original data values. Gets the value added to the values in order to restore the original data values. Gets the values contained in this series instance. Gets the original data values, after expanding sequences and scale and offset modifications. Gets the index of the channel that owns the series to be shared. Gets the index of the series to be shared. Gets the channel that owns the series to be shared. Gets the series to be shared. Sets the raw values to be written to the PQDIF file as the . The values to be written to the PQDIF file. Sets the values to be written to the PQDIF file for the increment storage method. The start of the increment. The number of values in the series. The amount by which to increment each value in the series. Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type. An object to compare with this object. true if the current object is equal to the parameter; otherwise, false. Determines whether the specified is equal to the current . The object to compare with the current object. true if the specified object is equal to the current object; otherwise, false. 2 Serves as a hash function for a particular type. A hash code for the current . 2 Gets the original data values by expanding sequences and applying scale and offset. A list of the original data values. Tag that identifies the scale value to apply to the series. Tag that identifies the offset value to apply to the series. Tag that identifies the values contained in the series. Tag that identifies the index of the channel that owns the series to be shared. Tag that identifies the index of the series to be shared. Represents an which is a collection of other elements. Collection elements are part of the physical structure of a PQDIF file. They exist within the body of a . Creates a new instance of the class. Gets or sets the number of elements in the collection. Gets or sets the size that the file says the collection is. This may differ from the actual size if, upon parsing the file the end of file is reached before the collection becomes as large as the read size. Gets the type of the element. Returns . Gets a list of the element in this collection. Adds the given element to the collection. The element to be added. Removes the given element from the collection. The element to be removed. Removes all elements identified by the given tag from the collection. The tag of the elements to be removed. Gets the elements whose tag matches the one given as a parameter. The tag of the elements to be retrieved. An of s identified by the given . Gets the element whose tag matches the one given as a parameter, type cast to . The tag to search by. The element whose tag matches the one given, or null if no matching collection element exists. Gets the element whose tag matches the one given as a parameter, type cast to . The tag to search by. The element whose tag matches the one given, or null if no matching scalar element exists. Gets the element whose tag matches the one given as a parameter, type cast to . The tag to search by. The element whose tag matches the one given, or null if no matching vector element exists. Gets the scalar element identified by the given tag or adds a new scalar element if one does not already exist. The tag which identifies the scalar element to be retrieved. The scalar element identified by the tag, or a new scalar element if one did not already exist. Gets the vector element identified by the given tag or adds a new vector element if one does not already exist. The tag which identifies the vector element to be retrieved. The vector element identified by the tag, or a new vector element if one did not already exist. Updates the value of the scalar element identified by the given tag or adds a new scalar element if one does not already exist. The tag which identifies the scalar element to be updated. The physical type of the value contained in the scalar element. The value to be entered into the scalar element. The scalar element which was updated, or a new scalar element if one did not already exist. Updates the values contained by the vector element identified by the given tag or adds a new vector element if one does not already exist. The tag which identifies the vector element to be updated. The physical type of the values contained in the vector element. The values to be entered into the vector element. The vector element which was updated, or a new vector element if one did not already exist. Returns a string that represents the collection. A string that represents the collection. Enumeration that defines the types of elements found in the body of a record. Collection element. Represents a collection of elements. Scalar element. Represents a single value. Vector element. Represents a collection of values. Base class for elements. Elements are part of the physical structure of a PQDIF file. They exist within the body of a . Gets or sets the tag which identifies the element. Gets the type of the element. The element can be a , a , or a . Gets or sets the physical type of the value or values contained by the element. This determines the data type and size of the value or values. The value of this property is only relevant when is either or . Represents an that the parser ran into an exception while trying to parse. Creates a new instance of the class. The exception that occurred when parsing an element. Creates a new instance of the class. The type of the element being parsed when the error occurred. The exception that occurred when parsing an element. Gets the type of it is. Gets the exception that the ran into while trying to parse the Enumeration which defines the types of compression used in PQDIF files. No compression. Compress the entire file after the container record. This compression style is deprecated and is currently not supported by this PQDIF library. Compress the body of each record. Enumeration which defines the algorithms used to compress PQDIF files. No compression. Zlib compression. http://www.zlib.net/ PKZIP compression. This compression algorithm is deprecated and is currently not supported by this PQDIF library. Represents a parser which parses the physical structure of a PQDIF file. This class is used internally by the to read the physical structure of the PQDIF file. If your goal is to read data from a PQD file into an application, you probably do not want to instantiate the physical parser directly. Instead, the logical parser will apply the rules governing the logical structure of the PQDIF file to make the data more readily usable by an application that will be processing that data. The following example of usage was adapted from the PQDIFDump utility, which represents a bare minimum level of effort to read an uncompressed PQDIF file and display its contents in a console application. string fileName = args[0]; using (PhysicalParser parser = new PhysicalParser(fileName)) { parser.Open(); while (parser.HasNextRecord()) { Record record = parser.NextRecord(); Console.WriteLine(record); Console.WriteLine(); } } Creates a new instance of the class. Path to the PQDIF file to be parsed. Creates a new instance of the class. The stream containing the PQDIF file data. True to leave the stream open when closing the parser; otherwise false. is null. is not both readable and seekable. Gets or sets the file path (not just the name) of the PQDIF file to be parsed. Obsolete in favor of . Gets or sets the file path of the PQDIF file to be parsed. Gets all the exceptions encountered while parsing. Gets or sets the compression style used by the PQDIF file. compression has been deprecated by the standard and is not supported by this parser. Gets or sets the compression algorithm used by the PQDIF file. compression has been deprecated by the standard and is not supported by this parser. Gets or sets the maximum number of exceptions in the exception list before parser will quit. Enter a negative value to disable this safeguard. Gets a value that indicates whether the maximum number of exceptions has been reached. Opens the PQDIF file. has not been defined. Opens a PQDIF file from a stream of data. The stream from which to read the PQDIF file. True to leave the stream open when closing the parser; false otherwise. is null. is not both readable and seekable. Returns true if this parser has not reached the end of the PQDIF file. false if the end of the file has been reached; true otherwise Reads the next record from the PQDIF file. The next record to be parsed from the PQDIF file. Jumps in the file to the location of the record with the given header. The header to seek to. Sets the parser back to the beginning of the file. Closes the PQDIF file. Releases all resources held by this parser. Enumeration that defines the types of values stored in s and s. 1-byte boolean 2-byte boolean 4-byte boolean 1-byte character (ASCII) 2-byte character (UTF-16) 8-bit signed integer 16-bit signed integer 32-bit signed integer 8-bit unsigned integer 16-bit unsigned integer 32-bit unsigned integer 32-bit floating point number 64-bit floating point number 8-byte complex number The first four bytes represent the real part of the complex number, and the last four bytes represent the imaginary part. Both values are 32-bit floating point numbers. 16-byte complex number The first eight bytes represent the real part of the complex number, and the last eight bytes represent the imaginary part. Both values are 64-bit floating point numbers. 12-byte timestamp The first four bytes represent the days since January 1, 1900 UTC. The last eight bytes represent the number of seconds since midnight. The number of days is an unsigned 32-bit integer, and the number of seconds is a 64-bit floating point number. 128-bit globally unique identifier Defines extension methods for . Gets the size of the physical type, in bytes. The physical type. The size of the physical type, in bytes. Gets the physical type that most closely maps to the given type. The type to be converted to a PQDIF physical type. The physical type that most closely maps to the given type. Represents a writer used to write the physical structure of a PQDIF file to a byte stream. Creates a new instance of the class. The path to the file where the PQDIF data is to be written. Creates a new instance of the class. The stream to write the PQDIF data to. Indicates whether to leave the stream open when disposing of the writer. Gets or sets the compression style used by the PQDIF file. Gets or sets the compression algorithm used by the PQDIF file. Writes the given record to the PQDIF file. The record to be written to the file. Indicates whether this record is the last record in the file. Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources. 2 The header of a PQDIF . The header is part of the physical structure of a PQDIF file, and contains information on how to parse the as well as how to find the next record. Creates a new instance of the class. Creates a new instance of the class. The tag which identifies the type of the record. Gets or sets the position of this record. Gets or sets the record's globally unique identifier. Gets or sets the type of the record which determines the logical structure of the record. Gets or sets the tag which identifies the type of the record. Gets or sets the size of the header, in bytes. Gets or sets the size of the body, in bytes. Gets or sets the position of the next record in the PQDIF file. This value is a byte offset relative to the beginning of the file. Optional checksum (such as a 32-bit CRC) of the record body to verify decompression. Reserved to fill structure to 64 bytes. Should be filled with 0. Returns a string representation of the record header. A string representation of the record header. Enumeration that defines type of record as per header definition. Represents a record level tag which identifies the container record. Always the first one in the file, and only one per file. Represents a record level tag which identifies the data source record. Instrument level information. Represents an optional record level tag which identifies configuration parameters. Used to capture configuration changes on the data source. Represents a record-level tag which identifies an observation. Used to capture an event, measurements etc. Represents a record-level tag which identifies a blank record. Represents a record-level tag which is unknown to this library. Represents a record in a PQDIF file. This class exposes the physical structure of the record. Creates a new instance of the class. Creates a new instance of the class. The tag which identifies the type of the record. Creates an instance of the class. The record header. The record body. Gets or sets the record header. Gets or sets the record body. Returns a string representation of the record. A string representation of the record. The standard signature used for all PQDIF records. Gets the identified by the given tag. The tag of the . The identified by the given tag. Gets the globally unique identifier used to identify the given record type. The record type to search for. The globally unique identifier used to identify the given record type. The body of a PQDIF . The body is part of the physical structure of a PQDIF file. It laid out as a hierarchy of s, starting with a that contains other elements. Creates a new instance of the class. Creates a new instance of the class. Tag of the collection root element of the record. Gets or sets the at the top of the hierarchy. This can be used to traverse the hierarchy. Gets or sets the CRC32 checksum of the record body. Returns a string representation of the record body. A string representation of the record body. Represents an which is a single value in a PQDIF file. Scalar elements are part of the physical structure of a PQDIF file. They exist within the body of a (contained by a ). Creates a new instance of the class. Gets the type of the element. Returns . Gets the value of the scalar as the physical type defined by and returns it as a generic . The value of the scalar. Sets the value at the given index as the physical type defined by . The new value to be stored. Gets the value of this scalar as an 8-bit unsigned integer. The value as an 8-bit unsigned integer. Sets the value of this scalar as an 8-bit unsigned integer. The new value as an 8-bit unsigned integer. Gets the value of this scalar as an 8-bit signed integer. The value as an 8-bit signed integer. Sets the value of this scalar as an 8-bit signed integer. The new value as an 8-bit signed integer. Gets the value of this scalar as a 16-bit unsigned integer. The value as a 16-bit unsigned integer. Sets the value of this scalar as a 16-bit unsigned integer. The new value as a 16-bit unsigned integer. Gets the value of this scalar as a 16-bit signed integer. The value as a 16-bit signed integer. Sets the value of this scalar as a 16-bit signed integer. The new value as a 16-bit signed integer. Gets the value of this scalar as a 32-bit unsigned integer. The value as a 32-bit unsigned integer. Sets the value of this scalar as a 32-bit unsigned integer. The new value as a 32-bit unsigned integer. Gets the value of this scalar as a 32-bit signed integer. The value as a 32-bit signed integer. Sets the value of this scalar as a 32-bit signed integer. The new value as a 32-bit signed integer. Gets the value of this scalar as a 4-byte boolean. The value as a 4-byte boolean. Sets the value of this scalar as a 4-byte boolean. The new value as a 4-byte boolean. Gets the value of this scalar as a 32-bit floating point number. The value as a 32-bit floating point number. Sets the value of this scalar as a 32-bit floating point number. The new value as a 32-bit floating point number. Gets the value of this scalar as a 64-bit floating point number. The value as a 64-bit floating point number. Sets the value of this scalar as a 64-bit floating point number. The new value as a 64-bit floating point number. Gets the value of this scalar as an 8-byte complex number. The value as an 8-byte complex number. Sets the value of this scalar as an 8-byte complex number. The new value as an 8-byte complex number. Gets the value of this scalar as a 16-byte complex number. The value as a 16-byte complex number. Sets the value of this scalar as a 16-byte complex number. The new value as a 16-byte complex number. Gets the value of this scalar as a globally unique identifier. The value as a globally unique identifier. Sets the value of this scalar as a globally unique identifier. The new value as a globally unique identifier. Gets the value of this scalar as . The value of this scalar as a . Sets the value of this scalar as a . The new value of this scalar as a . Gets the raw bytes of the value that this scalar represents. The value in bytes. Sets the raw bytes of the value that this scalar represents. The array containing the bytes. The offset into the array at which the value starts. Returns a string representation of the scalar. A string representation of the scalar. Represents an which is a collection of values in a PQDIF file. Vector elements are part of the physical structure of a PQDIF file. They exist within the body of a (contained by a ). Gets or sets the number of values in the vector. Gets the type of the element. Returns . Gets or sets the physical type of the value or values contained by the element. This determines the data type and size of the value or values. The value of this property is only relevant when is either or . Gets the value at the given index as the physical type defined by and returns it as a generic . The index of the value to be retrieved. The value that was retrieved from the vector. Sets the value at the given index as the physical type defined by . The index of the value. The new value to be stored. Gets a value in this vector as an 8-bit unsigned integer. The index of the value. The value as an 8-bit unsigned integer. Sets a value in this vector as an 8-bit unsigned integer. The index of the value. The new value of an 8-bit unsigned integer. Gets a value in this vector as a 16-bit unsigned integer. The index of the value. The value as a 16-bit unsigned integer. Sets a value in this vector as a 16-bit unsigned integer. The index of the value. The new value of a 16-bit unsigned integer. Gets a value in this vector as a 32-bit unsigned integer. The index of the value. The value as a 32-bit unsigned integer. Sets a value in this vector as a 32-bit unsigned integer. The index of the value. The new value of a 32-bit unsigned integer. Gets a value in this vector as an 8-bit signed integer. The index of the value. The value as an 8-bit signed integer. Sets a value in this vector as an 8-bit signed integer. The index of the value. The new value of an 8-bit signed integer. Gets a value in this vector as a 16-bit signed integer. The index of the value. The value as a 16-bit signed integer. Sets a value in this vector as a 16-bit signed integer. The index of the value. The new value of a 16-bit signed integer. Gets a value in this vector as a 32-bit signed integer. The index of the value. The value as a 32-bit signed integer. Sets a value in this vector as a 32-bit signed integer. The index of the value. The new value of a 32-bit signed integer. Gets a value in this vector as a 32-bit floating point number. The index of the value. The value as a 32-bit floating point number. Sets a value in this vector as a 32-bit floating point number. The index of the value. The new value of a 32-bit floating point number. Gets a value in this vector as a 64-bit floating point number. The index of the value. The value as a 64-bit floating point number. Sets a value in this vector as a 64-bit floating point number. The index of the value. The new value of a 64-bit floating point number. Gets a value in this vector as a . The index of the value. The value as a . Sets a value in this vector as a . The index of the value. The new value of a . Gets the value in this vector as a globally unique identifier. The index of the value. The value as a globally unique identifier. Sets the value in this vector as a globally unique identifier. The index of the value. The new value as a globally unique identifier. Gets the raw bytes of the values contained by this vector. The raw bytes of the values contained by this vector. Sets the raw bytes of the values contained by this vector. The array that contains the raw bytes. The offset into the array at which the values start. Returns a string representation of this vector. A string representation of this vector. Represents a tag as defined by the PQDIF standard. Gets the globally unique identifier for the tag. Gets the name of the tag as defined by the GSF.PQDIF library. Gets the name of the tag as defined by the standard. Gets a description of the tag. Gets the type of the element identified by the tag according to the logical structure of a PQDIF file. Gets the physical type of the value of the element identified by the tag according to the logical structure of a PQDIF file. Gets the flag that determines whether it is required that this tag be specified in a PQDIF file. Format string specified for some tags as a hint for how the value should be displayed. Gets the collection of valid identifiers for this tag. Gets the tag identified by the given globally unique identifier. The globally unique identifier for the tag to be retrieved. The tag, if defined, or null if the tag is not found. Generates a list of tags from the given XML document. The XML document containing the tag definitions. The list of tags as defined by the given XML document. Refreshes the cache of tags used to return tags from the method. The XML document containing the tag definitions.