# Automatic-trip qualifier

Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/iec-automatic-trip-qualifier
Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-10-14
Lookup label: Q070105
Drawing use: Schematic
Reference families: IEC, Manufacturer

## Symbol convention

Convention: IEC
Form: Automatic-trip qualifier
Autodesk IEC-60617 Symbol Preview — Operating-device and function qualifiers; vendor family reference, not certified IEC geometry or database identifier.

An automatic-trip qualifier indicates that the associated mechanism can operate automatically under its documented condition.

## What it represents

An automatic-trip qualifier indicates that the associated mechanism can operate automatically under its documented condition. An automatic trip describes an operating action initiated by a condition in the device or associated controls. The input that causes tripping may be protective, process-related or another documented trigger.
Show the trip source and resulting contact/device state through the circuit and cross-references. Reset, reclosure and return behaviour remain separate design information.

## How to read it

- Identify the initiating protection or process condition in the surrounding circuit.
- Automatic tripping and automatic return describe different parts of the operating sequence.

## Information to show or reference

- Identify the associated device, circuit or diagram boundary.
- Identify the initiating protection or process condition in the surrounding circuit.
- Cross-reference the equipment data, terminal mapping or operating-state legend needed to interpret the form.

## Important distinction

Automatic tripping and automatic return describe different parts of the operating sequence.

## Facts

- Reference scope: Specific public IEC-context family form
- Publisher reference token: Q070105 (Autodesk token; not a verified IEC database ID)
- Information added: Identify the initiating protection or process condition in the surrounding circuit.
- Preview: Independent educational concept; consult the publisher and applicable standard for the exact graphic

## Public references

- [Autodesk IEC-60617 preview: Operating-device and function qualifiers](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-3598E18D-9F8A-48CE-83D0-4CEBA0AE869C.htm) — Autodesk. Official public publisher family name and reference context; vendor identifiers and graphics are distinct from licensed IEC database content.

## Graphic scope

Independent original educational concept illustration by Elora Grid. Not a certified standards graphic or manufacturer footprint. Unitless; not to scale. Original artwork licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Publisher material is linked only.