# ANSI/IEEE Measuring relay form Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/ansi-measuring-relay Publisher: Elora Grid Updated: 2026-10-28 Lookup label: K MEAS Drawing use: Schematic Reference families: IEEE / ANSI, Manufacturer ## Symbol convention Convention: IEEE / ANSI Form: Measuring Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Relays and Contacts, block HCR1MSR. Matching functional counterpart linked separately. Independently drawn educational geometry; not a certified IEEE glyph or database identifier. Related representation: [Measuring relay](https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/measuring-relay) IEEE-library form of measuring relay: a measuring relay responds to a measured electrical quantity and issues an output according to its configuration. ## In plain English ### What does ANSI/IEEE Measuring relay form mean? This reference locates measuring relay in Autodesk's IEEE-oriented relays and contacts family. A measuring relay responds to a measured electrical quantity and issues an output according to its configuration. Measurement inputs, auxiliary supply and output contacts may be separate terminal groups. The public library uses HCR1MSR for its horizontal representation; this is a vendor block name, not an IEEE standards symbol number. ### A simple example Trace the measured quantity or initiating control signal separately from the output contacts. The device tag links the sensing or operating element to the controlled circuit; settings, reset behaviour and the actual terminal arrangement belong in the selected equipment documentation. ### What the drawings help you do Identify the measured quantity before tracing the output contact logic. A measuring relay is not simply a coil powered by the same quantity it measures. The linked functional counterpart explains the same operating role in its own drawing context; agreement of every detailed convention mark is not asserted. ### This particular reference IEEE-library form of measuring relay: a measuring relay responds to a measured electrical quantity and issues an output according to its configuration. A measuring relay is not simply a coil powered by the same quantity it measures. ### Terms - Normally open / normally closed: The contact state in the normal condition defined for the drawing. - Coil: A wound conductor that can produce a magnetic field when energised. - Terminal: An identified point where a conductor connects. Concept diagram: Identify the device and form → Read the connections and state → Check the equipment reference A guide to reading this reference. The original symbol illustration and its drawing notes appear below; these boxes are not a wiring diagram. - [Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview — Relays and Contacts](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-F8EAC387-53CF-45FE-BE6A-C0C8FB3C1B22.htm) ## What it represents This reference locates measuring relay in Autodesk's IEEE-oriented relays and contacts family. A measuring relay responds to a measured electrical quantity and issues an output according to its configuration. Measurement inputs, auxiliary supply and output contacts may be separate terminal groups. The public library uses HCR1MSR for its horizontal representation; this is a vendor block name, not an IEEE standards symbol number. Trace the measured quantity or initiating control signal separately from the output contacts. The device tag links the sensing or operating element to the controlled circuit; settings, reset behaviour and the actual terminal arrangement belong in the selected equipment documentation. Identify the measured quantity before tracing the output contact logic. A measuring relay is not simply a coil powered by the same quantity it measures. The linked functional counterpart explains the same operating role in its own drawing context; agreement of every detailed convention mark is not asserted. ## How to read it - Identify the measured quantity before tracing the output contact logic. - The preview is an original explanation of this function. Match the actual drawing convention to its legend and the selected equipment documentation. ## Information to show or reference - Label measured input - State auxiliary supply - Reference threshold or setting record ## Important distinction A measuring relay is not simply a coil powered by the same quantity it measures. ## Facts - Convention evidence: Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview: Relays and Contacts; published form: Measuring. - Public vendor block: HCR1MSR. Vendor library token, not an IEEE symbol number. - Drawing role: Relay operation - Identifier status: The short label is a functional lookup label, not an assigned IEC or IEEE symbol number. Any separately listed Autodesk code is a verified vendor block name. - Artwork scope: Original educational geometry. Exact standard graphics, product ratings and terminal pinouts are not certified. ## Public references - [Autodesk IEEE Symbol Preview — Relays and Contacts](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-F8EAC387-53CF-45FE-BE6A-C0C8FB3C1B22.htm) — Autodesk. Public IEEE-oriented Relays and Contacts table explicitly lists HCR1MSR as Measuring. This supports the vendor convention context, not reproduction of the publisher graphic. ## 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.