# Digital-secondary channel identity cross-reference

Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/digital-secondary-channel-identity-cross-reference
Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-11-03
Lookup label: DCIC
Drawing use: Schematic
Reference families: Manufacturer

Representation: Functional block
Installation focus: substations
Input: Drawing signal identifiers
Output: Configuration channel references

Links the drawing channel names to the selected configuration and equipment documentation.

## In plain English

### What this block does

Links the drawing channel names to the selected configuration and equipment documentation.

### A simple example

In a digital substation bay, a merging unit digitizes local measurements and a protective relay subscribes to the assigned data stream. The command return path and communication-health indications are drawn separately. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Drawing signal identifiers” at the input and “Configuration channel references” at the output. Configuration revision must match the installation.

### What the drawings help you do

Start at the named input: Drawing signal identifiers. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing. Follow the named output: Configuration channel references. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.

### Terms

- Input: Drawing signal identifiers
- Output: Configuration channel references
- Application reference: An explanation of a named drawing function or circuit relationship; the project documents define the equipment and its connections.

Concept diagram: Drawing signal identifiers → DCIC → Configuration channel references
A reading guide. The entry's original illustration and input/output facts describe this application.

- [Digital secondary systems: Sampled Values](https://selinc.com/solutions/digital-secondary-systems/sampled-values/)


## What it represents

Links the drawing channel names to the selected configuration and equipment documentation. Digital substation interfaces carry measurements, status and control information between primary equipment and protective devices. Measurement streams, event messages and time synchronization are separate dependencies even when they share an Ethernet network.
In a digital substation bay, a merging unit digitizes local measurements and a protective relay subscribes to the assigned data stream. The command return path and communication-health indications are drawn separately. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Drawing signal identifiers” at the input and “Configuration channel references” at the output. Configuration revision must match the installation.
Identify publisher, subscriber, data meaning and quality handling. Protocol labels alone do not establish protection performance, compatibility or network redundancy; these need the selected system configuration and validation. The functional block is an independent explanation of this named application. Equipment-specific ratings, terminal connections and operating conditions must be established in the project documentation.

## How to read it

- Start at the named input: Drawing signal identifiers. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing.
- Follow the named output: Configuration channel references. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.
- Configuration revision must match the installation.
- Identify publisher, subscriber, data meaning and quality handling. Protocol labels alone do not establish protection performance, compatibility or network redundancy; these need the selected system configuration and validation.

## Information to show or reference

- Label the source and connection reference for drawing signal identifiers.
- Identify the destination and defined state of configuration channel references.
- Record the equipment or control-document revision supporting this functional block.
- Check this application limit in the project design: Configuration revision must match the installation.

## Important distinction

Configuration revision must match the installation. This reference describes the named application; it does not establish a new IEC graphical symbol, an ANSI device-function number or an exact manufacturer connection diagram.

## Facts

- Representation: Functional block
- Installation focus: Substations
- Input / boundary: Drawing signal identifiers
- Output / connection: Configuration channel references
- Lookup label: DCIC is a library lookup label, not a standard device designation.

## Public references

- [Digital secondary systems: Sampled Values](https://selinc.com/solutions/digital-secondary-systems/sampled-values/) — SEL. Public technical context for digital substation process interfaces. Merging units, sampled measurements, GOOSE, process bus and network redundancy. The application text and educational graphic are independently authored; the publisher does not certify this representation.

## 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.