# Primary test-boundary representation

Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/primary-test-boundary-representation
Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-11-03
Lookup label: PTR
Drawing use: Schematic
Reference families: Manufacturer

Representation: Functional block
Installation focus: switchgear
Input: Defined primary test circuit
Output: Selected test boundary

Marks the electrical boundary included in the documented primary test arrangement.

## In plain English

### What this block does

Marks the electrical boundary included in the documented primary test arrangement.

### A simple example

In a switchgear relay panel, test links can separate a protective relay from the trip coils while maintaining the specified current-transformer secondary arrangement. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Defined primary test circuit” at the input and “Selected test boundary” at the output. The symbol does not give a test voltage or procedure.

### What the drawings help you do

Start at the named input: Defined primary test circuit. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing. Follow the named output: Selected test boundary. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.

### Terms

- Input: Defined primary test circuit
- Output: Selected test boundary
- Application reference: An explanation of a named drawing function or circuit relationship; the project documents define the equipment and its connections.

Concept diagram: Defined primary test circuit → PTR → Selected test boundary
A reading guide. The entry's original illustration and input/output facts describe this application.

- [Masterclad medium-voltage switchgear: circuit-breaker section interlocks](https://productinfo.se.com/masterclad_mv_switchgear_ib/6055-30-masterclad-15kv-mv-switchgear-ib/English/6055-30%20Masterclad%20MV%20Switchgear%20Indoor%20%28bookmap%29_DD00646805.xml/%24/Section6-CircuitBreakerSectionInter-58DD6EC7)


## What it represents

Marks the electrical boundary included in the documented primary test arrangement. A test interface separates measurement, command and indication paths so their behavior can be checked in the documented test configuration. The test boundary must show which real equipment outputs remain enabled.
In a switchgear relay panel, test links can separate a protective relay from the trip coils while maintaining the specified current-transformer secondary arrangement. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Defined primary test circuit” at the input and “Selected test boundary” at the output. The symbol does not give a test voltage or procedure.
Trace the source and destination on each side of the test boundary. Use the selected test-device instructions for actual operations and never infer a safe current-transformer switching sequence from an educational diagram. 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: Defined primary test circuit. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing.
- Follow the named output: Selected test boundary. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.
- The symbol does not give a test voltage or procedure.
- Trace the source and destination on each side of the test boundary. Use the selected test-device instructions for actual operations and never infer a safe current-transformer switching sequence from an educational diagram.

## Information to show or reference

- Label the source and connection reference for defined primary test circuit.
- Identify the destination and defined state of selected test boundary.
- Record the equipment or control-document revision supporting this functional block.
- Check this application limit in the project design: The symbol does not give a test voltage or procedure.

## Important distinction

The symbol does not give a test voltage or procedure. 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: Switchgear
- Input / boundary: Defined primary test circuit
- Output / connection: Selected test boundary
- Lookup label: PTR is a library lookup label, not a standard device designation.

## Public references

- [Masterclad medium-voltage switchgear: circuit-breaker section interlocks](https://productinfo.se.com/masterclad_mv_switchgear_ib/6055-30-masterclad-15kv-mv-switchgear-ib/English/6055-30%20Masterclad%20MV%20Switchgear%20Indoor%20%28bookmap%29_DD00646805.xml/%24/Section6-CircuitBreakerSectionInter-58DD6EC7) — Schneider Electric. Public technical context for switchgear test and commissioning interfaces. Breaker control, mechanism, position contacts, racking interlocks and test interfaces. 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.