# Test record event-marker input

Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/test-record-event-marker-input
Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-11-03
Lookup label: TREI
Drawing use: Schematic
Reference families: Manufacturer

Representation: Functional block
Installation focus: switchgear
Input: Test event marker
Output: Recorded timing reference

Marks a reference event in the protection or disturbance record during the documented test.

## In plain English

### What this block does

Marks a reference event in the protection or disturbance record during the documented test.

### 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 “Test event marker” at the input and “Recorded timing reference” at the output. The marker is different from an operating trip.

### What the drawings help you do

Start at the named input: Test event marker. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing. Follow the named output: Recorded timing reference. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.

### Terms

- Input: Test event marker
- Output: Recorded timing reference
- Application reference: An explanation of a named drawing function or circuit relationship; the project documents define the equipment and its connections.

Concept diagram: Test event marker → TREI → Recorded timing reference
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 a reference event in the protection or disturbance record during the documented test. 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 “Test event marker” at the input and “Recorded timing reference” at the output. The marker is different from an operating trip.
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: Test event marker. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing.
- Follow the named output: Recorded timing reference. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.
- The marker is different from an operating trip.
- 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 test event marker.
- Identify the destination and defined state of recorded timing reference.
- Record the equipment or control-document revision supporting this functional block.
- Check this application limit in the project design: The marker is different from an operating trip.

## Important distinction

The marker is different from an operating trip. 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: Test event marker
- Output / connection: Recorded timing reference
- Lookup label: TREI 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.