Phase Propagation not working - Open Device

[BillShoop]

Hello all, could someone please explain to me how/why the Phases Energized field is not getting updated to 'De-Energized' in the below scenario?

- I am setting the Normal Operating Status field to 'Open' on on a Three Phase Switch Device along with its contained and connected unit. 

- I validate network topology, run Update Subnetwork, and Export Subnetwork. The Phases Energized field is still set to 'ABC'

- Running a Trace Subnetwork in the Find Subnetwork pane results in the trace stopping at the Open Switch Device. So why is Phase Energized still set to 'ABC'?

We are using the PhasesNormal user edited field to propagate PhasesEnergized. Right now the PhasesNormal is still set to 'ABC', but shouldn't the Open Device cause the propagation to update PhasesEnergized to the features pass it to De-Energized?

[MikeMillerGIS]

If you do a subnetwork trace, does it select that downstream line?  If you place a barrier pass that line?  We need to find if there is a loop somewhere.

[BillShoop]

The subnetwork trace stops at the Open Device as expected. Also, the subnetline stops at the Open Device as expected. 

[MikeMillerGIS]

Hmm.  Well it could be two things

A: Using Phases Normal instead of Phase Change could be setting the phases energize.  I do not think it is this though.  That should only be set if the propagator can reach the asset, which it appears it cannot since the subnetwork trace stops

B: Since the value was set and now the propagator cannot reach it, it does not know it has to reset it.  

[BillShoop]

I updated PhasesNormal to De-Energized of the downstream line, validated, and Update Subnetwork. Now PhasesEnergized is De-Energized and the subnetworkname is Unknown. For my case, going forward it seems we would need to set all the downstream features of the Open inline Device PhasesNormal to De-Energized. This is not the behavior I expected. I expected the system(propagation) to update PhasesEnergized to De-Energized if the subnetwork trace no longer reaches it.

I guess for the Phase Change configuration we would set Phase Change to De-Energized at the line after the Open Device?