In this technical guide, we will discuss everything you need to know about IDMT and DMT characteristics, including their working principles, types, curve equations, applications, relay settings, coordination strategies, ANSI codes, testing methods, and relevant industry. In this technical guide, we will discuss everything you need to know about IDMT and DMT characteristics, including their working principles, types, curve equations, applications, relay settings, coordination strategies, ANSI codes, testing methods, and relevant industry. In some relays, a Time Dial Multiplier is used instead of the Time Dial setting, but their functions are similar. Inverse Time Over Current is also referred to as Time Over Current (TOC) or Inverse Definite Minimum Time (IDMT), indicating that the trip time of the relay is inversely proportional to. Two of the most widely used relay operating characteristics in overcurrent protection are IDMT (Inverse Definite Minimum Time) and DMT (Definite Minimum Time or Definite Time). These characteristics define how a relay responds to fault current in terms of operating time. Every protection engineer. Selective short-circuit protection can be achieved in different ways, such as: Time-graded protection Time- and current-graded protection A straightforward way of obtaining selective protection is to use time grading. Its principle wiring circuit is shown in Figure 14-34.