The InitialStateTypeis a subtype of the StateTypeand is formally defined in Table 8. An Objectof the InitialStateTyperepresents the Statethat a FiniteStateMachineenters when it is activated. Each FiniteStateMachinecan have at most one Stateof type InitialStateType, but a FiniteStateMachinedoes not have to have a Stateof this type.

A SubStateMachinegoes into its initial state whenever the parent state is entered. However, a state machine may define a transition that goes directly to a state of the SubStateMachine. In this case the SubStateMachinegoes into that Stateinstead of the initial State. The two scenarios are illustrated in Figure 6. The transition from "State5" to "State6" causes the SubStateMachineto go into the initial State("State7"), however, the transition from "State4" to "State8" causes the parent machine to go to "State6" and the SubStateMachinewill go to "State8".

Figure 6– Example of an initial State in a sub-machine

If no initial state for a SubStateMachineexists and the Statehaving the SubStateMachineis entered directly, then the Stateof the SubStateMachineis server-specific.

Table 8– InitialStateType definition

Attribute		Value
BrowseName		InitialStateType
IsAbstract		False
References	NodeClass		BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	ModellingRule
Subtype of the StateTypedefined in 4.4.8
Conformance Units
Base Info Finite State Machine Instance