A utility for rapid development of three dimensional representations of electrical
distribution switchgear is provided. These switchgear elevations have logical connections
to the switchgear devices. An elevation can be modified to any dimensions with
an infinite number of combinations and arrangements of meters and protection devices
to quickly and accurately represent a customer's switchgear. Also, an event logger
utility is provided for viewing, organizing and analyzing unusual behavior in a
power system. The event logger utility passes a received message as an un-acknowledgeable
or acknowledgeable alarm or as an event based upon the contents of a initialization
file. A utility for the waveform capture is provided for viewing and analysis of
waveforms (e.g., Fourier, frequency and/or harmonic analysis) captured by sophisticated
metering devices. Waveforms from a device may be super-imposed for analysis. Processing
of the collected waveform data to display any one of the eight waveform parameters
(i.e., Ia, Ib, Ic, In, Va,
Vb, Vc, Vx) or a combination thereof including
an "all" selection in a window tiling format is provided.
