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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Robert P. Thomas, Ellington, CT (US);
John S. Vandevanter, East Granby, CT (US);
Geoff Butland, Farmington, CT (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A three dimensional power management control system provides control and graphical representation of a plurality of electrical devices and components of an electrical distribution system. The PMCS includes a graphical representation of tagout/lockout displays (i.e., Danger and Ground Tags) representative of a physical lockout/tagout tag attached locally to a device of the electrical distribution system. The graphical displays include a large bit map representative of a Danger tag and a Ground Tag installed on a device, and representative symbols displayed at other graphical and tabular data displays associated with the tagged device. The implementation of the virtual lockout/tagout displays is automated using software, namely a Tagging Wizard. The Tagging Wizard provides automated configuration of the lockout/tagout graphic and the ability to install and remove virtual tagout displays associated with the graphical representation of the device of the distribution system. The Tagging Wizard logically links a one-line wizard associated with each graphical and/or tabular representation a common device to a common discrete memory tag for storing the tagged condition of a device. A “Tag Menu” window includes an install and remove button for each lockout/tagout tag that when selected stores data in the memory tag.