Patent ID: 8165723

Claim:
A system for real-time verification of protective device system configuration settings on a monitored system, comprising: a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time protective device configuration data from a protective device that is part of the monitored system; a power analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component, the power analytics server comprising a virtual system model database configured to store a virtual system model of the monitored system, wherein the virtual system model includes preset protective device configuration settings for the protective device, and a protective device system verification engine configured to monitor the real-time protective device configuration data and the preset protective device configuration settings, the protective device system verification engine further configured to generate a warning when there is a difference between the real-time protective device configuration data and the preset protective device configuration settings; and a client terminal communicatively connected to the power analytics server, the client terminal configured to communicate the warning.