Patent ID: 8453113

Claim:
A configuration system of an intelligent electronic device for power transmission and distribution, comprising: at least one computing device having a processor configured to execute at least one of a first configuration software tool to provide a first visual representation of configuration data of the intelligent electronic device, and a second configuration software tool to provide a second visual representation of configuration data of the intelligent electronic device; a configuration data storage device configured to store the configuration data; a configuration data server configured to provide the configuration data to the configuration software tools, the configuration data server being configured to: a) receive and forward a change in the configuration data made by the first configuration software tool, and b) send a notification to the second configuration software tool with an event call created by the configuration data server to update the second visual representation, and to enable modifications to the configuration data by either one of the configuration software tools using the event call, wherein the processor is configured to execute the first configuration tool and the second configuration tool concurrently and automatically update one of the configuration tools when an update is made in the other configuration tool, as each configuration tool uses and modifies identical configuration data stored on the configuration server.