Patent ID: 7013186

Claim:
In a switchgear cabinet monitoring and control arrangement with several switchgear cabinet monitoring and control devices ( 1 ) connected to a network ( 4 ), and with at least one personal computer ( 3 ), which is in communication with the devices through the network ( 4 ), the improvement comprising: the at least one personal computer ( 3 ) connected to the network ( 4 ) by a web browser ( 3 . 1 ); a server ( 2 ) assigned to a group of the switchgear cabinet monitoring and control devices ( 1 ) in which is arranged a management device ( 2 . 1 ) containing information regarding the switchgear cabinet monitoring and control devices ( 1 ) stored therein and including their respective identification; and the information can be called up by the at least one personal computer ( 3 ) through the web browser; wherein at least some status change data of a switchgear cabinet can be automatically input from at least one of the switchgear cabinet monitoring and control devices (CMC 1 . . . CMCn) to the server ( 2 ) and the server ( 2 ) to the personal computers ( 3 ); and wherein at least one of the switchgear cabinet monitoring and control devices (CMC 1 . . . CMCn) and the management device ( 2 . 1 ) each has an evaluation stage by which automatically issued status changes of a switch gear cabinet are selected in accordance with a decision criteria.