Patent ID: 8275485

Claim:
A system for controlling an electric power delivery system, comprising: a communications network; a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), each IED comprising: an IED network communications interface connected to the communications network, the IED network communications interface to communicate with other IEDs connected to the communications network; and a monitored equipment interface to issue control instructions to monitored equipment; a communication master in communication with the plurality of IEDs via the communications network, the communication master comprising: a processor; a communication master network communications interface to communicate with the plurality of IEDs connected to the communications network; a computer-readable storage medium comprising: a time coordinated instruction set comprising at least one execution action for execution by the monitored equipment; and instructions executable on the processor that enable the communication master to: establish an execution time of a time coordinated instruction set comprising at least one execution action; and transmit the execution time to the plurality of IEDs via the communication master network communications interface; and wherein, the plurality of IEDs begin to execute the time coordinated instruction set at the execution time for time coordinated execution by the monitored equipment.