Patent ID: 7881306

Claim:
A switchgear assembly system comprising: withdrawable units each comprising a respective memory configured to store therein appliance operation information that is required for operation of the corresponding withdrawable unit; a switchgear cabinet including a plurality of insert compartments each configured to have installed thereinto a respective one of the withdrawable units, a field bus connected to each insert compartment to provide communication to each withdrawable unit respectively installed into a corresponding one of the insert compartments, and an Ethernet switch having a plurality of ports respectively allocated to a corresponding one of the insert compartments such that each insert compartment is allocated to a unique one of the ports, the Ethernet switch being configured to communicate with each one of the withdrawable units via the field bus according to an Ethernet TCP/IP protocol, such that each one of the withdrawable units installed into a corresponding one of the insert compartments is respectively allocated a unique TCP/IP address to enable the each one of the withdrawable units to constitute a TCP/IP interface; an application server configured to assign the respectively unique TCP/IP address to each one of the withdrawable units installed into a corresponding one of the insert compartments; and a database configured to at least one of store and manage respective appliance data for each one of the withdrawable units.