Patent ID: 7765202

Claim:
A method of requesting access to data in an electrical distribution system, comprising: providing a panel comprising a plurality of remote operated devices mounted in the panel, each remote operated device for connection in a branch circuit to a load device; providing a panel controller operatively connected to each of the remote operated devices, the panel controller comprising a programmed controller for controlling operation of the remote operated devices; providing a database associated with the programmed controller storing configuration data relating to operation of the remote operated devices; and operating a database manager for accessing data in the database responsive to requests of the programmed controller, comprising storing a cache of data queries and responsive to a received request for data operating a get query routine and a get data routine, the get query routine comprising determining if a query relating to the received request is stored in the cache and if the query is stored in the cache then returning the stored query, or if the query is not stored in the cache then retrieving the query from a resource and returning the retrieved query, and the get data routine comprising operating the returned query against the database to access data in the database for use by the programmed controller.