Data decimation system and method for facilitating transmission and viewing of waveforms generated by an electrical device

A system for providing data relating to an electrical device to a client device having a pixel resolution, comprising:

• a power metering component including a power metering device structured to generate raw waveform data generated in response to an event related to operation of the electrical device, the power metering device being structured to be coupled to the electrical device and monitor function of the electrical device, the raw waveform data having a total number of data points and a waveform cycle time associated therewith;
• a server component structured to:
• receive the raw waveform data;
• determine whether the raw waveform data should be decimated based on the total number of data points and the pixel resolution;
• responsive to determining that the raw waveform data should be decimated, determine a decimation interval using the pixel resolution, the waveform cycle time and a constant multiplier value using the following formula:
• 1/(the pixel resolution/(the waveform cycle time*the constant multiplier value)), and generate decimated waveform data from the raw waveform data using a max-min interval based decimation technique that uses the decimation interval;
• and
• send the decimated waveform data to the client device through a network.