Power control system (PCS) commissioning agent

A method of verifying performance of a power control sequence in a switchgear, comprising:

• selecting a power control sequence to be performed in the switchgear, the power control sequence being composed of a plurality of sequence steps, the sequence steps being defined in at least one sequence table and include sequential transitions of at least two circuit switching devices in the switchgear;
• instructing a switchgear controller to perform the plurality of sequence steps in the switchgear, the switchgear controller recording events resulting from the plurality of sequence steps in an event log;
• accessing the event log in the switchgear controller, the event log residing at a designated location in the switchgear controller;
• determining a starting position and an ending position in the event log where the events resulting from the plurality of sequence steps were recorded;
• performing a verification of the events recorded between the starting position and the ending position in the event log against events in the at least one sequence table corresponding the plurality of sequence steps;
• and
• visually highlighting any event mismatch identified by the verification on a display device.

A switchgear, comprising:

• at least one circuit switching device;
• a switchgear control module coupled to the at least one circuit switching device, the switchgear control module having a switchgear controller therein, the switchgear controller programmed to:
• select a power control sequence to be performed in the switchgear, the power control sequence being composed of a plurality of sequence steps, the sequence steps being defined in at least one sequence table and include sequential transitions of at least two circuit switching devices in the switchgear;
• perform the plurality of sequence steps in the switchgear;
• record events resulting from the plurality of sequence steps in an event log, the event log residing at a designated location in the switchgear controller;
• determine a starting position and an ending position in the event log where the events resulting from the plurality of sequence steps were recorded;
• perform a verification of the events recorded between the starting position and the ending position in the event log against events in the at least one sequence table corresponding the plurality of sequence steps;
• and
• visually highlight any event mismatch identified by the verification on a human machine interface (HMI).