An apparatus and method causes a response action in an electrical power distribution system having, inter alia, a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) configured to provide protective monitoring and control of the electrical power system. The method includes detecting receipt of one of a number of matrix input signals that can be received from the plurality of IEDs, and comparing the matrix input signal to a configuration of a m.times.n cross-point switch matrix having a corresponding number of A[m,n] entries. Each of the n rows is associated with a matrix input signal and each of the m columns is associated with one of a number of matrix output signals that can be transmitted to the plurality of IEDs. The method also includes asserting a matrix output signal based on the comparison to cause the response action.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. .sctn.119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application entitled "Apparatus and Method for High-Speed Load Shedding in an Electrical Power System," filed on Apr. 7, 2006, having Ser. No. 60/790,384, naming Edmund O. Schweitzer III as inventor, the complete disclosure thereof being incorporated by reference.
