Development of a graphical user interface for a real-time power system simulator

The project presented in this paper began in 1993. It consists primarily in a graphical user interface for the real-time simulator at IREQ. It is based on a single-line schematic display and it uses the paradigm of model-view-controller objects. The first phase of the project includes a schematic editor with all the functionality of a generic editor (color, zoom, connectivity, etc.) combined with the effective control of elements of the real-time simulator. The next phase will include support for three-phase representation and integration to the network database of the real-time simulator at IREQ. This work has permitted us to explore and master object concepts that will improve the development and evolution of graphical user interfaces at IREQ.