1. A system for communicating with an intelligent electronic device suitable to be operatively coupled to a switching device used in a power system, comprising: at least one computing device which is operatively connected to said intelligent electronic device and comprises a monitor, a memory, and a processor; and a user-interface software program instruction which is stored in said memory and when executed by the processor provides a plurality of wizards selectable by the user, wherein, upon selecting a wizard to be executed, said user-interface software program instruction causes the display on said monitor of a first window displaying wizard controls for guiding a user in the execution of one or more steps related to the selected wizard, and a second window separate from said first window displaying information related to the step under execution.