PowertronicsProbe 100+ - USB Power Line Monitor, Black

Simple to use as a stand-alone power line quality analyzer, yet when coupled with a computer becomes a sophisticated data logger.Provides indications of many types of specific power quality problems, with detailed explanations of the criteria used to qualify each problem in the manual.A USB serial output transmits the line voltage being measured once per second, along with any power events detected such as dropouts, sags, surges, etc. All the messages are in simple ASCII text form, so a laptop running the included software, a terminal program, custom software or a batch script can easily be used to monitor and log a power line's condition for an indefinite period.There is no other unit within several hundred dollars of the cost of this one that can analyze and recording a variety of common AC power line quality problems. For homes or small businesses experiencing problems with their electrical service other than total outages, this device is one of the only affordable solutions for diagnosing them.

Powertronics Probe 100+ USB voltage disturbance recorder.I was looking around for a simple single phase 120vac voltage monitor. A simple monitor that can record voltage anomalies and show them on the graph. This is one such unit that can be helpful. The probe itself can diagnose your 110 outlet wiring configuration. It would also notify you when you have high voltage or low voltage. From then on it would latch any LEDs to the range of anomalies that it had seen. This unit indeed is simple to use and easy to read. All your faults or events will be logged by a lit LED. However the time and the actual event will not be recorded because there is no built-in memory or storage facility within. The lit LEDs will just say it happened. For greater use of this product you will need a computer. The communication software provided by Powertronics via a flashdrive worked very well, downloading the software easily on my out-of-date Windows 10 Asus computer. It failed on my Windows XP computer which is also out of date. I downloaded just the probe 100+ USB software and started the program before connecting the active probe. Once you have completed the install of your probe and software on your computer, the Probe Plus data logging application screen will come up. Start your data logging by clicking the button at the top left-hand corner. It is best to leave both the Probe and computer on to monitor the investigated supply. Please remember to keep your computer awake otherwise you will lose data information while recording. You will see it as no information recorded on the graph. Recorded information will be 24 hours at a time. Therefore your print screen read out graph will only give you 24-hour information. Also, while your communication software thumb drive is connected to your computer. Look for the probe manual PDF and read through it a couple of times, just so that you will get a better understanding of your unit.In short - it's simple and easy to use 🌟🌟🌟🌟.For me it lost a the star because there's no memory 😔

This product wont even log a simple power outage when the power is unplugged.

This product was not useful because it did not help me determine potential power issues and I am a EE.Anywhere I plugged the unit in, it always come up with random faults. Also, the software is totally not usable (at least for me). I had a similar power monitor 10 years ago and that software was so much better that comes with this unit. I believe this product was a waste of money.

Trying to find the problem on a white foot green and power going out. Found that the main disconnect outside was not tight enough

After a unique electrical event where electronically controlled devices exhibited some strange behavior, two of these were purchased for monitoring some outlets. With the use of a computer, the Powertronics Probe 100+ will record the voltage in one second intervals and electrical events when they happen. Should the electronically controlled devices have a repeat performance of the strange behavior, the information can be conveyed to the electrician for trouble diagnosis. One star was subtracted due to the USB A to USB B cable on one of the two units provided connectivity issues. In trouble shooting the connectivity issue, drivers were updated, different USB ports were tried and even a different computer. Replacing the factory USB A to USB B cable corrected the connectivity issue. Consider purchasing a USB A to USB B cable with this unit.

We purchased this unit because we have had chronic UPS problems (we have a number of machines that run 24/7 at our house) and we suspected problems with our power quality.Got this unit yesterday. The included software installed easily and without drama on a Win 10 machine. It seems to be working correctly, although we have not had any power events register so far (and have no reason to suspect that there should have been any). The only oddity that we've noticed so far is that when you plug it in it immediately latches the "Power Failure" led on, which makes that one indicator useless. (Get it together, Powertronics.)Wasn't sure how many stars to award since it hasn't seen much service yet. Left it at five since we really are happy with it so far.

The manufacturers datalogging option is useless if you are running Windows 7. There is no "Software Requirements" in the product information. The dataloging option requires Visual Basic 10.0 which cannot be installed on Win7. Don't buy this if you are running Win7 or don't want to install MS Visual Basic.