• URC_Comm_Install (35mb)
  (Please extract the above ZIP
  download into a new folder on
  your desktop and label it: URC_Comm_Install. After extracting, open and read file: Readme_URC.doc first)

If it's just the basics that you are looking for in a power monitoring system, then an RS-485 twisted pair network, MODBUS driver and a program such as MICROSOFT EXCEL® are the only items necessary. Setup is easy and startup cost is minimal.

A MODBUS driver, such as KEPServer, is installed on the computer and operates in the background much in the same way that a printer driver operates in the background allowing you to print documents with the click of a button. Once installed and running, the MODBUS driver continuously monitors all of the trip units connected to the computer and makes that data available to other software programs running on the same computer using Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). KEPServer can be user configured to operate serially with trip units daisy-chained directly to the PC or configured for MODBUS over TCP/IP to communicate over a Local Area Network.

KEPServer and the EXCEL template can be down-loaded from this page. KEPServer is a full-feature demo version that shuts off automatically every 2 hours and must be restarted. It can be restarted an unlimited number of times. A license can be purchased for your KEPServer demo to make it a full run-time version by contacting KEPWare with the resource page link on this page.