Patent ID: 8264099

Claim:
A portable display module for a power strip, the power strip having: a power rail having a power bus and a communications bus, the power bus capable of distributing up to three phase AC power; a power entry module received on the power rail that distributes power from a source of AC power to the power bus of the power rail; a plurality of receptacle modules receivable on the power rail, each receptacle module including a plurality of receptacle module power terminals that mate with power bus conductors of the power rail, each receptacle module having a plurality of plug receptacles, each receptacle module mounted on the power rail distributing AC power from the power rail to its plug receptacles; the portable display module receiving information from the power entry module when the power entry module has data communication capability and receiving information from each receptacle module mounted on the power rail when that receptacle module has data communication capability, the portable display module comprising: a housing having a display screen; a plurality of selectable views for displaying information on the display screen received from the power entry module having data communication capability and information received from each receptacle module mounted on the power rail having data communication capability; the portable display module upon selection of a view for the power entry module displays information about the power entry module received from the power entry module, the display module upon selection of the view for any of the receptacle modules displaying information about that receptacle module received from that receptacle module.