In one embodiment, a communications adapter module provides for exporting information content out of the VU meter. The communications adapter module also may provide for external devices to send configuration data and commands to the VU meter. The module translates the internal voltages of the VU meter's MCU or MPU, which may be available only as TTL-level voltages, to a networking protocols such as Bluetooth or Ethernet. Thus the internal MCU of the VU meter can provide its alarm values, and also other operating data, via the communications adapter module interface to a separate electronics such as a local attached computer or a local or remote hub. In one embodiment, the hub is a computer that receives one or a plurality of VU meter inputs, retains records as to alarm conditions or other data received from each VU meter, formats them into an accessible form for summary or individual collection of data, and makes them available locally or remotely. In one embodiment, the formatting comprises creating a static or dynamic content web page which can be visited over a network such as a LAN, an Intranet, or the Internet to permit one or a plurality of VU meters to be remotely monitored and managed.