Patent ID: 7385478

Claim:
A monitoring system for generating a report containing at least one diagnostic statistic from one or more of a plurality of monitoring receivers, comprising: a communication link connecting each of said plurality of receivers, where one of said plurality of receivers is a master receiver, and the other of said plurality of receivers are slave receivers; each of said plurality of receivers including means for selecting which of a plurality of diagnostic statistics will be monitored, means for scheduling a time schedule for each selected diagnostic statistic for transmission of said selected diagnostic statistic to the master receiver, means for selecting a destination for said report containing at least one diagnostic statistic, and a means for selecting a mode of operation, said mode being either a master receiver mode or a slave receiver mode, when one or more receivers of said plurality of receivers is selected to operate in slave receiver mode, said one or more receivers transmit said diagnostic statistic to said master receiver via said communication link using a transmission means, when one of said plurality of receivers is selected to operate in master receiver mode, said receiver receives at least one diagnostic statistic from one or more slave receivers via said communications link, stores said at least one diagnostic statistic and generates said report containing said at least one diagnostic statistic, using a generating means.