Patent ID: 8194238

Claim:
An apparatus for monitoring integrity of sensors and determining locations of anomalies comprising: a microprocessor, a storage device, a test instrument, a distribution system including switching systems, wherein the microprocessor controls the distribution system, the switching systems, the test instrument, and the storage device, one or more sensing systems comprising the sensors, each attached to the distribution system, a database stored on the storage device, wherein the database contains information on the types, locations, and baseline information of the sensors, a display, and an alarm, wherein the microprocessor accesses the database, the distribution system selects the sensors to be tested, the test instrument sends signals to the sensors to be tested and collects measured data, and the microprocessor analyzes the data, compares the data with baseline data for the sensors to be tested, and displays anomalies on the display and keys the alarm when the anomalies are detected.