Patent ID: 7397360

Claim:
A method for remotely monitoring a status of a spa installation including an electronic spa controller, a spa control panel and a tub, the method comprising: entering a sleep or low power mode of operation of a spa monitor remotely located relative to the spa installation; at periodic time intervals after entering the sleep or low power mode, automatically transmitting query signals from the spa monitor to the spa installation over a communication link; activating a spa monitor receiver adapted to receive query response signals from the spa installation over the communication link responsive to said query signals; entering the sleep or low power mode if status query response signals are received; and generating an alarm under a set of conditions based on query response signals and lack of query response signals received from the spa installation via the communication link, said generating an alarm including generating an alarm indicative of loss of electrical power to the spa installation based on failure to receive query response signals at the spa monitor in response to repeated query signals transmitted to the spa installation.