Patent ID: 8618944

Claim:
A system for monitoring a coaxial cable connector physical parameter, the system comprising: a coaxial cable connector, the connector having an internal physical parameter sensing circuit configured to sense a physical parameter of the connector, the connector further having a status output component; a data reader, located externally to the connector, the reader comprising a receiver element, a memory unit, a transmitter element, and a decision logic unit, the receiver element for receiving information about the connector, via the status output component, from the physical parameter sensing circuit, the memory unit for storing predefined threshold limits of the physical parameter of the connector, the transmitter element adapted to send the information over a network, the decision logic unit adapted to compare the received information with the threshold limits and, if the received information exceeds one of the threshold limits, transmitting a data packet over the network, the data packet comprising information indicating the parameter value has been exceeded; and an output display device in electronic communication with the reader, configured to receive a data packet over the network, the data packet comprising information that one of the threshold limits has been exceeded.