Patent ID: 7528711

Claim:
A sensor system, comprising: one or more sensor units, each of said one or more sensor units comprising at least one sensor configured to measure a condition, said sensor unit configured to receive instructions, said sensor unit configured to report a severity of failure value when said sensor determines that data measured by said at least one sensor fails a threshold test, said sensor unit configured to adjust said threshold from time to time according to sensor reading taken during a specified time period; a base unit configured to communicate with said one or more sensor units to a monitoring computer, said monitoring computer configured to send a notification to a responsible party when said severity of failure value corresponds to an emergency condition, said monitoring computer configured to log data from one or more of said sensor units when said data from one or more of said sensor units corresponds to a severity of failure value; and a portable monitoring unit comprising: a controller in communication with said one or more sensors, said controller configured to allow a user of said portable monitoring unit to remotely set a sensor threshold level of said one or more sensor units, said controller further configured to receive one or more actual sensor data threshold levels from said one or more sensor units; a display that displays said actual sensor data threshold levels; one or more input devices; and a transceiver configured to provide communication between a sensor system and said controller.