Data monitoring systems and methods to update input channel routing in response to an alarm state

A monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment comprising:

• a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels;
• a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels, wherein the data acquisition circuit acquires sensor data from a first group of input channels from the plurality of input channels;
• a data storage structured to store sensor specifications for sensors that correspond to the plurality of input channels;
• a data analysis circuit structured to evaluate the sensor data with respect to stored anticipated state information, wherein the stored anticipated state information comprises an alarm threshold level, and wherein the data analysis circuit sets an alarm state when the alarm threshold level is exceeded for a first input channel in the first group of input channels;
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• a response circuit structured to change the input channels being collected from the first group of input channels to an alternate group of input channels, wherein the alternate group of input channels comprises an increase in a number of input channels being sampled, and wherein the alternate group of input channels comprise the first input channel and a second group of input channels related to the first input channel.

A computer implemented method for data collection in an industrial environment, the method comprising:

• interpreting a plurality of detection values where each of the plurality of detection values correspond to at least one of a plurality of input channels;
• acquiring sensor data from a first group of input channels from the plurality of input channels;
• storing sensor specifications for sensors that correspond to the plurality of input channels;
• evaluating the sensor data with respect to stored anticipated state information, wherein the stored anticipated state information comprises an alarm threshold level;
• setting an alarm state when the alarm threshold level is exceeded for a first input channel in the first group of input channels;
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• changing the input channels being collected from the first group of input channels to an alternate group of input channels, wherein the alternate group of input channels comprises an increase in a number of input channels being sampled, and wherein the alternate group of input channels comprise the first input channel and a second group of input channels related to the first input channel.