Yarn tension and breakage sensor system

A yarn monitoring system for tension and breakage within a textile machine comprising:

• a. a sensor bar, said sensor bar comprising:
• i. a body having a length, a width, and a height;
• ii. multiple eyelets extending through the height of said body, each of said multiple eyelets having an inlet and an outlet and dimensioned to receive a yarn passing through at a speed;
• iii. multiple sensor pairs, each of said multiple sensor pairs having a location ID and being positioned at said inlet and said outlet of each of said multiple eyelets to create and detect signals based on said passing of said yarn through said multiple eyelets;
• iv. a circuit board within said body, said circuit board in communication with each of said multiple sensor pairs to receive and transmit said signals and said location ID;
• vi. a controller having a processor, said controller being in communication with said circuit board to receive said signals and said location ID from said sensor pairs, and said controller being in communication with said textile machine to send commands based on said signals received;
• wherein said controller is programmed with an acceptable signal range for signals created by passage of said yarn past said multiple sensor pairs, said acceptable signal range being obtained from averaging signals in a initial learning run of said textile machine, and a predetermined time period for said signals to remain outside said acceptable signal range, said controller averaging said signals, and
• wherein said controller is in continuous communication with each of said multiple sensor pairs to enable said controller to monitor a function of each of said multiple sensor pairs, and with said textile machine to send commands and,
• wherein communication from one of said multiple sensor pairs outside said signal range sends a stop command to said textile machine and displays said location ID for said multiple sensor pairs outside said signal range.