Restraint monitoring system for a vehicle

A vehicle, comprising:

• a rail-mounted component having one or more restraints;
• and
• a restraint monitoring system, the restraint monitoring system comprising:
• a restraint control module;
• an encoder-decoder module, the encoder-decoder module comprising:
• a feed amplifier;
• a return amplifier;
• and
• an encoder-decoder module microcontroller, wherein the encoder-decoder module microcontroller communicates diagnostic status to the return amplifier, wherein the return amplifier outputs a signal that adjusts a resistance in a potentiometer when a diagnostic issue is indicated by the encoder-decoder module microcontroller, wherein the resistance adjustment in the potentiometer is read by the restraint control module, and wherein the restraint control module communicates the diagnostic issue to a user, and
• a rail-mounted component control module, wherein the rail-mounted component control module comprises a restraint deployment loop and a restraint diagnostic loop, wherein the restraint deployment loop comprises a deployment signal amplifier and the restraint diagnostic loop comprises a diagnostic signal amplifier, and wherein the deployment signal amplifier and the diagnostic signal amplifier are wired in parallel.