Machine-triggered health data collections with automatically set delay

A method for a low-powered sensor to monitor a condition of a machine, the method comprising:

• responsive to receiving a trigger signal during a setup phase, collecting, by the low-powered sensor, sensor data for a predetermined extended period of time;
• receiving a setting, by the low-powered sensor, of a delay based on a determined amount of time of the predetermined extended period of time, since the receiving of the trigger signal, for the machine to reach a steady operating condition within predetermined limits;
• upon receiving the trigger signal after the receiving of the setting of the delay:
• waiting, by the low-powered sensor, a period of time of the set delay before collecting the sensor data for a predetermined amount of time that is shorter than the predetermined extended period of time, and
• providing, by the low-powered sensor, the sensor data collected during the predetermined amount of time to a computing device for analysis.

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of low-powered sensors included in an intermittently-operated machine;
• a machine health monitor having a plurality of trigger inputs and a plurality of ports, each of the plurality of ports being configured to be connected to a respective sensor of the plurality of low-powered sensors, the machine health monitor being configured such that each of the plurality of trigger inputs is associated with a corresponding port of the plurality of ports, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
• receiving, by the machine health monitor, a first trigger signal on a first trigger input of the plurality of trigger inputs,
• providing, by the machine health monitor, the first trigger signal to a first sensor of the plurality of low-powered sensors via the corresponding port associated with the first trigger input;
• responsive to receiving the first trigger signal via the corresponding port during a setup phase, collecting sensor data, by the first sensor, for a predetermined extended period of time;
• receiving a setting, by the first sensor, of a delay based on a determined amount of time of the predetermined extended period of time, since the receiving of the first trigger signal, for the intermittently-operated machine to reach a steady operating condition within predetermined limits;
• upon receiving, by the first sensor, the first trigger signal via the first trigger input after the receiving of the setting of the delay:
• waiting, by the first sensor, an amount of time of the set delay before collecting the sensor data for a predetermined amount of time that is shorter than the predetermined extended period of time, and
• providing, by the first sensor, the sensor data collected during the predetermined amount of time to the machine health monitor for reporting to a computing device for analysis.