Roving wireless sensor and method for use in a vehicle health and usage monitoring system

A method of monitoring the health and usage of one or more components of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• placing at least one wireless sensor in a first position proximate one or more components of the vehicle;
• operating the vehicle;
• monitoring the one or more components of the vehicle with the wireless sensor and communicating monitoring data to a data access point;
• removing the wireless sensor from the first position;
• placing the wireless sensor in a second position proximate one or more other components of the vehicle;
• and
• monitoring the one or more other components of the vehicle with the wireless sensor and communicating monitoring data to the data access point.

A method of monitoring the health and usage of one or more components of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• placing at least one wired sensor in a fixed position proximate one or more components of the vehicle;
• placing at least one wireless sensor in a first position proximate one or more components of the vehicle;
• operating the vehicle;
• monitoring the one or more components with the wired sensor and communicating monitoring data to a data access point via a wired connection;
• monitoring the one or more components of the vehicle with the wireless sensor and communicating monitoring data to a data access point;
• removing the wireless sensor from the first position;
• placing the wireless sensor in a second position proximate one or more other components of the vehicle;
• and
• monitoring the one or more other components of the vehicle with the wireless sensor and communicating monitoring data to the data access point.