Universal multiprotocol industrial data logger

A data capture module for capturing data transmitted between first and second components of a substrate processing system, the data capture module comprising:

• a first port configured to receive first data transmitted from the first component to the second component;
• a second port configured to received second data transmitted from the second component to the first component;
• a first data stream forwarding module configured to (i) duplicate the first data, (ii) forward the duplicated first data to the second port, and (iii) output the first data;
• a second data stream forwarding module configured to (i) duplicate the second data, (ii) forward the duplicated second data to the first port, and (iii) output the second data,
• wherein the first port is configured to transmit the duplicated second data to the first component and the second port is configured to transmit the duplicated first data to the second component;
• a data compression module configured to compress the first data output from the first data stream forwarding module and the second data output from the second data stream forwarding module;
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• data storage configured to store the compressed first data and the compressed second data.