Data acquisition system having setup duplication capability

An apparatus for effecting a setup parameter change throughout a plurality of appliances comprising:

• a first memory storing a new setup parameter;
• a first transceiver;
• a first controller communicating with the first memory and the first transceiver;
• a second memory storing the appliance's original setup record, the setup record having a plurality of setup parameters;
• a second transceiver;
• a second controller communicating with the second memory and the second transceiver,
• wherein the first controller directs the first transceiver to transmit an interrogation signal to the second transceiver, the second controller in response to the interrogation signal received by the second transceiver directs the second transceiver to transmit the original setup record stored in the second memory to the first transceiver wherein the first controller in response to the transmitted setup record directs the first memory to store the original setup record in the first memory,
• the first controller capable of running a routine to replace a setup parameter of the original setup record with the new setup parameter stored in the first memory to create a new setup record and directs the first transceiver to transmit the new setup record to the second transceiver wherein the second controller directs the second memory to replace the original setup record stored in the second memory with the received new setup record.

An apparatus for effecting a parameter change throughout a plurality of appliances, each appliance having a first memory for storing an original setup record, a first transceiver and a first controller communicating with the first memory and the first transceiver, comprising:

• a second memory for storing the at least one new setup parameter;
• a second transceiver;
• a second controller communicating with the second memory and the second transceiver, the second controller directing the second transceiver to transmit an interrogation signal to the appliance, the first controller of the appliance directing the first transceiver to transmit the setup record stored in the first memory in response to the interrogation signal,
• the second controller directing the second memory to store the setup record transmitted by the first transceiver wherein the second controller is capable of running a routine to replace at least one of the setup parameters of the original setup record with the new setup parameter stored in the second memory to create a new setup record and directs the second transceiver to transmit the new setup record to the first transceiver wherein the first controller directs the first memory to replace the stored original setup record with the new setup record received by the first transceiver.