Method and system for monitoring a receiving circuit module and controlling switching to a back-up receiving circuit module at a local collection facility from a remote facility

A method of forming an output signal comprising:

• providing a plurality of primary receiving circuit modules at a local collection facility, said plurality of receiving circuit modules comprising a first receiving circuit module;
• receiving a plurality of channel signals at the local collection facility, said plurality of channel signals having a first channel signal;
• communicating the first channel signal to the first receiving circuit module to form a first encoded signal at a first encoder;
• routing the first encoded signal from the local collection facility to a multiplexer of a remote facility through a network;
• generating an output signal at the remote facility in response to the first signal;
• generating a monitoring signal from a first receiving circuit module at a monitoring system;
• communicating the monitoring signal of the first receiving circuit module to a monitoring system;
• providing a back-up receiving circuit module at the local collection facility;
• routing the first channel signal to the back-up receiving circuit module to form a second encoded signal at a second encoder;
• monitoring the second encoded signal;
• in response to the second encoded signal, routing the second encoded signal through a router at the local collection facility to the multiplexer at the remote facility;
• and
• forming the output signal in response to the second encoded signal.