It should be noted that although a USB 109 is shown in this example, any other transmission medium may be used, including Ethernet, wireless media such as IEEE 802.11 (Wireless Ethernet) or Bluetooth, a network, such as a fieldbus, a Control Area Network (CAN) or the Internet, serial or parallel buses, or other transmission means. [0189] As FIG. 1A shows, the RIO measurement device 110A may in tur