data processing unit memory media e g an sd card or other data storage unit possibly removable a connector for the sensor strip a visual status indicator s a visual alarm indicator s an audio alarm indicator a power u2018 on off u2019 control and or a connector for battery charger and or wired communication many of the above units such as the sensor strip control circuitry the user interface control unit the data processing unit and the memory media are capable of storing software such stored software can be used for example for data processing and or analysis or operational control and can include algorithms specific to those or other tasks fig5 and fig6 show examples of a data acquisition module in some embodiments a personal computer or similar mobile device is provided with analysis software that includes a computer code programmed with a series of instructions that allow a user to view download store and analyze data from the data acquisition module in addition software can be used to create and upload one or more data acquisition configuration files specific to each patient into the data acquisition module the configuration file may contain information such as but not limited to patient number length of the recording session alarm threshold levels communication parameters.