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A system for routing messages electronically is provided. A sensor is in communication with a central computer server. The server is adapted to receive and preferably store information detected by the sensors from a variety of different data transports. When a sensor detects an exception condition ,

A system for routing messages electronically is provided. A sensor is in communication with a central computer server. The server is adapted to receive and preferably store information detected by the sensors from a variety of different data transports. When a sensor detects an exception condition , the server forwards at least one outgoing exception message to at least one predetermined user-defined communication device based on and in accordance with a user-defined message profile. The message profile is remotely configurable by the user.

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A system for routing messages electronically is provided. A sensor is in communication with a central computer server. The server is adapted to receive and preferably store information detected by the sensors from a variety of different data transports. When a sensor detects an exception condition ,

A system for routing messages electronically is provided. A sensor is in communication with a central computer server. The server is adapted to receive and preferably store information detected by the sensors from a variety of different data transports. When a sensor detects an exception condition , the server forwards at least one outgoing exception message to at least one predetermined user-defined communication device based on and in accordance with a user-defined message profile. The message profile is remotely configurable by the user. evices of the types selected, and determine the content of said outgoing messages forwarded by said server to said user-defined communication devices. 6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said remote communication devices include at least one of a facsimile machine, an e-mail receiving device, a cellular telephone, a beeper, a pager, a PCS device, and a land line telephone. 7. A system according to claim 3, wherein said server periodically generates a normal status message to said user-defined communications devices if said sensor detects a normal status condition, said normal status message including an identification code of said respective sensor. 8. A system according to claim 7, said server further comprising: a third memory for storing said normal status messages; a comparator processor in communication with said first and third memories adapted to identify which of said sensors having an identification code stored in said first table did not detect a normal status condition within a predetermined period of time; and a server message generator in communication with said comparator processor adapted to generate an outgoing message for each of said sensors identified by said comparator processor, said outgoing message being forwarded by said server to at least one of said user-defined communication devices specified by at least one of said user-defined message profiles. 9. A system according to claim 8, said computer server further comprising a fourth memory upon which outgoing messages are stored. 10. A system according to claim 3, wherein said first and second memories each comprise respective tables in a database. 11. A system according to claim 8, wherein said first, second, and third memories each comprise respective tables in a database. 12. A system according to claim 9, wherein said first, second, third, and fourth memories each comprise respective tables in a database. 13. A control system for routing messages electronically, comprising a computer server in remote communication with a source of information, said computer server having a user interface, a user being capable of remotely accessing said computer server via said user interface to remotely configure a user-defined message profile containing outgoing message routing instructions, said routing instructions being of a number of types of information, wherein when an information source reports a predetermined condition, said server forwards at least one outgoing message to at least one predetermined user-defined remote communication device as specified in said user-defined message profile. 14. A control system according to claim 13, said server being connected a plurality of information sources each having a respective identification code, said server further comprising: a first memory on which identification codes of all of the information sources are stored; at least one second memory in which communication device identification codes of all of said remote user-defined communication devices are stored, said communication device identification codes being configured in a plurality of said user-defined message profiles. 15. A control system according to claim 14, wherein said user interface is in communication with said second memory so that users can access said memories which make up said user-defined message profile to thereby create or edit said user-defined message profiles remotely from said server. 16. A system according to claim 15, wherein said user interface enables a user to configure a user-defined message profile to select at least one type of communication device to which outgoing messages are to be forwarded, select specific user-defined communication devices of the types selected, and determine the content of said outgoing messages forwarded by said server to said user-defined communication devices. 17. A system according to claim 13, wherein said remote communication devices include at least one of a facsimile machine,