System for data collection and monitoring in an industrial environment are disclosed. A data acquisition circuit may interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors. A data storage circuit may store sensor specifications, anticipated state information and detected values for use by a signal evaluation to determine a sensor overload status, a sensor fault status or a sensor validity value of at least one sensor in response to the plurality of detection values and at least one of an anticipated state information or a sensor specification. A response circuit may perform an operation in response to one of a sensor overload status, a sensor health status, or a sensor validity status.