Providing visual representations of patient monitoring data

A patient monitor and a separate user interface for the patient monitor are adapted to communicate with each other over a communication path. Both the patient monitor and the separate user interface are capable of independently examining the status of the communication path and visually indicating that status. 一种患者监测器和用于所述患者监测器的单独用户接口，适于通过通信路径彼此通信。所述患者监测器和所述单独用户接口两者能够独立地检查所述通信路径的状态，并且在视觉上指示该状态。