Function of bus monitor in MIL-STD 1553 data bus

Question

Specify some of the function of bus monitor within the MIL-STD 1553 data bus?

Answer 1

A bus monitor receives and stores the selected bus traffic. It may not respond to any traffic received, unless the traffic is specifically addressed to it. They are normally used to receive and extract the data for off-line purposes like flight test, maintenance or the mission analysis.