A 1394 home network monitor for gathering information on the state of nodes
within a IEEE 1394 home network, and storing the generated information.
The IEEE 1394 standard is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) standard for a high speed serial bus for connecting
multiple electronics devices. An IEEE 1394 home network, for example, uses
the 1394 IEEE standard to connect multiple devices, referred to as nodes,
within a home. Some of these devices autonomously change state over time,
and such state changes may involve controlling other devices in the home
network. An example of such a home network may include a central
controller which turns on a Set Top Box (STB) and a VCR at a
pre-programmed time in order to record a program.