Abstract: A connector and data analyzer operate with a network of data storage devices connected to a serial data link. An arbitrarily large number of data storage devices may be connected via a serial data link with use of the connectors. Each device is connected to the serial data link by a connector. In one aspect of this invention, the converter is a microprocessor based system which functions to interface with the serial data link network and the bus attached to the peripheral device. In one embodiment, the microprocessor based system is generally composed of a network processor system and a device processor system. The converter may comprise a network processor which functions to maintain network continuity, monitors the serial data link for commands to the selected peripheral device, and provides command and information to a programmable device processor portion of the converter.