Abstract: An improved low-power data transceiver with a companion virtual component (a virtual component/clone of the hardware) on the Internet. Users can interact with the virtual component while the physical transceiver is not accessible due to network outages or it being in a low-power, non-transmitting/receiving state. When the physical transceiver comes back online, it will transmit any new information that it is programmed or commanded to transmit and will download and execute any commands sent to its virtual counterpart by the user.