  The Main Injector (MI) was commissioned using data acquisition systems
developed for the Fermilab Main Ring in the 1980s. New VME-based
instrumentation was commissioned in 2006 for beam loss monitors (BLM)[2], which
provided a more systematic study of the machine and improved displays of
routine operation. However, current projects are demanding more data and at a
faster rate from this aging hardware. One such project, Real-time Edge AI for
Distributed Systems (READS), requires the high-frequency, low-latency
collection of synchronized BLM readings from around the approximately two-mile
accelerator complex. Significant work has been done to develop new hardware to
monitor the VME backplane and broadcast BLM measurements over Ethernet, while
not disrupting the existing operations critical functions of the BLM system.
This paper will detail the design, implementation, and testing of this parallel
data pathway.
