1. A method for configuring a measurement system, comprising: a server computer receiving information regarding a measurement system over a wide area network (WAN); the server computer determining one or more measurement devices in response to the information; determining if the user does not have at least one of the determined one or more measurement devices by: determining installed measurement devices in the measurement system over the wide area network; comparing the determined installed measurement devices to the determined one or more measurement devices to determine if the at least one measurement device is not installed in the measurement system; if the user does not have the at least one measurement device: providing the at least one measurement device of the one or more measurement devices to the user.