The invention relates to a monitoring system (4) of a lift installation (2), which lift installation comprises a lift door (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6), wherein the monitoring system (4) is suitable for generating usage data of the lift door (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6), said monitoring system comprising a sensor (4.1, 4.2) arranged in the lift installation (2), wherein at least one physical parameter of the environment of the sensor (4.1, 4.2) can be detected by means of the sensor (4.1, 4.2), and comprising an evaluating unit (4.5), which is designed in such a way that an operating state of the lift door (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6) can be determined by means of a course of the physical parameter over time. The invention further relates to a method for operating the monitoring system (4).