Patent ID: 9546545
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A system for monitoring wellsite equipment at a wellsite, comprising: a plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of client devices comprising a first radio and a second radio, a programmable channel of the first radio of a client device of the plurality of client devices being aligned to the programmable channel of the second radio of another client device of the plurality of client devices to define a two-way communication loop to communicate therebetween, the plurality of client devices comprising: a source client device mounted to a portion of the wellsite equipment, the source client device further comprising a sensor to measure wellsite parameters of the wellsite equipment, wherein the sensor triggered to alter transmissions from the source client device when the source client device is within a range of another portion of the wellsite equipment; a base station client device coupled to a surface unit to communicate therewith; and a repeater client device positioned at the wellsite to communicate with the source client device and the base station client device, and/or other repeater client devices, wherein a proximity switch mounted to the wellsite equipment, configured to, in response to the proximity switch being located within a given range from the source client device, the proximity switch configured to trigger the sensor of the source client device to terminate communication with the repeater client device and, in response to the proximity switch being located outside the given range from the source client device, the proximity switch configured to trigger the sensor of the source client device to initiate the communication with the repeater client device.