Patent ID: 8692686

Claim:
A subsea electronics module (SEM) containing electronics for controlling a subsea control module of a subsea well installation, the subsea electronics module comprising: a short-range wireless receiver for wirelessly receiving software from an external source, the short range wireless receiver operably coupled to one or more subsea electronics module communication components, the subsea electronics module configured to be housed within a subsea control module located at a subsea wellhead of a subsea well installation or mounted on a well tree close to the subsea control module, and containing electronics for controlling the subsea control module; wherein the one or more subsea electronic module communication components comprise a wired modem and associated modem external interface wiring configured to receive data via a direct wired connection; and wherein the associated modem external interface wiring is connected to the short-range wireless receiver for functioning as an antenna of the short-range wireless receiver to receive the software via a wireless transmission between the associated modem external interface wiring and an external antenna of an external software source.