Patent ID: 7614148

Claim:
A method of providing connector compatibility between seismic data acquisition cables and a seismic data processing module comprising the steps of: (a) securing data processing circuitry within a first environmental isolation chamber; (b) linking said data processing circuitry with a signal transfer conduit to a first cable connection joint, said signal transfer conduit traversing an environmentally sealed first partition between said first chamber and a second environmental isolation chamber; (c) closing an access opening into said second isolation chamber with an independently removable second partition; (d) securing a cable connection union to said second partition to dispose an internal cable connection joint within said second chamber for connection with said first connection joint and an external cable connection joint disposed externally of said second chamber for selective connection with a data acquisition cable joint; and, (e) selectively opening said second isolation chamber without disturbing said first isolation chamber for exchanging said external cable connection joint to coordinate the compatibility of said external cable connection joint with a desired data acquisition cable joint.