Patent ID: 8923703

Claim:
A personal equipment system configured to be worn or carried by a user, the system comprising: a wireless communication system having an antenna configured to send and receive electromagnetic signals, a transceiver electrically coupled to the antenna, and one or more processors electrically coupled to the transceiver and configured to encode information received by the antenna for wired delivery to one or more local devices coupled to the personal equipment system; a maintenance module coupled to the wireless communication system and configured to send and receive information to one or more local devices coupled to the personal equipment system; a first local device comprising a visualization system electrically coupled to the wireless communication system, the visualization system having a user interface element and a visualization optical data interface, wherein the user interface element is configured to change a state of the wireless communication system when activated, and wherein the visualization optical data interface comprises a visualization optical transceiver configured to send and receive optical digital signals; a visualization non-contact optical connector configured to couple optical digital signals between the visualization optical data interface and a visualization end of an optical digital signal link; a second local device comprising a data processing system having a data processing optical data interface, wherein the data processing optical data interface comprises a data processing optical transceiver configured to send and receive optical digital signals; and a data processing non-contact optical connector configured to couple optical digital signals between the data processing optical data interface and a data processing end of the optical digital signal link, wherein the wireless communication system is configured to establish a wireless communication connection with an external system, wherein the maintenance module is configured to perform a diagnostic procedure on at least one of the visualization system, the data processing system, or the wireless communication system.