Patent ID: 8130590

Claim:
A method of testing at least a first unit of a subterranean survey system, comprising: detecting, by the first unit of the subterranean survey system, presence of wireless signaling of a mobile device; after the detecting, establishing a wireless connection between the first unit and the mobile device; receiving, by the first unit, a wakeup command; in response to the wakeup command, transitioning, by the first unit, from a lower power mode to an active mode, wherein the active mode is an individual active mode in response to the wakeup command being of a first type, and the active mode is a group active mode in response to the wakeup command being of a second type; and performing a test by the first unit in response to a test command from the mobile device, wherein the test is an individual test of the first unit in response to the first unit being in the individual active mode, and wherein the test is a group test of the first unit and at least another unit in response to the first unit being in the group active mode.