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Remote firing device with diverse initiators

  • US 8,474,379 B2
  • Filed: 01/13/2009
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote firing system comprising:

  • a set of remote devices, each remote device being capable of communicating a safety data structure that includes a system identifier for indentifying the remote firing system from other remote firing systems and a device identifier for identifying a remote device from other remote devices; and

    a controller device for causing the set of remote devices to trigger detonators, the controller device being capable of selecting a subset of the set of remote devices for triggering detonators and further being capable of communicating the safety data structure that includes a system identifier for identifying the remote firing system from other remote firing systems and device identifiers for identifying the subset of remote devices to control.

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