| CPC E21B 43/1185 (2013.01) | 30 Claims |

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9. A method of tracking usage of one or more addressable switches in a perforating gun string, the method comprising:
firing a first addressable switch associated with a plug of the perforating gun string to set the plug downhole in a wellbore;
in response to firing the first addressable switch, incrementing a first counter of the perforating gun string for the first addressable switch associated with the plug of the perforating gun string;
firing a second addressable switch associated with a perforating gun of the perforating gun string to detonate the perforating gun downhole in the wellbore; and
in response to firing the second addressable switch, incrementing a second counter of the perforating gun string for the second addressable switch associated with the perforating gun of the perforating gun string.
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