Slickline capabilities have expanded beyond well remediation, maintenance, and pressure-control applications. Enhanced self-powered slickline tools can perform diagnostic and conformance-control functions that require memory production logging. Applications that require electrical initiation or mechanical manipulation at the tool interface can be performed with slickline and battery power, insulating the toot from the surface equipment, Mechanical signals transmitted through the wire control the tool's start and stop functions and provide real-time position telemetry.