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REVISION HISTORY
Rev Date Author Description
1.0 27-Jan-06 JT, MEM, WG, Initial.
SB
1.1 6-Mar-06 JGT Added epoch shot time in 2nd 32-byte shot block. Moved
shot based data from miscellaneous block to new 2nd shot
block.
1.2 30 Jun 06 JGT Added “First break analysis” as a selection regarding the
“source of final receiver information” (Trace header block
#4).
Modified “Shot status flag” (Trace header block #3) to
include “Bad – Operator specified” and “Bad – Failed T0
QC test”.
Added a new Extended Header Block #3.
Added a External Header Definition Block in the front of
all external headers that define the data contained in the
external headers.
1.3 19 Oct 06 JGT Added Clock Drift entry to Extended header #2.
1.4 09 May 07 SKB Added new Trace header extensions 7, 8 and 9 that define
the instrument test configuration parameters.
1.5 30 May 2008 SKB, MEM Increase size of all clock drift related fields to 64 bit.
Add an option to collection type to signify guard banded
collection
Split extended trace header 3 into two separate trace
header extensions, one with shot time and drift values, the
other with guard band information and the remainder of
what was previously in trace header extension 3. Added
shot preplan and final information to the external header.
Added definitions for the field variations when the data is
time sliced.
1.5-1 24 Nov 2008 MEM Document corrections and clarifications. Merged file
system hierarchy and naming conventions to this
document.
1.6 29 Nov 2011 SKB Added fields for Trace Count Within File (TH#1, Bytes
22-25), External Shot ID (TH#4, Bytes 13-16). Orientation
Matrix Version Number (TH#7, Bytes 25-28), and
Gimbaling corrections applied flag (TH#7, Bytes 29).
1.6-1 21June2012 SKB Document correction. RU Channel number in the channel
set descriptor byte 31, Trace Edit code in Trace Header
byte 12, and Sensor Type in Trace Header 1, byte 21, were
not fully documented.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 PURPOSE .............................................................................................................................................. 1

2 GLOSSARY ........................................................................................................................................... 1

3 CONSTRAINTS .................................................................................................................................... 1

4 RECORD FORMAT ............................................................................................................................. 1

5 STORAGE UNIT LABEL .................................................................................................................... 3

6 RECEIVER RECORD HEADER DEFINITIONS............................................................................. 4

6.1 GENERAL HEADER ........................................................................................................................... 4
6.1.1 General Header Block #1......................................................................................................... 4
6.1.2 General Header – Block #2...................................................................................................... 5
6.2 CHANNEL SET DESCRIPTOR.............................................................................................................. 5
6.3 EXTENDED HEADER ......................................................................................................................... 6
6.3.1 32-byte Extended Header #1 ................................................................................................... 7
6.3.2 32-byte Extended Header #2 ................................................................................................... 7
6.3.3 32-byte Extended Header #3 ................................................................................................... 8
6.3.4 32-byte Extended Header #4 through n (as required) .............................................................. 9
6.4 EXTERNAL HEADER ......................................................................................................................... 9
6.5 TRACE HEADER .............................................................................................................................. 11
6.5.1 20-byte Trace Header ............................................................................................................ 11
6.5.2 32-byte Trace Header #1 ....................................................................................................... 12
6.5.3 32-byte Trace Header #2 (shot block) ................................................................................... 13
6.5.4 32-byte Trace Header #3 (time block) ................................................................................... 14
6.5.5 32-byte Trace Header #4 (data block) ................................................................................... 14
6.5.6 32-byte Trace Header #5 (receiver block) ............................................................................. 15
6.5.7 32-byte Trace Header #6 (orientation block) ......................................................................... 16
6.5.8 32-byte Trace Header #7 (orientation block) ......................................................................... 16
6.5.9 32-byte Trace Header #8 (Instrument Test Configuration).................................................... 17
6.5.10 32-byte Trace Header #9 (Instrument Test Configuration).................................................... 18
6.5.11 32-byte Trace Header #10 (Instrument Test Configuration).................................................. 19
7 RECORD ORGANIZATION FOR TAPE MEDIA ......................................................................... 19

8 FILE SYSTEM FORMAT CONVENTIONS ................................................................................... 21

8.1 DIRECTORY AND FILE ORGANIZATION ........................................................................................... 21
8.1.1 Receiver Point File Naming................................................................................................... 21
8.1.2 Receiver Point File Format .................................................................................................... 21
8.2 AUXILIARY FILES ........................................................................................................................... 21
8.2.1 Storage Label File Naming .................................................................................................... 21
8.2.2 Storage Label File Format ..................................................................................................... 21

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1 PURPOSE

The purpose of this document is to describe a custom receiver gather file format for Fairfield.

Fairfield Industries retains the right to change this document at any time and does not guarantee it to be
100% accurate, however every effort will be made to insure that it is both accurate and complete.

2 GLOSSARY
List all terms and abbreviations.
SEG Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Epoch Refers to Unix Epoch Time in micro-seconds (i.e. 00:00:00.000000 UTC on 1 January 1970)

3 CONSTRAINTS

Below is a list of constraints when dealing with these files.

1. A remote unit’s data set can be broken into multiple files only on shot line
boundaries. This does not apply for continuous data mode.
2. A file will never span tapes.
3. A file may contain multiple shot lines.
4. The system will have the means to limit the size of a file written to tape. This will be
a user configurable parameter.
5. The system will have the means to limit the size of a file written to a removable disk.
This will be a user configurable parameter.
6. The system can be configured to make sure that all data for a single remote unit is
contained within one tape cartridge assuming sufficient media density.
7. All shots or time slices within a file will have the same record length.

4 RECORD FORMAT

A receiver record header is written before each remote unit gather record and will consist of a number of
General Header blocks, Channel Set Descriptor blocks, Extended Header blocks and External Header
blocks. A receiver record will contain data associated with a single remote unit and all shots associated
with a single shot line and may contain multiple shot lines. When the receiver data is written in continuous
(fixed time sliced) form, some of the fields in the header blocks will vary or simply be zeroed. These
differences will be noted. The following diagram depicts the structure of the Receiver Gather Record. It is
intended to show the order of the headers and data fields within the record. The definitions of each field
can be found in subsequent sections.

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Channel Set
General Header General Header Extended Header External Header
Descriptor Data
Block #1 Block #2 Block #1 - n Block #1 - n
Block #1 - n

Receiver Gather Record

340 Bytes 340 Bytes 340 Bytes 340 Bytes 340 Bytes 340 Bytes 340 Bytes 340 Bytes 340 Bytes

Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace

Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data Data

Header
Header
Header
Header
Header
Header
Header
Header
Header

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Channel Set 1 Channel Set 2 Channel Set n

20 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes 32 Bytes

Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace Trace

Trace Trace
Header #2 Header #3 Header #4 Header #5 Header #6 Header #7 Header #8 Header #9 Header #10 Trace Data
Header Header #1
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5 STORAGE UNIT LABEL

The first 128 bytes of data on a tape consists of ASCII characters and constitutes a storage unit label.

Byte Number of Bytes Data Type Description

Number

1-4 4 ASCII Storage unit sequence number (“ xx”)

5-9 5 ASCII Fairfield revision (“FF1.6”)

10-15 6 ASCII Storage unit structure (“RECORD”)

16-19 4 ASCII Binding edition (“B2 “)

20-29 10 ASCII Maximum block size (“ 0”)

30-39 10 ASCII API producer code (set to blanks)

40-50 11 ASCII Creation date (dd-MMM-yyyy)

51-62 12 ASCII Serial number (“ xxx”)

63-68 6 ASCII Reserved (set to blanks)

69-80 12 ASCII External label name (“ xxx”)

81-104 24 ASCII Recording entity name (<crew#>,<recID>,<job>)

105-118 14 ASCII User defined (“Fairfield Z “)

119-128 10 ASCII Max file size in MBytes (“ xxxx”)

The following notes are included to clarify the use of some of the above fields.

• The Storage unit sequence number (bytes 1-4) is a unique integer that indicated
the order in which the current storage unit was written from the source data set.
• The Serial number field (bytes 51-62) contains what is commonly referred to as
the reel number.
• Bytes 69-128 collectively make up the Storage set identifier.
• The External label name (bytes 69-80) contains the user specified area string.
• The Recording entity name (bytes 81-104) is made up of three fields; crew
number, recording system ID, and job name (i.e. “108,0,DeepWaterJob”).

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6 RECEIVER RECORD HEADER DEFINITIONS

Modifications from the standard Fairfield SEG-D Rev. 2 format are depicted in red.

The latest changes to this document are depicted in blue.

6.1 General Header

There are two general header blocks that describe the data that is contained in each receiver record file.

6.1.1 General Header Block #1

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-2 2 BCD File number (0-9999). Set to FFFF when the file
number is greater than 9999. The expanded file
number is contained in bytes 1-3 of General
Header Block #2.

3-4 2 BCD Data sample format code (8058)

5-10 6 BCD General constants

11 1 BCD 1st shot point or time slice last two digits of year

12 ½ Binary Number of additional General Header blocks (1)

12-13 1-1/2 BCD 1st shot point or time slice Julian day in year

14-16 3 BCD 1st shot point or time slice UTC time (HHMMSS)

17 1 BCD Manufacturer’s code (20)

18-19 2 BCD Manufacturer’s serial number

20-22 3 BCD No used (0)

23 1 Binary Base scan interval

24 ½ Binary Polarity code (0)

24-25 1-1/2 Binary Not used (0)

26 ½ Binary Record type. Moved to trace header (set to 0)

26-27 1-1/2 BCD Record length in increments of 0.512 seconds

(always set to FFF). Use value stored in General
Header Block #2 – bytes 15-17.

28 1 BCD Scan types per record (01)

29 1 BCD Channel sets per scan type

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

30 1 BCD Number of 32-byte skew blocks (0)

31 1 BCD Number of 32-byte Extended Header Blocks (00-

99 or FF…use value in General Header Block #2)

32 1 BCD Number of 32-byte External Header Blocks (00-99

or FF…use value in General Header Block #2)

6.1.2 General Header – Block #2

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-3 3 Binary Extended file number

4-5 2 Binary Extended channel sets per scan type

6-7 2 Binary Extended header blocks

8-10 3 Binary External header blocks (now 3 bytes instead of 2)

11-12 2 Binary Fairfield file version number (One byte unsigned

binary and one byte binary fraction. This version:
0x0106)

13-14 2 Binary Number of 32-byte general trailer blocks (0)

15-17 3 Binary Extended record length in milliseconds

18 1 - Undefined (0)

19 1 Binary General header block number (2)

20-32 13 - Undefined (0)

6.2 Channel Set Descriptor

The channel set descriptor block follows the SEG-D Rev 2 convention. There may be multiple channel set
descriptor blocks if auxiliary data is recorded within the same file.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1 1 BCD Scan type number (1)

2 1 BCD Channel set number

3-4 2 Binary Channel set start time in milliseconds / 2

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

5-6 2 Binary Channel set end time in milliseconds / 2

7 1 Binary Optional MP factor extension byte (0)

8 1 Binary MP factor descaler multiplier (0…Fairfield data is

already descaled to millivolts)

9-10 2 BCD Number of channels in channel set

11 ½ Binary Channel type code (1…seismic) (high order 4-bits)

11 ½ Binary Unused

12 ½ BCD Number of sub-scans (high order 4-bits)

12 ½ Binary Gain control type (3…low order 4-bits)

13-14 2 BCD Alias filter frequency in Hertz

15-16 2 BCD Alias filter slope in dB per octave

17-18 2 BCD Low cut filter frequency in Hertz

19-20 2 BCD Low cut filter slope in dB per octave

21-22 2 BCD Notch filter frequency in Hertz x 10

23-24 2 BCD 2nd notch filter frequency in Hertz x 10

25-26 2 BCD 3rd notch filter frequency in Hertz x 10

27-28 2 Binary Extended channel set number

29 ½ Binary Extended header flag

29 ½ Binary Number of 32-byte trace header extensions

30 1 Binary Vertical stack size (1)

31 1 Binary RU Channel Number

32 1 Binary Array forming (0)

6.3 Extended Header

The extended header blocks will provide general information.

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6.3.1 32-byte Extended Header #1

This block contains information relative to all of the data contained in this file.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-8 8 Binary ID number of remote unit

9-16 8 Binary Epoch deployment time

17-24 8 Binary Epoch pickup time

25-32 8 Binary Remote unit Epoch start time

6.3.2 32-byte Extended Header #2

This block contains information relative to all of the data contained in this file.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 IEEE Acquisition drift window (us) (only valid if clock

stopped normally. Set to 0.0 if it died on its own
accord)

5-12 8 Binary Clock drift (ns) for this acquisition.

13 1 Binary Clock stop method

0 – normal
1 – storage full (ran out of memory)
2 –power loss (ran out of battery life)
3 – reboot (by command)

14 1 Binary Frequency drift within specification flag

0 – not within specification

1 – within specification

15 1 Binary Oscillator type

0 – control board
1 – atomic
2 – ovenized
3 – double ovenized
4 – disciplined

16 1 Binary Data collection method

0 – normal (as driven by real shots)

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1 – continuous (fixed time slice of all data

contained in remote unit)
2 – Shot sliced with guard band.

17-20 4 Binary Number of records (shots or time slices) in this file

21-24 4 Binary Total number of files to be acquired for this

remote unit

25-28 4 Binary File number x (out of total number above)

29 1 Binary Data decimation flag

0 – not decimated
1 – decimated data

30 1 Binary Original base scan interval (set to 0 if not

decimated)

31-32 2 Binary Number of decimation filter coefficients (set to 0

if not decimated)

6.3.3 32-byte Extended Header #3

This block contains miscellaneous data related to this file. All binary data contained in this block is
unsigned.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 Binary Receiver line number (this is replicated here to

facilitate file naming conventions when making
media copies to block devices)

5-8 4 Binary Receiver point (this is replicated here to facilitate

file naming conventions when making media
copies to block devices)

9 1 Binary Receiver point index (this is replicated here to

facilitate file naming conventions when making
media copies to block devices)

10-13 4 Binary First shot line written to this file (set to 0 for
continuous)

14-17 4 Binary First shot point written to this file (set to 0 for
continuous)

18 1 Binary First shot point index written to this file (set to 0

for continuous)

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

19-22 4 Binary Last shot line written to this file (set to 0 for
continuous)

23-26 4 Binary Last shot point written to this file (set to 0 for
continuous)

27 1 Binary Last shot point index written to this file (set to 0

for continuous)

28-32 5 - Reserved (set to 0)

6.3.4 32-byte Extended Header #4 through n (as required)

This block contains decimation filter coefficients. The number of these blocks depends on the total number
of filter coefficients required as stated in the Extended Header Block #2 (bytes 23-26) above.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

5-8 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

9-12 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

13-16 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

17-20 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

21-24 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

25-28 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

29-32 4 IEEE Data decimation filter coefficient

6.4 External Header

The first external header 32-byte block will contain information that describes the contents of the remaining
external header blocks. Below is a description of that block. All binary data contained in this block is 32-bit
unsigned.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 Binary Size (number of 32-byte external header blocks

that contain information associated with a single
shot. The size of each shot will be set to the
maximum size of any shot in this record. This
implies a fixed blocking to provide a means to

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index quickly into a desired area.)

5-8 4 Binary Receiver line number (this is replicated here to

facilitate file naming conventions when making
media copies to block devices)

9-12 4 Binary Receiver point (this is replicated here to facilitate

file naming conventions when making media
copies to block devices)

13 1 Binary Receiver point index (this is replicated here to

facilitate file naming conventions when making
media copies to block devices)

14-32 19 - Reserved (set to 0)

The remaining external header blocks contain preplan location, final location, navigation, and energy
source information relative to each shot point.

The first block for each shot will be as follows:

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-8 8 Binary Shot epoch time

9-12 4 Binary Shot line number

13-16 4 Binary Shot point

17 1 Binary Shot point index

18-21 4 Binary Shot point final X coordinate x 10

22-25 4 Binary Shot point final Y coordinate x 10

26-29 4 Binary Shot point final depth in meters x 10

30 1 Binary Source of final shot information

0 – Undefined
1 – preplan
2 – as shot

3 – post processed

31 1 Binary Shot status flag

0 – normal
1 – Bad – Operator specified

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

2 – Bad – Failed T0 QC test

32 1 - Reserved (set to 0)

The remaining blocks for each shot will contain the external header data written in a raw manner as it was
received by the recording system. The following example depicts a typical Concept Systems navigation and
Syntron GCS90 energy source setup.

The Concept User Header 7 header description consumes the first 16 bytes, the Concept User Header 7
Hydronav data tag consumes next 176 bytes and the Concept User Header 7 GCS90 data tag consumes next
832 bytes or more depending on how many guns are used. A typical header is 2416 bytes which rounds up
to 76 32-byte headers (2432 bytes) needed to store the raw navigation headers for each shot. Please refer to
the Concept System’s User Header 7 document, which describes the format of this data.

Thus for the example headers described above, the total size of the external header data that will be
required to store all of the data associated with the shots contained in this receiver oriented file can be
calculated as follows:

Assume that we have 400 shots per line and 10 shot lines.

400 shots per line x 77 32-byte blocks per shot = 30,800 blocks per line x 10 lines = 308,000 blocks

Plus one block for the external header block descriptor = 308,001 blocks x 32 bytes = 9,856,032 bytes

6.5 Trace Header

A 20-byte trace header and a number of 32-byte trace header extension blocks are attached to the beginning
of each trace record.

6.5.1 20-byte Trace Header

This block adheres to the SEG-D rev 2 standard.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-2 2 BCD Tape file number (two byte, four digit, BCD).
These bytes must be set to FFFF when the
Extended File Number (bytes 18, 19 and 20) is
used.

3-4 2 BCD Scan type and channel set number

5-6 2 BCD Trace number (1 – 9999)

7-9 3 BCD First timing word

10 1 Binary Number of 32-byte trace extension blocks

11 1 Binary SEG-D sample skew value (0)

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

Trace edit code
12 1 Binary
00 – No edit
01 – Not Used
02 – Trace zeroed intentionally.
03 – Trace has been edited. Acquisition system has
modified one or more of the samples on this trace .
04 – 06 – Not used in this format. Reserved for
SEG-D 2.1 output format
13-15 3 Binary Time break window (0)

16-17 2 Binary Extended channel set number (0)

18-20 3 Binary Extended file number

6.5.2 32-byte Trace Header #1

This block adheres to the SEG-D rev 2 standard.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-3 3 Binary Receiver line number – two’s complement, signed

4-6 3 Binary Receiver point – two’s complement, signed

7 1 Binary Receiver point index – two’s complement,

unsigned

8-10 3 Binary Number of samples per trace

11-15 5 Binary Extended receiver line number

16-20 5 Binary Extended receiver point number

21 1 Binary Sensor type on this trace

00 – Not defined
01 – Hydrophone
02 – Vertical geophone
03 – Inline geophone
04 – Cross-line geophone
05 – Other horizontal geophone
06 – Vertical accelerometer
07 – Inline accelerometer
08 – Cross-line accelerometer
09 – Other horizontal accelerometer

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

10 - Geophone, X
11 - Geophone, Y
12 - Geophone, Z
13 - Geophone, Horizontal, North
14 - Geophone, Horizontal, East
21 - AUX, Ground Force
22 - AUX, True Reference
23 - AUX, Mass Accelerometer
24 - AUX, Baseplate Accelerometer

22-25 4 Binary Trace count within file

26-32 7 - Reserved (set to 0)

6.5.3 32-byte Trace Header #2 (shot block)

This block defines shot location parameters. All binary data contained in this block is unsigned.

Description
Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type
Shot Mode Continuous Mode

1-4 4 Binary Shot line number Remote Unit Serial

Number

5-8 4 Binary Shot point Time slice index for

this Remote Unit

9 1 Binary Shot point index Set to 0

10-13 4 Binary Shot point pre-plan X Set to 0

coordinate x 10

14-17 4 Binary Shot point pre-plan Y Set to 0

coordinate x 10

18-21 4 Binary Shot point final X Set to 0

coordinate x 10

22-25 4 Binary Shot point final Y Set to 0

coordinate x 10

26-29 4 Binary Shot point final depth x Set to 0

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type
Shot Mode Continuous Mode

30 1 Binary Source of final shot Set to 0

information

0 – Undefined
1 – preplan
2 – as shot
3 – post processed

31 1 Binary Energy source type Set to 0

0 – Undefined
1 – Vibroseis
2 – Dynamite
3- Air gun

32 1 - Reserved (set to 0)

6.5.4 32-byte Trace Header #3 (time block)

This block defines timing information associated with this shot/time slice. All binary data contained in this
block is 32-bit unsigned.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-8 8 Binary Shot or time slice epoch time

9-16 8 Binary Shot skew time from sample boundary (us)

17-24 8 Binary +/- Applied clock correction time shift (ns)

25-32 8 Binary +/- Remaining (not applied) clock correction time

shift (ns)

6.5.5 32-byte Trace Header #4 (data block)

This block defines additional information associated with the data contained in this trace. All binary data
contained in this block is 32-bit unsigned.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 Binary Pre Shot Guard Band (ms) (set to 0 for continuous)

5-8 4 Binary Post Shot Guard Band (ms) (set to 0 for

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

continuous)

9 1 Binary Preamp gain in dB

10 1 Binary Trace clipped flag

0 – not clipped
1 – digital clip detected
2 – analog clip detected

11 1 Binary Record type code

0x8 = normal seismic data record

0x2 = test data record

12 1 Binary Shot status flag (set to 0 for continuous)

0 – normal
1 – Bad – Operator specified
2 – Bad – Failed T0 QC test

13-16 4 Binary External Shot ID

17-24 8 - Reserved (set to 0)

25-28 4 IEEE Post Processed First Break Pick Time

29-32 4 IEEE Post Processed RMS Noise

6.5.6 32-byte Trace Header #5 (receiver block)

This block defines receiver location parameters. All binary data contained in this block is 32-bit unsigned.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 Binary Receiver line number

5-8 4 Binary Receiver point

9 1 Binary Receiver point index

10-13 4 Binary Receiver point pre-plan X coordinate x 10

14-17 4 Binary Receiver point pre-plan Y coordinate x 10

18-21 4 Binary Receiver point final X coordinate x 10

22-25 4 Binary Receiver point final Y coordinate x 10

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

26-29 4 Binary Receiver point final depth x 10

30 1 Binary Source of final receiver information

1 – preplan
2 – as laid (no navigation sensor)
3 – as laid (HiPAP only)
4 – as laid (HiPAP and INS)
5 – as laid (HiPAP and DVL)
6 – as laid (HiPAP, DVL and INS)
7 – post processed (HiPAP only)
8 – post processed (HiPAP and INS)
9 – post processed (HiPAP and DVL)
10 – post processed (HiPAP, DVL and INS)
11 – first break analysis

31-32 2 - Reserved (set to 0)

6.5.7 32-byte Trace Header #6 (orientation block)

This block defines remote unit orientation parameters.

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 0 (H1X)

5-8 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 1 (H2X)

9-12 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 2 (VX)

13-16 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 3 (H1Y)

17-20 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 4 (H2Y)

21-24 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 5 (VY)

25-28 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 6 (H1Z)

29-32 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 7 (H2Z)

6.5.8 32-byte Trace Header #7 (orientation block)

This block continues to define remote unit orientation parameters.

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 IEEE Float Tilt matrix element 8 (VZ)

5-8 4 IEEE Float Azimuth in degrees

9-12 4 IEEE Float Pitch in degrees

13-16 4 IEEE Float Roll in degrees

17-20 4 IEEE Float Remote Unit Temperature

21-24 4 IEEE Float Remote Unit Humidity

25-28 4 Binary Orientation Matrix Version Number

29 1 Binary Gimbal Corrections applied using above

orientation matrix.

30-32 3 - Reserved (set to 0)

6.5.9 32-byte Trace Header #8 (Instrument Test Configuration)

This block begins the remote unit instrument test configuration parameters

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 Binary Fairfield Test Analysis code.

5-8 4 Binary First Test Oscillator Attenuation

9-12 4 Binary Second Test Oscillator Attenuation

13-16 4 Binary Start Delay (in uSec)

17-20 4 Binary DC Filter Flag

0 = No Filter
1 = Apply Filter

21-24 4 Float DC Filter frequency

25-28 4 Binary Preamp Path

0 = external input selected (default)

1 = simulated data selected
2 = pre-amp input shorted to ground
3 = test oscillator with sensors

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

4 = test oscillator without sensors

5 = common mode test oscillator with sensors
6 = common mode test oscillator without sensors
7 = test oscillator on positive sensors with neg
sensor grounded
8 = test oscillator on negative sensors with pos
sensor grounded
9 = test oscillator on positive PA input, with neg
PA input ground
10 = test oscillator on negative PA input, with pos
PA input ground
11 = test oscillator on positive PA input, with neg
PA input ground, no sensors
12 = test oscillator on negative PA input, with pos
PA input ground, no sensors

29-32 4 Binary Test Oscillator Signal Type

0 = test oscillator path open

1 = test signal selected
2 = DC reference selected
3 = test oscillator path grounded
4 = DC reference toggle selected

6.5.10 32-byte Trace Header #9 (Instrument Test Configuration)

This block continues to define remote unit instrument test configuration parameters

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Signal Type

0 = pattern is address ramp

1 = pattern is RU address ramp
2 = pattern is built from provided values
3 = pattern is random numbers
4 = pattern is a walking 1s
5 = pattern is a walking 0s
6 = test signal is a specified DC value
7 = test signal is a pulse train with specified duty
cycle

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Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

8 = test signal is a sine wave

9 = test signal is a dual tone sine
10 = test signal is an impulse
11 = test signal is a step function

5-8 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Frequency 1 (in mili-hertz)

9-12 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Frequency 2 (in mili-hertz)

13-16 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Amplitude 1 (in dB down

from full scale, -120 to +120, where the sign is
used to indicate the polarity)

17-20 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Amplitude 2 (in dB down

from full scale, -120 to +120, where the sign is
used to indicate the polarity)

21-24 4 Float Test Signal Generator Duty Cycle in %

25-28 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Active Duration (in uSec)

29-32 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Activation Time (in uSec)

6.5.11 32-byte Trace Header #10 (Instrument Test Configuration)

This block continues to define remote unit instrument test configuration parameters

Byte Number Number of Bytes Data Type Description

1-4 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Idle Level (% full scale)

5-8 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Active Level (%full scale)

9-12 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Pattern 1 (lower level 24

bits_

13-16 4 Binary Test Signal Generator Pattern 2 (lower level 24

bits)

17-32 4 Binary Reserved (set to 0)

7 RECORD ORGANIZATION FOR TAPE MEDIA

The following diagram depicts the organization of the Storage Unit Label and Receiver Gather Records on
Tape media.

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EOF

EOF

EOF

EOF

EOF
Storage Unit Receiver Gather Receiver Gather Receiver Gather
Label Record 1 Record 2 Record n

Tape Organization

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8 FILE SYSTEM FORMAT CONVENTIONS

This section defines the directory structures and file naming conventions used when the destination media
contains a file system.

8.1 Directory and File Organization

The following depicts what is written to the destination file system.

File System Root

|- StorageLabel_xxx.0 aux file
|- ReceiverLineName directory
|- ReceiverPoint data file
Each receiver line name will be a directory on the file system (i.e. 1080, 1240, etc.). Each receiver point
will be from 1 to N files written under its respective receiver line name directory.

8.1.1 Receiver Point File Naming

Data acquired from a single receiver point can become quite large. The data output generation supports
writing the data to multiple files where each file will contain a portion of the acquired data. Entries are
made in the headers (see 32-byte Extended Header #2) that depict this (i.e. file 1 out of 2). This concept is
carried further when a file system is involved. For example, the data for receiver point 5056.0 was split into
N portions due to the total size of the data set. The file names used on the file system would be 5056.0.0
for the first portion of the data, 5056.0.1 for the second, 5056.0.2 for the third, and so on until 5056.0.N is
reached.

8.1.2 Receiver Point File Format

Each receiver point file will be organized as a Fairfield Receiver Gather file format as defined in the
FORMAT DEFINITION section of this document.

8.2 Auxiliary Files

8.2.1 Storage Label File Naming

A storage label file will be created for each tape that is written to the file system. The name of these files
will be “StorageLabel_<serial#>.<index>” where the <serial#> is the Serial number field as defined in the
Storage Unit Label section and <index> is an incrementing number starting at 0 that increments for each
repeated instance of the same file name should one occur.

For example, if the Serial Number field of the Storage Label is 163, the first file for this serial number
would be “StorageUnit_163.0”, the second would be “StorageUnit_163.1”, and so on.

8.2.2 Storage Label File Format

The data in this file will be formatted as described in the Storage Unit Label section of this document.

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