130 Broadband Seismic Recorder

130 Recording
Format Specification
For 130 CPU firmware v2.7.3 (PASSCAL Compliant)
Refraction Technology™

130 Recording Format 130-RF-001-E January 20, 2006

 Refraction Technology, Inc.
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 Preface

All references to a PDA in this guide refer to any type of device

that is compatible with the Palm operating system (OS)

Who Should Use This Manual

This guide was written assuming the user has basic computer
skills and is familiar with DOS, Windows and standard Palm
features.

Update Notification

You can receive E-mail notification of updates by

subscribing to one of the REF TEK 130 notification lists.

To subscribe:
1 Send an E-mail to [email protected] with one of the following in the body of the
message: “subscribe <listname> <your name> where <list name> is one of the
entries in the following table and <your name> is replaced by your name.

DAS <listname> Example

130 rt_130 subscribe rt_130 tom smith

130_ANSS rt_130_anss subscribe rt_130_anss john doe

130_SM rt_130_sm subscribe rt_130_sm mike smith

2 Your E-mail address is automatically extracted from the header of the E-Mail you
send.
3 To obtain updates from out FTP site:

For REF TEK software, firmware, and documents:

[1] Login to our FTP site at: ftp.reftek.com\pub

[2] User name: Anonymous

[3] Password: Your E-mail Address

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 Revision History

Pages
Rev Date Reason for change changed
0.1 03/04/02 Initial release
A 01/03/03 Organized and added 11/27/02 command update All
B 04/04/03 Record sections updated for Auxiliary Data parameter packet (AD) Section:
6.1 - AD
C 11/18/03 Added Vote Trigger Section: 3.3.1
D 1/12/04 Updated Section 3 Section: 3
E 1/18/06 Updated and corrected EH and ET tables Sect: 3.5 and
3.6

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 Notation Conventions
The following notation conventions are used throughout Ref Tek
documentation:

Notation Description
ASCII Indicates the entry conforms to the American Standard Code for Information Interchange
definition of character (text) information.
Binary Indicates the entry is a raw, numeric value.
Hex Indicates hexadecimal notation. This is used with both ASCII characters (0 – 9, A – F) and
numeric values.
BCD Indicates the entry is a numeric value where each four bits represents a decimal digit.
FPn Indicates the entry is the ASCII representation of a floating-point number with n places fol-
lowing the decimal point.
<n> Indicates a single 8-bit byte. When the contents are numeric, it indicates a hexadecimal
numeric value; i.e. <84> represents hexadecimal 84 (132 decimal). When the contents are
capital letters, it represents a named ASCII control character; i.e. <SP> represents a space
character, <CR> represents a carriage return character and <LF> represents a line feed
character.
MSB Most Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
MSbit Most Significant Bit of a binary number.
LSB Least Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
LSbit Least Significant Bit (bit 0) of a binary number.
YYYY Year as a 4-digit number
DDD Day of year
HH Hour of day in 24-hour format
MM Minutes of hour
SS Seconds of minute
TTT Thousandths of a second (milliseconds)
IIII Unit ID number

n, nS nano, nanoSecond; 10-9 = 0.000000001

u, uS micro, microSecond; 10-6 = 0.000001
m, mS milli, milliSecond; 10-3 = 0.001
K, KHz Kilo, KiloHertz; 103 = 1,000
M, MHz Mega, MegaHertz; 106 = 1,000,000
G, GHz Giga, GigaHertz; 109 = 1,000,000,000
Kb, KB Kilobit, KiloByte; 210 = 1,024
Mb, MB Megabit, MegaByte; 220 = 1,048,576
Gb, GB Gigabit, GigaByte; 230 = 1,073,741,824

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 Related Manuals:

130-01 System Documents Number PDF file

130-01 System Startup 1301-SYS-001 130_startup_01.pdf
PFC_130 Users Guide 130-PFC-001 130_pfc.pdf
REF TEK Utilities Users Guide UTILS-OP-002 130_utilities.pdf
Archive Utilities ARC-OP-003 arcutil.pdf
130 Theory of Operations 130-SYS-002 130_theory.pdf
130 PFC Release Notes 130-RN-001 130_PFCRN.pdf
130 CPU Release Notes 130-RN-002 130_CPURN.pdf
130 Command Reference 130-CR-001 130_command.pdf
130 Recording Format 130-RF-001 130_record.pdf
130-GPS/01 130-TR-003 gps01.pdf

130-01 Board Documents Number PDF file

RT505 - A/D Board 130-RT505 RT505r.pdfa
RT506 - CPU Board 130-RT506 RT506r.pdf
RT520 - Lid Interconnect Board 130-RT520 RT520r.pdf
RT526 - MicroDrive/Flash Board 130-RT526 RT526rB01.pdf
RT527 - Sensor Control Board (Optional) 130-RT527 RT527rB01.pdf
RT535 - Mass Memory Board (Optional) 130-RT535 RT535rB01.pdf

Optional Manuals Number PDF file

SNDP Installation and Users Guide SNDP-S-003 SNDPUser.pdf
SNDP Reference Guide SNDP-S-002 SNDPRef.pdf
RTCC REF TEK Command and Control Users RTCC-S-006 RTCC.pdf
Guide
RT_Display Users Guide RTD-S-007 RTDisplay.pdf
RT_View Users Guide RTV-S-005 RTView.pdf
RTPMonitor Installation and Users Guide RTPM-S-008 RTPM.pdf
RTPD Installation and Users Guide RTPD-S-005 RTPD.pdf
RTP Protocol RTP-S-004 RTP.pdf
131A-01/3 Standard Triaxial Accelerometer 131A-TR-004 131A.pdf
131A-01/2 Low Noise Triaxial Accelerometer
131A-01/1 Uniaxial Accelerometer 131A-TR-005 131A011.pdf
a. r = Revision level of 130 Board

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 Table of Contents
Section: 1 Information Storage
1.1 Disk Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.1.1 Disk Directory Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.1.2 File Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Section: 2 Packet Header Description

2.1 Packet Header Description . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.1.1 Packet Type . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.1.2 Experiment Number .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.1.3 Year .......... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.1.4 Unit ID Number .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.1.5 Time . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Section: 3 Packet Description

3.1 Auxiliary Data parameter packet (AD) .............. . . . . . . .3-10
3.2 Calibration parameter packet (CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11
3.2.1 72A Calibration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11
3.2.2 130 Sensor Auto-Center Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12
3.2.3 130 Sensor Calibration Signal Information . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12
3.2.4 130 Sensor Calibration Sequence Information .. . . . . . . .3-12
3.3 Data Stream parameter packet (DS) ............... . . . . . . .3-13
3.3.1 Data Stream Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-13
3.3.2 Continuous Trigger Info (Trigger type = CON) .. . . . . . . .3-14
3.3.3 Cross-Stream Trigger Info (Trigger type = CRS) . . . . . . . .3-14
3.3.4 Event Trigger Information (Trigger type = EVT) . . . . . . . .3-14
3.3.5 External Trigger Information (Trigger type = EXT) . . . . . .3-15
3.3.6 Level Trigger Information (Trigger type = LEV) . . . . . . . . .3-15
3.3.7 Time Trigger Information (Trigger type = TIM) . . . . . . . . .3-15
3.3.8 Time List Trigger (Trigger type = TML) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-16
3.3.9 Vote Trigger (Trigger type = VOT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-17
3.4 Data packet (DT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18
3.4.1 Extended Header Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19
3.5 Event Header packet (EH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-22
3.6 Event Trailer packet (ET) ....................... . . . . . . .3-24
3.6.1 EH/ET Time Source Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-25
3.6.2 EH/ET Time Quality Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-25
3.6.3 EH/ET Channel Gain Codes ............... . . . . . . .3-26
3.6.4 EH/ET Channel A/D Resolution Codes ........ . . . . . . .3-26
3.6.5 EH/ET Channel, Sensor Full Scale Analog Codes . . . . . . .3-26
3.6.6 EH/ET Channel, Sensor Units Codes ......... . . . . . . .3-27
3.6.7 EH/ET Filter Codes ..................... . . . . . . .3-27
3.6.8 Ref Tek 120 Information ................. . . . . . . .3-27
3.7 Filter Description packet (FD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-28
3.8 Operating Mode parameter packet (OM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-30
3.9 Station/Channel parameter packet (SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-31
3.9.1 Channel Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-31
3.10 State-of-Health packet (SH) .................... . . . . . . .3-32

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 About This Manual
This document contains technical information regarding the
recording format for the Program for Array Seismic Studies of
the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL) recording format. It
includes a separate section for each of the following topics:

- Information storage
- Notation conventions
- Packet Header description
- Packet descriptions
- Special packets

The PASSCAL recording format was designed to store data

acquired by field instruments manufactured to the PASSCAL
specification. In general, the PASSCAL specification requires
that each recording stand alone with respect to the sample rate,
start time, and data format. Furthermore, it was a goal of the
specification that additional types of recordings could be added
to the format specification without having to reformat previous
recordings.

The REF TEK 130 series DAS units record data in this format.
DAS units record data into 1,024-byte packets and store them in
RAM. Without altering the format, the DAS units write the pack-
ets to disk and/or transmit them over a telemetry link.

This recording format lets users convert data to other formats,

including SEG-Y (Society of Exploration Geophysicists), SUDS
(Seismic Unified Data System), and ASCII formats. Example C
language conversion programs are available from Refraction
Technology, Inc. or IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for
Seismology).

Software Version
The information in this manual is accurate for products that
use software of any version from that shown on the cover to the
version of software you received with your DAS unit(s).

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 Document Version
The document version is shown by the date on the front cover
(the ‘save’ date). The save date is also shown on the bottom of
each text page; it may be later than the front cover date if editorial
and/or other corrections were made.

If you have any concerns on the applicability of this manual to your

particular DAS unit(s), please contact Refraction Technology, Inc.
Our address and phone numbers are shown on the inside cover of
this document.

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 Section 1
Information Storage
The REF TEK 130 Data Acquisition Systems (DAS units) store
information in RAM in packets of 1,024 bytes each. Each packet
contains a 16-byte header followed by 1,008 bytes allocated
according to the packet type. The first two bytes of the header
indicate the packet type.

The REF TEK 130 DAS can write these packets to files on its disk,
to its serial communications port or to its network communica-
tions port. When data storage has been directed to one of the
telemetry ports, each packet is transmitted on a first-in/first-out
basis.

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Disk Recording

1.1 Disk Recording

Information packets stored in RAM may be written to files on
the internal disk drive. The disk drive is formatted using the FAT-
32 file system with long file name support. Each DAS event is writ-
ten to a separate file. The State of Health packets and the param-
eter packets are written to a common State of Health file.

1.1.1 Disk Directory Structure

Files are distributed in subdirectories in the same manner as a

Ref Tek data archive. This creates subdirectories by date, Unit ID
and data stream; \YYYYDDD\IIII\S.
The State of Health log is recorded as datastream 0. For example:
Year
Day of year

\2003032
\2003033
Unit ID number
\90F0
Datastream
\0
\1
\2

1.1.2 File Names

Files are named in the same manner as a REF TEK data archive.
Each event file name includes the time of the first sample of the
event and the length of the event in hexadecimal milliseconds. If
the length in milliseconds is zero, the event is incomplete.
For example:
HH = hour
MM = minutes
SS = seconds
xxxxxxxx = length

022715941_00000000

TTT = milliseconds

Figure 1 - 1 Event filename

The State of Health file name is soh.rt.

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 Section 2
Packet Header Description

2.1 Packet Header Description

The REF TEK 130 DAS units store information in packets of
1,024 bytes each. Each packet starts with a 16-byte header.
The remaining 1,008 bytes are allocated differently for each
packet type. The header has the following form:

No. of
Offset Field Bytes Format
0 Packet Type 2 ASCII characters
2 Experiment Number 1 2-digit BCD 0-99
3 Year 1 2-digit BCD 0-99
4 Unit ID Number 2 4-digit Hexadecimal 0-FFFF
6 Time 6 BCD DDDHHMMSSTTT
12 Byte Count 2 4-digit BCD
14 Packet Sequence 2 4-digit BCD 0-9999

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Packet Header Description

2.1.1 Packet Type

The first two bytes of a packet are an ASCII code designating

the type of information in the packet. The codes are as follows:

Type Description
AD Auxiliary Data Parameter Packet
CD Calibration Parameter Packet
DS Data Stream Parameter Packet
DT Data Packet
EH Event Header Packet
ET Event Trailer Packet
OM Operating Mode Parameter Packet
SH State-Of-Health Packet
SC Station/Channel Parameter Packet

2.1.2 Experiment Number

The experiment number field is a two-digit decimal number that

is rarely used. While currently filled with the experiment number
from the Station Parameters, it may be reallocated at a later date.

2.1.3 Year

The year field includes the last two decimal digits of the year
that the first information in the packet was recorded.

2.1.4 Unit ID Number

The Unit ID Number field identifies which REF TEK DAS unit
recorded the packet. The Unit ID number is set at the factory. The
Unit ID numbers for REF TEK 130 DAS units range from 9001 to
FFFF.

2.1.5 Time

The time field for each packet includes the following informa-
tion:

• Day of the year

• Hour of the day (24-hour day)
• Minute of the hour
• Second of the minute
• Tenths, hundredths, and thousandths of the second (millisec-
onds) of the first entry

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Packet Header Description

For data packets, this time is the time of the first sample in the
packet. For Event Header (EH) and Event Trailer (ET) packets, it is
the trigger time. For parameter packets, it is the time the parame-
ters were implemented. For State-of-Health (SH) packets, it is the
time the packet was created.

2.6 Byte Count

The Byte Count field indicates the number of valid bytes con-
tained in the packet, starting with the first byte of the 1,024-byte
packet. It ranges from 24 to 1024.

2.7 Packet Sequence Number

The Packet Sequence field increments for each packet of an
event. Each event is sequenced separately. The State of Health Log
and parameter packets are sequenced together. Their sequence
begins at zero each time the user clears RAM or initializes the DAS.
If the sequence number reaches 9999, it rolls over to zero.

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Packet Header Description

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 Section 3
Packet Description
This section provides detailed technical specifications for
packets recorded using the REFTEK 130 DAS, including:
• AD - Auxiliary Data Parameter Packet
• CD - Calibration Parameter Packet
• DS - Data Stream Parameter Packet
• DT - Data Packet
• EH - Event Header Packet
• ET - Event Trailer Packet
• FD - Filter Description Packet
• OM - Operating Mode Parameter Packet
• SC - Station/Channel Parameter Packet
• SH - State-Of-Health Packet

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Auxiliary Data parameter packet (AD)

3.1 Auxiliary Data parameter packet (AD)

The Auxiliary Data parameter packet contains the auxiliary
channel recording parameters.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type AD
16 Marker 2 ASCII digits: 99
18 Channels 16 ASCII characters: Each byte by position cor-
responds to a channel. A <SP> disables a
channel while a character enables a channel.
34 Sample Period 8 ASCII integer: seconds between samples
42 Data Format 2 ASCII digits: 16
44 Record length 8 ASCII integer : seconds
52 Recording Desti- 4 ASCII characters: Each byte represents a
nation recording destination; RAM, Disk, Ethernet
and Serial. A <SP> disables a destination
while a character enables it.
56 Reserved 950 ASCII character: <SP>
1008 Implement Time 16 ASCII time of implement: YYYYDDDH-
HMMSSTTT

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Calibration parameter packet (CD)

3.2 Calibration parameter packet (CD)

The Calibration parameter packet contains the Calibration
parameters. Bytes 17 – 82 (offsets 16 – 81) are defined for
the Ref Tek 72A series DAS and are not filled in by the Ref
Tek 130 DAS. Bytes 131 - 306 are defined for the Ref Tek
130 DAS and are not filled in by the 72A DAS.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type CD
16 72A Calibration 114 See below
130 130 Sensor 64 4 structures as defined below
Auto-center
194 130 Sensor Cal- 112 4 structures as defined below
ibration
306 Reserved 702 ASCII character: <SP>
1008 Implement 16 ASCII time of implement:
Time YYYYDDDHHMMSSTTT

3.2.1 72A Calibration Information

The following fields are filled in by a REF TEK 72A DAS.

No. Of
Offset Description Bytes Format
16 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
30 Repeat Interval 8 ASCII digits: DDHHMMSS
38 # of Intervals 4 ASCII integer
42 Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
50 Step On/Off 4 ASCII characters: ON or OFF
54 Step Period 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
62 Step Size 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
70 Step Amplitude 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (volts)
78 Step Output 4 ASCII characters: COIL or AMPL
82 Reserved 48 ASCII character: <SP>

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Calibration parameter packet (CD)

3.2.2 130 Sensor Auto-Center Information

The following fields are filled in by a REF TEK 130 DAS.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Sensor 1 ASCII integer: 1 – 4
1 Enable 1 ASCII character:
<SP> = disable, else = enable
2 Reading Interval 4 ASCII integer: 10 or 100 (seconds)
6 Cycle Interval 2 ASCII integer: hours between cycles,
0 = disable
8 Level 4 ASCII digits: 0.1 – 9.9 volts
12 Attempts 2 ASCII integer: max attempts per cycle
14 Attempt Interval 2 ASCII integer: minutes between
attempts

3.2.3 130 Sensor Calibration Signal Information

The following fields are filled in by a REF TEK 130 DAS.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Sensor 1 ASCII digit: 1 - 4
1 Enable 1 ASCII character: <SP> = disable, else =
enable
2 Reserved 2 ASCII character: <SP>
4 Duration 4 ASCII digits: 1 – 500 seconds
8 Amplitude 4 ASCII digits: FP 2: 0.01 – 3.75 volts
12 Signal 4 ASCII characters: STEP, SINE, NOIS
16 Step interval 4 ASCII digits: 1 – 250 seconds
20 Step width 4 ASCII digits: 1 – 250 seconds
24 Sine Frequency 4 ASCII digits: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50
or 100 Hz

3.2.4 130 Sensor Calibration Sequence Information

The following fields are filled in by a REF TEK 130 DAS.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Sequence 1 ASCII digit: 1
1 Enable 1 ASCII character: non-<SP>
2 Reserved 2 ASCII <SP>
4 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
18 Interval 8 ASCII digits: DDHHMMSS
20 Count 2 ASCII integer
22 Record Length 8 ASCII integer seconds
30 Reserved 22 ASCII <SP>

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Data Stream parameter packet (DS)

3.3 Data Stream parameter packet (DS)

Each Data Stream parameter packet contains parameters for up
to four data streams.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type DS
16 Data Stream 920 Four streams as described in the following
Info section
936 Reserved 72 ASCII character: <SP>
1008 Implement Time 16 ASCII time of implement: YYYYDDDH-
HMMSSTTT

3.3.1 Data Stream Information

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Data Stream # 2 ASCII integer
2 Data Stream Name 16 ASCII characters
18 Recording Destina- 4 ASCII characters: Each byte represents a
tion recording destination; RAM, Disk, Ethernet
and Serial. A <SP> disables a destination
while a character enables it.
22 Reserved 4 ASCII character: <SP>
26 Channels Included 16 ASCII characters: Each byte by position corre-
sponds to a channel. A <SP> disables a
channel while a character enables a channel.
42 Sample Rate 4 ASCII integer (samples per second)
46 Data Format 2 ASCII characters: 16, 32, or C0
48 Reserved 16 ASCII character: <SP>
64 Trigger Type 4 ASCII characters: EVT, TIM, LEV, CON, RAD,
EXT, CRS
68 Trigger Description 162 Format depends on type of trigger as
described below.

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Data Stream parameter packet (DS)

3.3.2 Continuous Trigger Info (Trigger type = CON)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Record Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
8 Start Time 14 ASCII: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
22 Reserved 140 ASCII: <SP>

3.3.3 Cross-Stream Trigger Info (Trigger type = CRS)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Trigger Stream No 2 ASCII integer
2 Pretrigger Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
10 Record Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
18 Reserved 144 ASCII character: <SP>

3.3.4 Event Trigger Information (Trigger type = EVT)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Trigger Channels 16 Non-space for included channel, posi-
tion dependent (byte one for channel
one, byte two for channel two, etc.);
REFTEK user interfaces use an ASCII
digit (lower digit of channel number)
16 Minimum Channels 2 ASCII integer
18 Trigger Window 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
26 Pretrigger Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
34 Post-trigger Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
42 Record Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
50 Reserved 8 ASCII: <SP>
58 STA Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
66 LTA Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
74 Mean Removal 8 ASCII digits: FP 2
82 Trigger Ratio 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
90 De-trigger Ratio 8 ASCII digits: FP 2
98 LTA Hold 4 ASCII characters: ON or OFF
102 Low Pass Corner Freq. 4 ASCII digits: FP 1 (Hz): OFF, 0, 12
106 High Pass Corner Freq. 4 ASCII digits: FP 1 (Hz): OFF, 0, 0.1, 2
110 Reserved 52 ASCII character: <SP>

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Data Stream parameter packet (DS)

3.3.5 External Trigger Information (Trigger type = EXT)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Pretrigger Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
8 Record Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
16 Reserved 146 ASCII: <SP>

3.3.6 Level Trigger Information (Trigger type = LEV)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Level 8 ASCII:
Gn.nnnnFP4
Mnnn.nnFP2
%nn1 – 99
Hxxxxxxxhex Integer
elseInteger
8 Pretrigger Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
16 Record Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
24 Low Pass Corner Freq. 4 ASCII digits: FP 1 (Hz): OFF,
0, 12
28 High Pass Corner Freq. 4 ASCII digits: FP 1 (Hz): OFF,
0, 0.1, 2
32 Reserved 130 ASCII character: <SP>

3.3.7 Time Trigger Information (Trigger type = TIM)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
14 Repeat Interval 8 ASCII digits: DDHHMMSS
22 No. of Intervals 4 ASCII integer
26 Reserved 8 ASCII: <SP>
34 Record Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
42 Reserved 120 ASCII character: <SP>

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Data Stream parameter packet (DS)

3.3.8 Time List Trigger (Trigger type = TML)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
14 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
28 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
42 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
56 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
70 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
84 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
98 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
112 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
126 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
140 Start Time 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
154 Record Length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)

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Data Stream parameter packet (DS)

3.3.9 Vote Trigger (Trigger type = VOT)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Pre-trigger length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
8 Post-trigger length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
16 Record length 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
24 Level Units 1 ASCII characters:
G Gs
Mm Gs
% percent of full-scale
H Hex counts
elseInteger counts
25 Reserved 3 ASCII spaces
28 Trigger Channels 6 ASCII digit: Each byte indicates a
channel (1 – G represents 1 - 16),
allowing up to 6 channels to be
specified.
34 Trigger channel votes 6 ASCII digit: Each byte indicates the
number of votes, 1 – 9, for the cor-
responding channel specified by the
channels field.
40 Trigger channel level 6*8 ASCII digits: Trigger level for each
corresponding channel:
Gs FP4
mGs FP2
% Integer 1 – 99
Hex Hexadecimal
Counts Integer
88 Trigger minimum votes 2 ASCII integer: 1 - 99
90 Trigger window 8 ASCII digits: FP 3 (seconds)
98 De-trigger channel votes 6 ASCII digit: Each byte indicates the
number of votes, 1 – 9, for the cor-
responding channel specified by the
channels field.
104 De-trigger channel level 6*8 ASCII digits: De-trigger level for
each corresponding channel:
Gs FP 4
% Integer 1 – 99
Counts Integer
152 De-trigger minimum votes 2 ASCII integer: 1 - 99
154 Low Pass Corner Freq. 4 ASCII digits: FP 1 (Hz): OFF, 0, 12
158 High Pass Corner Freq. 4 ASCII digits: FP 1 (Hz): OFF, 0,
0.1, 2

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Data packet (DT)

3.4 Data packet (DT)

The Data packets contain the actual ADC data. These packets
have an 8-byte extended header in addition to the standard 16-
byte packet header.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type DT
16 Event # 2 4-digit BCD
18 Data Stream # 1 2-digit BCD
19 Channel # 1 2-digit BCD
20 No. of Samples 2 4-digit BCD
22 Flags 1 8 bit-flags
23 Data Format 1 2-digit BCD (16, 32, C0, C2)
24 Sample Data 1000 As described in next two subsections

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3.4.1 Extended Header Fields

Event Number
The Event Number field increments for each new event the DAS
records. It rolls over to zero once it reaches 9999.

Datastream Number
The Datastream Number field indicates which datastream gen-
erated the packet contents. This field is zero-based instead of 1-
based, meaning that 1 must be added to this number to associate
it with the data stream numbers presented to the user in the user
interface.

Channel Number
The Channel Number field indicates which input channel gener-
ated the packet contents. This field is zero-based instead of 1-
based, meaning that 1 must be added to this number to associate
it with the channel numbers presented to the user in the user inter-
face.

Sample Count
The Sample Count field indicates the number of samples in the
packet. A compressed packet may contain up to 892 samples. An
uncompressed packet may contain up to 250 samples.

Flags
The Flags field contains bit flags that provide additional informa-
tion about binary data.

Bit Description
7 (msb) Calibration signal enabled during packet
6 Overscaled data detected during packet
5 Stacked data in packet
4 Unused
3 Unused
2 Unused
1 Last data packet of event (excluding EH/ET packets)
0 (lsb) First data packet of event (excluding EH/ET packets)

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Data packet (DT)

Format
The Format field indicates the format of the payload section of
the packet. The following formats have been defined:

Field Value Description

16h Binary 16-bit data (MSB – LSB)
32h Binary 32-bit data (MSB – LSB)
C0h Binary Compressed data
C2h Binary Highly-Compressed data

Uncompressed Data Format (Data Format 16 or 32)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Sample Data 1000 Binary (2's-compliment); 16-bit or
32-bit with MSB first and LSB last.

Compressed Data Format (Data Format C0)

The data bytes are divided into 15 data frames of 64 bytes

each. Each data frame is divided into 16 four-byte sequences.
The first four-byte sequence of each data frame contains 16 two-
bit codes which describe the format of each corresponding four-
byte sequence in the frame. A bit code of 00 indicates the corre-
sponding four-byte sequence is non-data or a special entry. A bit
code of 01 indicates the corresponding four-byte sequence con-
tains four 1-byte differences. A bit code of 10 indicates two 2-byte
differences. A bit code of 11 indicates one 4-byte difference. The
following table summarizes the compression codes:

Primary Code Contents of 4-byte sequence

00 Special or non-data entry
01 Four 8-bit differences
10 Two 16-bit differences
11 One 32-bit differences

For all data frames, the first two-bit code is always 00 since it cor-
responds to the four-byte sequence containing the codes. In the
first data frame, the 2nd and 3rd codes are also 00. These corre-
spond to the start/stop values for the entire block. A sample value
is obtained from each difference by adding the difference to the
previous sample value. The start value equals the stop value of
the previous block for the same channel of an event plus the first
difference in the current block. For the first block of a given chan-
nel for an event, the start value equals the first difference. The
stop value equals the last sample value from that block.

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No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Filler 40 ASCII characters: <SP>
40 Data Frame 0-14 960 Compressed data frames

Highly-Compressed Data Format (Data Format C2)

The data bytes are divided into 15 data frames of 64 bytes each.
Each data frame is divided into 16 four-byte sequences. The first
four-byte sequence of each data frame contains 16 two-bit codes
which describe the format of each corresponding four-byte
sequence in the frame. A bit code of 00 indicates the correspond-
ing four-byte sequence is non-data or a special entry. A bit code of
01 indicates the corresponding four-byte sequence contains four 1-
byte differences. A bit code of 10 or 11 indicates a secondary two-
bit code is located in the four-byte sequence itself. The following
table summarizes the compression codes:

Primary Secondary
Code Code Contents of 4-byte sequence
00 - Special or non-data entry
01 - Four 8-bit differences
10 00 Invalid
10 01 One 30-bit difference
10 10 Two 15-bit differences
10 11 Three 10-bit differences
11 00 Five 6-bit differences
11 01 Six 5-bit differences
11 10 Seven 4-bit differences
11 11 Invalid

For all data frames, the first two-bit code is always 00 since it cor-
responds to the four-byte sequence containing the codes. In the
first data frame, the 2nd and 3rd codes are also 00. These corre-
spond to the start/stop values for the entire block. A sample value
is obtained from each difference by adding the difference to the
previous sample value. The start value equals the stop value of the
previous block for the same channel of an event plus the first dif-
ference in the current block. For the first block of a given channel
for an event, the start value equals the first difference. The stop
value equals the last sample value from that block.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Filler 40 ASCII characters: <SP>
40 Data Frame 0-14 960 Compressed data frames

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Event Header packet (EH)

3.5 Event Header packet (EH)

The Event Header packet signals the start of a new event. It
has the same 8-byte extended header found in data packes, but
the channel, sample count and flags fields are not used. The Event
Header packet and the Event Trailer packet are identical in struc-
ture, but the detrigger and last sample times are only recorded in
the Event Trailer packet.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type EH
16 Event # 2 4-digit BCD
18 DataStream # 1 2-digit BCD
19 Reserved 4 Binary: 0
23 Data Format 1 2-digit BCD (16, 32, C0)
24 Trigger Time Mes- 33 ASCII characters
sage
57 Time Source 1 ASCII characters: See 3.6.1 below.
58 Time Quality 1 ASCII characters: See 3.6.2 below.
59 Station Name Ext 1 ASCII character: 5th character of station
name
60 Station Name 4 ASCII character: first 4 characters of sta-
tion name from the Station Parameters
64 Stream Name 16 Stream name from the Datastream
Parameters
80 Reserved 8 ASCII character: <SP>
88 Sample Rate 4 ASCII integer (samples / second)
92 Trigger Type 4 ASCII characters: CON, CRS, EVT, EXT,
LEV, TIM, TML, VOT
96 Trigger Time 16 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSSTTT
112 First Sample Time 16 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSSTTT
128 Detrigger Time 16 ASCII character: <SP>
144 Last Sample Time 16 ASCII character: <SP>
160 Channel Adjusted 128 ASCII characters: volts/count (for upper
Nominal Bit (8 * 16) 16-bits of the data) in FP with units (mV,
Weights mV, etc.); 16 channels with 8 bytes per
channel, first 8 bytes is channel one,
etc.; <SP>s if channel is not included
in this data stream.
288 Channel True Bit 128 ASCII characters: volts/count of the LSBit
Weights (8 * 16) of the data; 16 channels with 8 bytes
per channel, first 8 bytes is channel
one, etc.; <SP>s if channel is not
included in this data stream.
416 Channel Gain 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.3
below.
432 Channel A/D Res- 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.4
olution below.
448 Channel FSA 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.5
below.

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Event Header packet (EH)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
464 Channel Code 64 (4 *16) ASCII characters: See SEED Appendix A.
528 Channel Sensor 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.5
FSA below.
544 Channel Sensor 96 (6 *16) ASCII digits: FP3 volts per measurement
VPU unit
640 Channel Sensor 16 ASCII character per channel: see 3.6.6
Units below.
656 Reserved 204 ASCII character: <SP>
860 Total Installed 2 ASCII digits: Total installed channels.
Channels
862 Station Comment 40 ASCII character: station comment from
Station Parameters
902 Digital Filter List 16 ASCII characters: Each byte specifies the
filter used for the corresponding filter
stage. See 3.6.7 below
918 Position 26 ASCII characters:
Latitude Longitude Altitude
C DDMM.MMMCDDDMM.MMM +/-MMMMM
944 Ref Tek 120 80 Reserved for Ref Tek 120: see 3.6.8 below

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Event Trailer packet (ET)

3.6 Event Trailer packet (ET)

The Event Trailer packet signals the end of an event. It has the
same 8-byte extended header found in data packes, but the chan-
nel, sample count and flags fields are not used. The Event Trailer
packet and the Event Header packet are identical in structure, but
the detrigger and last sample times are only recorded in the Event
Trailer packet.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type EH
16 Event # 2 4-digit BCD
18 DataStream # 1 2-digit BCD
19 Reserved 4 Binary: 0
23 Data Format 1 2-digit BCD (16, 32, C0)
24 Trigger Time 33 ASCII characters
Message
57 Time Source 1 ASCII characters: See 3.6.1 below.
58 Time Quality 1 ASCII characters: See 3.6.2 below.
59 Station Name 1 ASCII character: 5th character of station
Ext name
60 Station Name 4 ASCII character: first 4 characters of station
name from the Station Parameters
64 Stream Name 16 Stream name from the Datastream Parame-
ters
80 Reserved 8 ASCII character: <SP>
88 Sample Rate 4 ASCII integer (samples / second)
92 Trigger Type 4 ASCII characters: CON, CRS, EVT, EXT, LEV,
TIM, TML, VOT
96 Trigger Time 16 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSSTTT
112 First Sample 16 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSSTTT
Time
128 Detrigger Time 16 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSSTTT
144 Last Sample 16 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSSTTT
Time
160 Channel 128 ASCII characters: volts/count (for upper 16-
Adjusted Nomi- (8 * 16) bits of the data) in FP with units (mV, mV,
nal Bit Weights etc.); 16 channels with 8 bytes per
channel, first 8 bytes is channel one,
etc.; <SP>s if channel is not included in
this data stream.
288 Channel True Bit 128 ASCII characters: volts/count of the LSBit of
Weights (8 * 16) the data; 16 channels with 8 bytes per
channel, first 8 bytes is channel one,
etc.; <SP>s if channel is not included in
this data stream.
416 Channel Gain 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.3
below.
432 Channel A/D 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.4
Resolution below.

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Event Trailer packet (ET)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
448 Channel FSA 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.5
below.
464 Channel Code 64 (4 *16) ASCII characters: See SEED Appendix A.
528 Channel Sensor 16 ASCII character per channel: See 3.6.5
FSA below.
544 Channel Sensor 96 (6 *16) ASCII digits: FP3 volts per measurement
VPU unit
640 Channel Sensor 16 ASCII character per channel: see 3.6.6
Units below.
656 Reserved 204 ASCII character: <SP>
860 Total Installed 2 ASCII digits: Total installed channels.
Channels
862 Station Com- 40 ASCII character: station comment from Sta-
ment tion Parameters
902 Digital Filter List 16 ASCII characters: Each byte specifies the fil-
ter used for the corresponding filter stage.
See 3.6.7 below
918 Position 26 ASCII characters:
Latitude Longitude Altitude
C DDMM.MMMCDDDMM.MMM +/-MMMMM
944 Ref Tek 120 80 Reserved for Ref Tek 120: see 3.6.8 below

3.6.1 EH/ET Time Source Codes

Code Description
<SP> Unknown
1 Internal
2 GPS

3.6.2 EH/ET Time Quality Codes

Code Description
<SP> Unknown
? Never achieved PLL
0-9 Days since PLL

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Event Trailer packet (ET)

3.6.3 EH/ET Channel Gain Codes

Code Description
<SP> Unknown
1 x1
2 x8
3 x32
4 x128
5 x512
6 x2048
7 x8192
8 x100
A 12 dB
B 24 dB
C 36 dB
D 48 dB
E 60 dB
F x2
G x4
H x16
I x64
J x256

3.6.4 EH/ET Channel A/D Resolution Codes

Code Description
<SP> Unknown
1 8-bit
2 16-bit
3 24-bit

3.6.5 EH/ET Channel, Sensor Full Scale Analog Codes

Code Description
<SP> Unknown
1 +/- 3.75 V
2 +/- 5.0 V
3 +/- 10.0 V
4 +/- 20.0 V

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Event Trailer packet (ET)

3.6.6 EH/ET Channel, Sensor Units Codes

Code Description
<SP> Unknown
A M/S**2
D M
G G
V M/S

3.6.7 EH/ET Filter Codes

Code Description
<SP> Unknown
0 Ref Tek soft 2:1
1 Ref Tek soft 4:1
2 Ref Tek soft 5:1
3 Ref Tek hard 2:1
4 Ref Tek hard 4:1
5 Ref Tek hard 5:1
A CS5322 input 2:1
B CS5322 filter 2:1
C CS5322 output 2:1

3.6.8 Ref Tek 120 Information

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
944 Event Length 10 ASCII digits:
954 Overscale Count 6 ASCII digits: 0 - 65536
960 Firmware Version 8 ASCII characters
968 Transmitter Frequency 8 ASCII fraction
976 Transmitter Identifier 8 ASCII characters
984 Transmitter Site 8 ASCII characters
992 DAU Sensor ID 8 ASCII characters
1000 DAU Sensor Site 8 ASCII characters
1008 Analog Filter; CH 1-4 4 ASCII character: A-D
1012 DAU Propagation Delay 4 ASCII digits: 1 – 9999
(clock ticks; 1/12.888MHz
1016 DAU Data Channel 2 ASCII digits: 1 - 99
1018 DAU Data Channel Pos 4 ASCII digits: 1 - 100
1022 Analog Filter; CH 5-6 2 ASCII character : A-D

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Filter Description packet (FD)

3.7 Filter Description packet (FD)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type FD
16 Filter Info 1008 See below

Each Filter Description packet can contain more than one filter
block. Each filter block starts on a 4-byte boundary and contains
an 8-byte header followed by the filter coefficients. If a filter block
does not end on a 4-byte boundary, it is padded with zeros to the
next 4-byte boundary.

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Filter Block count 1 Integer: Number of additional filter blocks
in this packet
1 Filter ID 1 ASCII character: base 36 filter code (see
EH/ET Filter Codes)
2 Filter Decimation 1 Integer
3 Filter Scaler 1 Integer: power of 2 scaler (i.e. 4 means
2^4 = 16)
4 Filter Coefficient count 1 Integer (unsigned): number of coefficients
in this filter (0 = 256)
5 Packet Coefficient 1 Integer (unsigned): number of coefficients
count in this packet (<= 250)
6 Coefficient Packet 1 Integer: number of packets for this filter
count
7 Coefficient Format 1 2-digit BCD: 16, 32
8 Coefficients <=250 Integer: 2’s compliment with MSB first and
LSB last.

The Filter Block count indicates how many filter blocks follow this
one in the same packet. Zero indicates the last filter block in the
packet. If non-zero, the start of next filter block is ((4 * count) +
8) bytes from the current filter block.

The Filter ID is a base-36 ASCII code that corresponds to the

ASCII filter codes stored in the EH/ET packets.

The Filter Decimation indicates the decimation of the filter.

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Filter Description packet (FD)

The Filter Scaler indicates the scaler that must be applied to the fil-
ter to return it to its original form. The coefficients in the Ref Tek
filters were all less than 1 and were scaled to allow integer
arithemetic within the unit. The Filter Scaler is the power of 2 by
which the coefficients were originally scaled.

The Filter Coefficient Count indicates the total number of coeffi-

cients in the filter.

The Packet Coefficient Count indicates how many coefficients are in

this filter block. Multiplying this number by the size of each coeffi-
cient and adding 8 gives the offset from this filter block to the next
filter block.

The Coefficient Packet Count is only used when a filter contains

more than 250 32-bit coefficients and a second Filter Description
packet is needed to complete the filter. A non-zero count indicates
the number of additional Filter Description packets that are needed
to complete this filter.

The Coefficient Format indicates the data format of the coefficients.

A BCD value of 16 indicates 16-bit (2-byte) coefficients and a BCD
value of 32 indicates 32-bit (4-byte) coefficients.

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Operating Mode parameter packet (OM)

3.8 Operating Mode parameter packet

(OM)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type OM
16 72A Power State 2 ASCII characters: SL or CP
18 Recording Mode 2 ASCII characters: RM, SC or SR
20 Disk Reserved 4 ASCII character: <SP>
24 Auto-dump on ET 1 ASCII character: Y (yes/enable) or N
(no/disable)
25 Disk Reserved 1 ASCII character: <SP>
26 Auto-dump Threshold 2 ASCII integer: percent of RAM
28 72A Power-down Delay 4 ASCII integer: seconds
32 Disk Wrap 1 ASCII character: Y (yes/enable) or N
(no/disable)
33 Disk Reserved 1 ASCII character: <SP>
34 72A Disk Power 1 ASCII character: T (toggle) or O (always
on)
35 72A Terminator Power 1 ASCII character: T (toggle) or O (always
on)
36 Disk Retry 1 ASCII digit: days
37 Disk Reserved 11 ASCII character: <SP>
48 72A Wake up Reserved 2 ASCII character: <SP>
50 72A Wake up Start Time 12 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMM
62 72A Wake up Duration 6 ASCII digits: DDHHMM
68 72A Wake up Repeat 6 ASCII digits: DDHHMM
Interval
74 72A Wake up Number of 2 ASCII integer
Intervals
76 72A Wake up Reserved 484 ASCII character: <SP>
560 Reserved 448 ASCII character: <SP>
1008 Implement Time 16 ASCII time of implement: YYYYDDDH-
HMMSSTTT

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Station/Channel parameter packet (SC)

3.9 Station/Channel parameter packet (SC)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type SC
16 Experiment Number 2 ASCII integer
18 Experiment Name 24 ASCII characters
42 Experiment Comment 40 ASCII characters
82 Station Number 4 ASCII integer
86 Station Name 24 ASCII characters
110 Station Comment 40 ASCII characters
150 DAS Model 12 ASCII characters
162 DAS Serial # 12 ASCII integer
174 Experiment Start 14 ASCII digits: YYYYDDDHHMMSS
188 Time Clock Type 4 ASCII characters
192 Time Clock S/N 10 ASCII characters
202 Channel Information 730 Up to five channels per packet as described
in the following subsection
932 Reserved 76 ASCII character: <SP>
1008 Implement Time 16 ASCII time of implement: YYYYDDDH-
HMMSSTTT

3.9.1 Channel Information

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Channel # 2 ASCII integer
2 Channel Name 10 ASCII characters
12 Azimuth 10 ASCII characters
22 Inclination 10 ASCII characters
32 X Coordinate 10 ASCII characters
42 Y Coordinate 10 ASCII characters
52 Z Coordinate 10 ASCII characters
62 Unit type for X, Y 4 ASCII characters
66 Unit type for Z 4 ASCII characters
70 Preamp Gain 4 ASCII characters
74 Sensor Model 12 ASCII characters
86 Sensor Serial # 12 ASCII characters
98 Comments 40 ASCII characters
138 Adjusted Nominal 8 ASCII characters: volts/count (for upper 16-bits
Bit weight of the data) in FP with units (mV, uV, etc.); 16
channels with 8 bytes per channel, first 8 bytes
is channel one, etc.; <SP>s if channel is not
included in this data stream.

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State-of-Health packet (SH)

3.10 State-of-Health packet (SH)

No. of
Offset Description Bytes Format
0 Packet Header 16 Type SH
16 Reserved 8 ASCII character: <SP>
24 Information 1000 ASCII characters: Entries contain a time tag in
the form DDD:HH:MM:SS followed by a <SP>,
the entry, and a <CR><LF>. The time tag is
the time the entry was made into the packet.
It is the approximate time of occurrence for
the entry. Entries provide information on con-
ditions that affect the performance of the unit.

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