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Channel remapping in SGOS
Software
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
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Channel Remapping Channel remapping allows you to change: the Order of channels on each analog spread cable that connects to the Geode reorder the Geode boxes. You would use this option if your cables were wired opposite to the default Order normally used in Geometrics wiring, if you wished to turn your line around to have the low channels at the opposite end, or if your cables had a wiring error. Channel remapping is also often necessary when using more that a single network cable. Default cable wiring of Geometrics seismographs Default Order is defined as the natural electrical Order in which channels are oriented when the system first powers up before remapping. Refer to Section 3 under Connector Wiring that discusses standard wiring configurations. You may have requested a custom wiring configuration from Geometrics. If you are confused about your wiring, contact the factory and refer to the serial number and job number. Geode cables are typically wired in a ‘high-side configuration’, meaning that the Geode connects closest to the highest numbered channel on the analog cable. The 149 figure above shows this configuration for a single box system, with 24 channels. Multiple Geodes The following diagram shows a default single digital line (one network card) system with 3 Geodes. Note that Geode one is always closest to the controller in a default configuration. Multiple Network Lines The next diagram below shows a default configuration with two digital lines (two network cards) with the controller positioned in the middle. Line 1 is on the left and line 2 is on the right. One might use two lines to increase data throughput to reduce time between shots. Like the configuration above, the Geodes are numbered starting closest to the controller. The seismic controller software labels all of the channels contiguously even though they are on two separate digital lines. However, if the lines are collinear, the first line will have the channels Ordered backwards. This can be easily rectified with the remapping feature. There are two ways of remapping channels: automatic mode and manual mode. Automatic mode Settings are listed on the top of the remapping dialog box, and manual mode on the bottom. Automatic Channel Remapping Automatic channel remapping allows you to reverse either the Order of the Geodes on the line, or reverse the Order of the channels on the spread cable. The above diagram shows the result after both channels and Geodes have been reversed, renumbering the line so that low channels start on the left hand side and increase towards the right. In the dialog box, the automatic remapping boxes referencing line 2 remain unchecked, since the default orientation on line two was correct. Manual Channel Remapping Channels can be remapped on an individual basis using the Manual Map Mode. Select the appropriate check box, and enter the Order in which you would like the channels that differs from the default Order. You can specify individual channels separated by a comma (1, 3, 4, 6 etc) or a range of channels (1-13, 24-14 etc). For example, if you wanted the channels Ordered backwards on a 24-channel system, you would enter 24-1. If you wished to reverse the Order of channels 1- 12 in a 24 channel system, you would type 12-1, 13-24. Other examples are shown opposite, and are available by pressing the See Examples button on the remapping menu.
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New order registration/transfer explanation
SeisImager Software
Randl Rivera
1 year ago
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I have attached the instructions that are sent with a new Order acknowledgment. (Installation and Transfer) The license is assigned to a specific Registration ID once fully purchased. This ID can be assigned to a person (we like to know for our own records) if possible but not required and can be transferred to other PC’s as needed. The ID works like a softkey dongle. The software can be active on only one machine at a time. I attached a simplified “Steps with windows_SI Transfer procedure that shows how the software can be moved. The PC must connected to the internet to affect the first part of the transfer (which removes the ID from the PC, making available for the next). Then to place the Reg ID on the next computer is just following the original registration process. Do not lose the ID. Make sure that the ID has been removed before a disc is reimaged or an employee leaves with the PC. If for some reason the Reg ID has to be reset, (computer dies before the ID can be removed) I will require a statement and an end user then for my records. I am available to discuss if needed at the number below 0700-1500 PST. Best, RandL P RiveraCustomer Service Repair Supervisor+1 (408) 428-4254 (direct)+1 (408) 954-0522 (office)support@geometrics.com Attachment : SeisImager_LicenseTransfer_Instructions_v1.2.pdf Attachment : Steps with windows_SI Transfer.pdf Attachment : SeisImager_Installation_Instructions_v7.6.pdf
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Geode SGOS Timing
Software
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
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The time associated with each data point in a SEG-2 data file generated by a Geode is related to the time of the “trigger” event which was instrumental in the production of the file and its content. The Trigger Master and Trigger Distribution The trigger event occurs at the Geode designated within the Controller software as the Trigger Master. Although all Geodes are capable of being Trigger Masters, there must be one and only one Trigger Master in any properly functioning Geode system. The Controller automatically takes care of this requirement when the designation is made by a user, and when the system is established at the time of Controller start-up based on a previous designation (or a default Setting in the case of a “new survey”). All other Geodes in the system will have their Trigger Master circuit disabled. A trigger event can be initiated by an external electrical pulse provided to the trigger input connector of the Trigger Master Geode, or by a command sent via Ethernet from the Controller to the Trigger Master (usually for test purposes), but only when all conditions are satisfied to allow data recording. There is also a special trigger initiation situation, called “self-triggering” which will not be discussed further here. Upon acceptance of a trigger event, the Trigger Master will distribute the trigger signal to all Geodes in the system, itself included, via an RS-485 network that resides within the digital interconnect cabling. (Proper termination of this RS-485 network is automatically taken care of by the Controller.) The trigger signal is propagated through the cabling and Geodes at the nominal speed of 70% of the speed of light, or approximately 2.1x10^8 m/sec. The maximum distance of successful propagation depends on a number of factors such as the number of Geodes involved, the noise environment, the quality of the cables, and the acceptable amount of timing uncertainty for the particular application. Distances approaching or exceeding 1km should be given careful attention in this regard. In a 3-D Geode system involving LTUs, each LTU, unlike a Geode, will reconstruct the trigger signal before sending it on, effectively confining the maximum distance issue to each sub-network separated by LTUs. The penalty is an additional delay of about 100nS for each LTU in the route. The External Trigger Circuit The external trigger input is capacitively coupled, with a 2mS time constant, to the midpoint of a resistive voltage divider. The voltage difference between the two ends of the divider constitute a voltage "window", which size is Set by the trigger sensitivity parameter and can range from essentially zero at the highest sensitivity, to about +/- 2.5V at the lowest sensitivity. The Geode will trigger (if enabled) if and when the coupled signal exceeds the window, in either direction (i.e., positive or negative going). The signal, after the capacitor, is clamped by diodes to the range between the trigger signal ground and +5VDC. The trigger detector output is disabled when the system is disarmed, during a parameter change, and during a shot, up to the trigger hold-off time after the end of the shot. The trigger hold-off time is a parameter Set by the user. Preceding the coupling capacitor (i.e., essentially the node accessible at pin A of the external connector), there is a 3.3K-Ohm pull-up resistor to +5VDC (relative to pin B). Also a fast transient suppressor clamps the input at about +/-14VDC. It is advised that the DC + AC level of any voltage applied to pin A relative to pin B be kept within the range of +/-7V, giving some margin of safety. If a DC voltage somewhat less than +5VDC is applied when the connector is first mated, the instrument may trigger at that moment. But, subsequently, because of the capacitive coupling, it will trigger on the next positive or negative going pulse that exceeds the window level. If the duration of the applied voltage pulse is less than the record length + delay time + hold-off time, then the Geode will effectively be ready to trigger on the same edge of another similar pulse. Sub-sample Synchronization The Geode supports a sub-sample timing synchronization feature used for synchronizing the data acquisition after a trigger event to the distributed trigger signal, so that subsequent time points will be known to within 1/32 (~1/20 at the fastest two sampling rates) sample interval. It does this by increasing the sample interval at the trigger time by 0 to 31/32 of a sample interval in increments of 1/32, so that the first sample after the trigger would represent a time of one sample interval after the trigger event, with a tolerance within 1/32 of a sample interval. The following samples continue from there at the expected intervals. For example, with a selected sampling interval of ¼ mS and a recording delay of 0mS, the first sample in the recorded file for each channel would represent data at 250 to 258uS after the trigger event. This of course potentially introduces a small discontinuity at the time of the trigger, observable depending on the nature of the channel waveform(s). (The zero-phase anti-alias filter will smear the discontinuity into the nearby samples both before and after, consistent with the bandwidth of the filter.) Sub-sample synchronization can be disabled if it is deemed to be detrimental for the particular application, at the expense of losing the 1/32 interval timing accuracy. Timing Errors The principal errors in Geode timing are of two types: those associated with the trigger mechanism and which are static over the duration of the record, and those associated with the time base and which change over the duration of the record. Excluding the trigger propagation delay mentioned above, the trigger timing uncertainty is about 1uS. The known fixed errors have been lumped together and are reported in the SEG-2 file trace headers as channel SKEW. (The actual channel skew is zero, since all channels are effectively sampled simultaneously, but the SKEW value in the header is used as the only place permitting small timing corrections. Note that the SKEW value for every channel is identical.) If the size of this correction is important to the application, the SKEW value should be added to the calculated time points when the data is being processed. The Geode time base has a +/-15ppm stability over temperature (-20C to +70C) and component variations. Thus time drift relative to absolute time and relative to other Geodes is possible. (However, all channels within any Geode enclosure use the same time base, so there is no relative drift between channels in the same enclosure.) Therefore timing uncertainty increases from that existing at the time of the trigger until the time of the next trigger (or end of record). Special Timing Issues Involved with “Continuous” Recording “Continuous” recording is a method that allows unending 100% time coverage with recorded Geode data. It produces a series of time-overlapped records created by the use of a negative time delay Set equal to the record length such that each record consists of completed history at the time of the trigger event. This technique circumvents the problem of data transmission overrunning data acquisition. The principle constraint is that the cycle time from trigger to trigger must always be less than the chosen record length. Otherwise, gaps rather than overlap would result. Commonly it is used with GPSderived triggering in Order to provide time-stamping of each trigger event. Upon consideration of the above, it will become clear that the time-stamp associated with a particular trigger event will pertain to the data in the following record, not to the data in the record in which the time-stamp is written. This comes about because the trigger event ends the record. Because there is data overlap between records, the precise trigger point in the following record at which the time-stamp applies can be found by comparison of the data values at the end of the former record with those near the beginning of the subsequent record. The overlapping data will be exactly identical in both records (since they are read from the same memory location, twice). The earliest data in the subsequent record that goes beyond the data of the previous record is the data that is one sample interval (assuming sub-sample synchronization is enabled) past the time-stamp. Note well that this comparison must be made independently for at least one channel of each 8-channel Geode board Set, because the discrete time at which data values are written to the memory buffer, relative to the trigger event, is a function of each individual board Set in the Geode system. Correct GPS Time-Stamping There are differences between various GPS models that can affect accurate time stamping. The 1PPS signal from a GPS has a “timing edge” and return edge, of which only the former is the true whole-second edge. Some models use a rising edge as the timing edge, some the falling edge, and some have it selectable. Consult the GPS manual to determine the definition of its timing edge. As indicated earlier, the Geode can be triggered on either a rising or falling edge. It is important to insure that the Geode is being triggered on the proper edge in Order to avoid timing that may be a fraction of a second off. This is expanded upon below. Some GPS units provide a very narrow timing pulse, others one that has a nearly 50/50 duty cycle. For the narrow pulse units, almost certainly it is the leading edge (rising or falling) that is the “timing edge”. This case can be easily handled by using the Geode Trigger Hold-off feature. If a 10-second cycle time is desired, Set the Trigger Hold-off time to about 9.5 seconds. In this case, there is a very small chance that the very first trigger could occur on the wrong (trailing) edge, but from then on the leading edge will be used as the triggering edge. If the GPS provides a 50/50 duty cycle edge, and it is not alterable, then the Geode by itself could as easily start on the wrong edge as on the correct timing edge, and continue thusly until restarted. For this case, Geometrics can provide a Trigger Timing Interface Box (TTIB) that will correct the situation. The TTIB can be programmed to respond only to the correct edge (rising or falling), change the polarity if needed, and gate through only one of every N 1PPS pulses, where N is programmable. (The TTIB also incorporates an alarm system that can provide a remote alert if a record is missed.) Another potential issue comes from the variations between GPS models of the time that the serial time string (containing the time value of the associated 1PPS) is issued relative to the 1PPS itself. The Geode Controller attempts to pick the correct serial string based on a calculation involving the known record length, the PC times, and the trigger notification message from the Geodes. But if the GPS issues the serial string at an unusual time (and the time has been seen to vary somewhat with a given GPS unit) then it could pick up the incorrect time, off by 1 second. If rare, it can be subsequently detected and corrected during data processing, but if consistent it may not be easily detected. Again, the TTIB can accommodate the situation by only gating through to the Controller PC the string belonging to the gated-through 1PPS pulse. The Controller Serial Input Time Window can then safely be widened to 2 seconds (assuming the cycle time is more than 2 seconds) if need be, to expand the Controller’s search for the string around the calculated trigger time.
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Is there a low cut filter applied, even with all filters set off (to OUT) in the SCS software?
Software
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
5 Relevance
Further Elaboration: You might ask this question to try and understand the low frequency response to determine if the Geode amplifiers effectively have a flat response from DC up. Does the Geode go down to DC for example? Answer: We apply anti-alias filters to the data to prevent out of band noise from being introduced into the data. The filters are Set with a corner frequency at ¾ of the Nyquist frequency (1/2 the sampling frequency) for almost all of the sampling frequencies. When we sample at 1.5625 uS, the Nyquist frequency is 32kHz and the filters are Set at 20 kHz, because of limitations of our electronics. There are two single-pole filters: one analog and one digital. The analog filter is a simple RC filter with 1uF +/-5% and 100kOhm +/- 1%. We short out the capacitor in the conversion process. The digital filter is software controlled when the option is registered, so it can be switched in or out in the field. It is an IIR Butterworth with a -3dB corner at 0.9Hz for 48ksps sampling, and 0.6Hz at all the lower sample rates. Also, we offer software and hardware options to modify the low end frequency response of the Geode. Low-end bandwidth modification: 1.5 Hz, P/N 28311-37 0.6 Hz, P/N 28147-01 DC, P/Ns 28147-02, 28311-37per system plus
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How to set up dead-zone-free operation for MFAM
Hardware
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
4 Relevance
MFAM-SuperMag (LCS100S) or MFAM-SX (LCS100X) can be configured to achieve dead-zone-free operation, in which the combined sensor is always active no matter where in the world and which direction the device is oriented. To Set up the dead-zone-free configuration: Make sure the MFAM is in the "One Sensor (No Dead Zone) run mode. If not, please refer to "How to switch the operating mode for SuperMag MFAM" on our website found here: How to switch the operating mode for SuperMag (LCS100S) MFAM?. Orient two sensors orthogonally. The ideal relative orientation is shown below (also in the test report in the USB drive shipped with the unit). This configuration works for both the "Low Heading Error" and the "Low Noise" modes. Low Heading Error Only mode If you only wish to run the sensor in the "Low Heading Error" mode (note that SX MFAM does NOT have the "Low Noise" mode), a simpler configuration, as shown below, can also achieve the dead-zone-free operation.
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For a low-noise MagArrow, how to check whether it is set to the low-noise mode or the low-heading mode?
Software
Rui Zhang
2 years ago
4 Relevance
If you purchase a low-noise MagArrow (I or II), the factory default is the low-noise mode. You can also look up the current running mode by loading the following website (in Instrument Status) after connecting to the MagArrow: 192.168.1.1/systemtest.cgi To switch to a different mode, please download the special software below and follow the instructions in the readme file: Attachment : SwitchModes.zip Please note that even in the low-noise mode, the heading effect is typically only ~20% worse than that in the low-heading mode. For most applications, you don't need to switch to the low-heading mode.
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RE: How to set up dead-zone-free operation for MFAM
Hardware
Rui Zhang
3 years ago
4 Relevance
You can 3D print a dead-zone-free sensor holder from the attached .step file. Attachment : Sensor Holder Perm Shell_Thin Wall_v10.zip
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Setting the time on a MetalMapperII tablet
MetalMapper
Magnetics SW
2 years ago
4 Relevance
To Set the time on a MetalMapperII Panasonic Toughpad tablet: 1) Using the Applications menu, open a terminal window 2) Set the date and time you want, using the following example as a guide: sudo date -s "2024-02-20 03:25:55 PM PDT" You may need to enter the sudo password (which is the same as the password for the standard "geometrics" user. 3) To change the timezone, use the terminal window to get a list of timezones: ls /usr/share/zoneinfo // To drill into a region, expand the command as follows: ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/Pacific Set the local timezone using this command: // Open the timezone file to edit it. You may need to enter your user password sudo mousepad /etc/timezone // Type in the timezone name, of the timezone you want to use, on a single line in the file, for example like this: Pacific/Guam If you want to see your time in UTC, Set the timezone to "Etc/UTC". If you want to Set the time in UTC, then when you Set the time using the "date" command, use UTC as follows: sudo date -s "2024-02-20 03:25:55 PM UTC"
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Do Cesium Vapor Magnetometers Require Calibration
General Magnetometer Info
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
3 Relevance
Our cesium-vapor magnetometers do not require periodic calibration in Order to maintain the accuracy as described in our published specification when the instrument is operated within specified environmental ranges. Geometrics cesium-vapor magnetometers are manufactured and tested based on the discoveries and the basic designs of Carian Associates (U.S. Patent 3,071,721). This method of total magnetic field measurement relies upon the measurement of the optical absorption of a particular cesium spectral frequency by the cesium vapor enclosed in a small glass cell. This method is similar to those used in the measurement of atomic emission and absorption frequencies using spectroscopic reference cells. The technique thus relies on well-known fundamental quantum mechanical constants for accurate and precise measurement of the magnetic field. As a result, no adjustments to the sensor are needed in Order to correct or maintain its accuracy and Geometrics sensor and sensor driver electronics are designed to either work correctly or to not work at all and to report both the strength of the magnetic field as well as the strength of the electrical signal produced by the working sensor. In this way, the signal strength measurement provides a direct indication of the operational state of the magnetometer while it is running and serves to alert the operator if the magnetometer encounters environmental conditions that are outside of its operating range. Occasional maintenance of the instrument at Geometrics facility should be performed when the instrument's internal diagnostics indicate substandard performance as described in the operator's manual. Please contact Geometrics Support for technical advice and additional information pertaining to your specific model.
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MFAM Development Kit IP Address
Hardware
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
3 Relevance
The MFAM Development Kit is usually Set to a fixed address of 192.168.2.2 (port 1000). The Ethernet port on the Windows PC must also be switched from DHCP to a fixed IP Address mode in Order to connect to the Dev Kit. The procedure for doing this is described in the Dev Kit User Guide. If there are more than one Dev Kits connecting through an Ethernet switch they cannot have the same address. Therefore it is possible to Set the Dev Kit IP address to something other than the default. 192.168.2.3 and 192.168.2.4 firmware are included in the USB drive shipped with Dev Kit and can be downloaded here: For other IPs, please contact Geometrics or reply to this post. You may need to install the Uniflash program from Texas Instruments.
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Stacking Technical Note
Software
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
3 Relevance
Stacking is a complicated topic, and warrants its own technical note. Which stacking features are available and how they work depends which modes you are in. There are three main mode “groups”: SAVE, CORRELATION, AND STACK. Within those are sub modes whose names indicate their function. Save Autosave Manual Save Correlation No correlation Standard correlation Stack before Correlation Stack after Correlation Random Source Correlation Stack Autostack Replace There is a complicated interplay between the above modes and between these modes and the stack options: Stack polarity Display Intermediate Stacks Unstack Delay We will examine each possible combination in rough Order of popularity Modes: Manual save , No correlation, Autostack This is the most common configuration used in refraction and downhole surveys. Each shot is automatically stacked Each stacked record is displayed as the stack count increments The stack count continues to increment with each shot until you clear the data, even if you save the data sometime in the process. Stack Polarity can be changed at any time. This is most often used in shear wave surveys where reverse-polarity stacking is required. Unstack Delay gives you the option to unstack the most recent stack; for example, Setting the stack count from 4 back to 3. The data will be held in a temporary buffer for n seconds, during which time you can choose whether to stack or not. If you do nothing, the data will be automatically stacked after n seconds, and unstacking will be no longer be an option for that stack. If Unstack Delay is Set to zero, this feature is disabled. Modes: Auto Save, No correlation, Autostack This is the most common configuration used in impulsive reflection surveys. Each shot is automatically stacked until the Stack ulmit is reached. When the Stack ulmit is reached, the data are saved automatically. Data are automatically cleared and the stack count is reset to one the next time the seismograph triggers after saving the data. Stack Polarity is generally left Set to Positive. Displaying intermediate stacks is optional. Disabulng this option results in faster production, since the data do not need to be sent over the network with every stack. Modes: Auto Save, Standard Correlation, Stack Before Correlation This is the most common configuration used in swept-source reflection surveys. Each shot is automatically stacked until the Stack ulmit is reached. When the Stack ulmit is reached, the data are saved automatically. Data are automatically cleared and the stack count is reset to one the next time the seismograph triggers after saving the data. Data are stacked in raw, uncorrelated form in the Geodes, and are not sent to the PC until the Stack ulmit is reached. When the Stack ulmit is reached, the stacked raw record is correlated in the Geode (with the most recent pilot), sent to the PC, and saved. Modes: Auto Save, Standard Correlation, Stack After Correlation This is the most common configuration used in Random Source (mini-Sosie) reflection surveys. Each shot is automatically stacked until the Stack ulmit is reached. When the Stack ulmit is reached, the data are saved automatically. Data are automatically cleared and the stack count is reset to one the next time the seismograph triggers after saving the data. Each individual record is correlated with its own pilot and stacked in correlated form in the Geodes. Displaying intermediate, correlated stacks is optional. When the Stack ulmit is reached, the stacked, correlated record is sent to the PC and saved. Modes: Auto Save, Replace This is the most common configuration used in Continuous Recording surveys. Each stack is replaced by the previous. If Auto Save is not enabled, the previous stack is lost. If Auto Save is on the Stack ulmit is hard-coded to 1. Each shot is displayed.
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How do you convert a Geode from 2D to 3D use?
Hardware
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
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1. Hook up Geode in normal configuration to computer Ethernet box. 2. Select Start New Survey. 3. Uncheck Line Tap. 4. Uncheck Aux. 5. Select YES to all pop up menus. 6. Locate lower left corner menu: Seismodule List Window. 7. Note what current loader version under LDVER column of table in Seismodule List Window. (Ex. 2.729) 8. In Order to change the LDVER, you must first Set up the table in column F from N/A to X by doing the following: 9. Select System pull down menu from the upper task bar. 10. Select Test. 11. Select Update System Board Bios. 12. Select I Agree. 13. Select Browse. 14. To Set up table to enable loader version update (LDVER) select the file: GEODEFOR3D-1.0.exe. 15. Select Open. 16. Select Start Burning. 17. Select Yes. 18. Cycle power or shut down controller by using the software. 19. Restart the Geode. 20. Repeat necessary steps to get to Seismodule List Window. 21. Verify value in column is now X. 22. Select System pull down menu from the upper task bar. 23. Select Test. 24. Select Update System Board Bios. 25. Select I Agree. 26. Select Browse. 27. Select from Flash Update File Flash3_703&2_42.exe. 28. Select Start Burning. 29. Select Yes. 30. Verify Power LED light on Geode now blinks 3 seconds on 1 second off. 31. Select OK. 32. Cycle power or shut down controller by using the software.
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Hammer Switch vs Trigger Geophone - Considerations
General Seismograph Info
Gretchen Sch...
3 years ago
3 Relevance
A seismograph with an active trigger input like the Geode Seismograph or ES-3000 Seismograph can be triggered many different ways. The most commonly used methods are with a trigger switch or a trigger geophone. Typically a trigger switch (known as a hammer switch) is attached to the handle of a sledgehammer near the striking end, so when the sledgehammer is hit against a striker plate to create an active source of energy, the piezoelectric crystal in the hammer switch is activated and the seismograph is triggered to record data along the preset parameters. A trigger geophone does this too, but it is placed near the source itself, and is more commonly used with larger energy sources like a propelled energy generator. If the seismograph isn't triggering with either a hammer switch or a trigger geophone, then the signal may be weak, so turning up the sensitivity could be a workable solution. If the sensitivity is Set too high in SCS then false triggers might be encountered. In most situations having the sensitivity Set to the middle works best. Depending on where the trigger geophone is it, there may be a difference between when it is triggered and when a hammer switch would have triggered. Especially in soft ground the trigger geophone signal may be delayed. In general the hammer trigger is a more reliable timing device. The differences in trigger time when using a trigger geophone could be due to things like not striking the center of the plate or differences in the strength of the impact. More trigger circuit information: The seismograph can be triggered by shorting the two input pins A and B on the trigger connector of the seismograph. In fact, that is what the hammer switch does (contact closure device) when it impacts a striker plate. The inertia of the impact causes a momentary closure in the device, which in turn, triggers the Geode. There are no internal components that need to be added. Externally, you could construct trigger device or switch, if that is what you desire. If you were to measure the pins on the Trigger connector on your seismograph (pin A +, pin B -) you would see about 5VDC. The trigger circuit will sense a contact closure or a pulse. The Geode trigger input is capacitively coupled, with a 2mS time constant, to the midpoint of a resistive voltage divider. The voltage difference between the two ends of the divider constitute a voltage "window", which size is Set by the trigger sensitivity parameter and can range from essentially zero at the highest sensitivity, to about +/- 2.5V at the lowest sensitivity. The Geode triggers (if enabled) if and when the coupled signal exceeds the window, in either direction. The signal, after the capacitor, is clamped by diodes to the range between the trigger signal ground and +5VDC. The trigger detector output is disabled when the system is disarmed, during a parameter change, and during a shot, up to the trigger hold-off time after the end of the shot. The trigger hold-off time is a parameter Set by the user. Preceding the coupling capacitor (i.e., essentially the node accessible at pin A of the external connector), there is a 3.3K-Ohm pull-up resistor to +5VDC (relative to pin B). Also a fast transient suppressor clamps the input at about +/-14VDC. It is advised that the DC + AC level of any voltage applied to pin A relative to pin B be kept within the range of +/-7V, giving some margin of safety. If a DC voltage somewhat less than +5VDC is applied when the connector is first mated, the instrument may trigger at that moment. But, subsequently, because of the capacitive coupling, it will trigger on the next positive or negative going pulse that exceeds the window level. If the duration of the applied voltage pulse is less than the record length + delay time + hold-off time, then the Geode will effectively be ready to trigger on the same edge of another similar pulse.
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SeisImager/2D Software Packages
SeisImager Software
Randl Rivera
1 year ago
2 Relevance
Very often I am asked what the difference is between the Lite, Std and Pro versions of the 2D Refraction software licenses. SeisImager/2D Software Packages • Standard version: for use on seismograph with mouse or PC with mouse; allows up to 16K samples per trace, 128 traces per shot, 360 traces per interpretation, and 65 shots per interpretation.• Professional version: for use on seismograph with mouse or PC with mouse; allows virtually unlimited input up to 2M samples per trace, 48K traces per shot, 48K traces per interpretation, and 48K shots per interpretation.• Lite version: included with purchase of Geometrics Windows-based seismographs. For use on seismograph with mouse or PC with mouse; allows up to 16K samples per trace, 64 traces per shot, 51 traces per interpretation, and 12 shots per interpretation.• Demonstration version: for use on PC with mouse, may be launched 15 times; same allowances as Lite version; no printing capability.Note: The number of shots per spread and spreads per interpretation are dependent on the actual trace number used. The Standard and Professional versions are also available for rent. SeisImager Software Suite* Refraction & Surface Wave Data Analysis Software 40 hr - $200 75 hr - $300 250 hr- $500. See Rentals - Geometrics : Geometrics and email rentals@geometrics.com to Set up an Order.
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Is it possible to extend the cables between the MFAM sensors and module?
Hardware
Gretchen Sch...
2 years ago
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The cables between the sensors and the MFAM module are flexible circuit boards, and the length is limited to 20 inches. It is possible to remove the MFAM module from the Development kit box and then reconnect it using a ribbon cable. That would allow you to extend the MFAM module and sensors away from the Dev Kit box. Our engineers have tested it to 4 meters. Below are some details about the ribbon cable. The connector on the MFAM unit is Samtec FSH-110-04-F-DH. Its mating connector is Samtec SFMH-110-02-L-D-WT. The easiest option for an extender cable between the MFAM and the Dev Kit is a pair of cable assemblies from Samtec www.samtec.com which has male/female mass terminate connectors put onto a ribbon cable.  These connectors plug directly into the MFAM I/O connector and also into the Development Kit.  We are comfortable with lengths to 10 feet total.  The samtec P/N for this cable is:  FFMD-10-T-60.00-01-F-N The ‘60.00’ number specifies the cable length in inches (which equals 5 feet).  We have found that there is generally a 2-4 week lead, time since they are made to Order and not an off-the-shelf part. (There is another solution as well if you want to make adapter boards at each end (Dev Kit and MFAM).  The exact Samtec mates for the MFAM / Dev Kit connectors are made in PCB mount connectors only, so if you make simple small adapter board to adapt the samtec connector to another connector of your choice.  We've done this with ExpressPCB which is fast and inexpensive.  A board Set from ExpressPCB is about $70 including shipping.  Our Engineering Team has a design and parts list they can send you if you're interested in going this route.)
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