Guralp Systems CMG-DCM build <10,000 User Manual

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Acquisition Modules and Platinum Firmware

Recording and Retrieving Data

The miniSEED default %Y%jT%H%MZ-%s-%c-%n-%l.mseed includes the
date, the time and the complete SCNL identification. The date format

matches that used by the GCF recorder. This will produce file-names like:

2008315T1442Z-TEST1-BHE-NN-LL.mseed

To combine all the channels from a given station simply omit the channel

marker from the file name format string:

%Y%jT%H%MZ-%s--%n-%l.mseed

It is recommended that the “--” is left in place to highlight the omitted channel
id. This will produce file-names like:

2008315T1442Z-TEST1--NN-LL.mseed

If you specifically want to include a marker to identify that it contains all
channels, the use of a lower case string will differentiate it from a regular

channel name, which is always presented in upper case.

%Y%jT%H%MZ-%s-all-%n-%l.mseed

yields file-names like:

2008315T1442Z-TEST1-all-NN-LL.mseed

If you prefer human readable dates, rather than using the Julian date

%Y_%m_%d-%H:%M-%s-%c-%n-%l.mseed

yields file-names like:

2008_08_14-14:42-TEST1-BHE-NN-LL.mseed

Note: Using / as a date separator will split the data into
sub-directories, which may not be the desired result.

It is often required to separate the data into sub directories by network and

station prefix. In this case, it is recommended that the network and station id
are still included in the file-name so that the contents of the file are still

recognisable even if it is moved to a different location.

%n_%s/%Y%jT%H%MZ-%s-%c-%n-%l.mseed

will store the data like this:

NN_TEST1

2008315T1442Z-TEST1-BHE-NN-LL.mseed

2008315T1452Z-TEST1-BHE-NN-LL.mseed
2008315T1502Z-TEST1-BHE-NN-LL.mseed

...

NN_TEST2

2008315T1442Z-TEST2-BHE-NN-LL.mseed

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