What is SeisComP?
The Seismological Communication
Processor (SeisComP) is a new concept for a networked seismographic system,
originally developed for the GEOFON network and further extended within
the MEREDIAN project under the lead of GEOFON/GFZ Potsdam and ORFEUS. Its
task is six-fold:
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data acquisition
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data recording
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monitoring and controlling
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real-time communication
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user access
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automatic (near-)real-time data
processing (quality control, event detection and location).
Motivation for the development
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GEOFON needed a new station
processor with advanced communication capabilities and was looking for
a flexible, future oriented, open solution for this task.
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GEOFON needed to setup a new
and easy to maintain data center setup on basis of a simple, but fairly
automated scheme providing all different sorts of services and user interfaces.
Concept
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flexible configurable- and easy
upgradable system,
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support of cheap, worldwide
available hardware,
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usage of standard UNIX protocols
and software,
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integration of well known, open
software packages,
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usage of most modern and/or
adequate communication and storage technics,
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support of several parallel
ADCs (network processor),
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support of different ADC manufacturers,
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usage for permanent and mobile
stations as well as for network processors and data centers,
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stand-alone usage of the different
sub-packages,
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data communication by dedicated
and dial-up lines and Internet
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real-time data distribution
station - data center,
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configuration of "virtual" seismograph
networks,
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automated data center operation
(DC - DC and DC - user),
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developing all that in cooperation
with other institutions.
Presently supported features
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Hardware
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support for commercial ADCs
from
Kinemetrics (Quanterra), Earth
Data, Lennartz
Electronic, Güralp,
Geotech,
RefTek,
Nanometrics,
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usage of standard PC hardware
with Linux operating system as station, network and DC processors,
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usage of embedded PC104 boards
as low power SeisComP station processor (commercially available),
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in addition, also support of
UNIX workstations for SeisComP data center operation,
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supported communication links:
standard phone, GSM, Inmarsat-M, ISDN, DSL, radio, Internet.
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Software
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SeedLink server software supporting
TCP/IP real-time data communication via dedicated and dial-up links and
Internet (GFZ),
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SeedLink clients for monitor
plotting and disk recording (GFZ/ORFEUS),
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optional Comserv compatibility
(GFZ),
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data import from following digitizers
and data acquisition systems:
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Quanterra Q380/Q680, Q4120 and
Q730 (GFZ; based on Comserv),
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Quanterra Q330 (ORFEUS/GFZ; based
on MountainAir)
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Earth Data PS2400 and PS6-24
(GFZ),
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Geotech DR-24 (GFZ),
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Lennartz M24 (Lennartz Electronic),
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Lennartz PCM 5800 ESSTF (Mathias
Hoffmann)
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Lennartz PCM 5800 (Jan
Wiszniowski)
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Lennartz MARS-88 (Aladino
Govoni)
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Güralp DM24 (GFZ),
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Güralp Scream! (ORFEUS),
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Kinemetrics K2 (Alexandru
Marmureanu)
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USGS LISS
(ORFEUS),
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IRIS/IDA NRTS
(GFZ),
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Kinemetrics Antelope
(ORFEUS),
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Nanometrics NAQS
(ORFEUS),
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Nanometrics HRD-24 (GFZ),
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RefTek RTPD
(GFZ),
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SARA SADC10/18/20/30
(GFZ),
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Lacrosse 2300 weather station
(GFZ),
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Wave24
(Erik Bystricky),
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Geoscope CCU (Danielle
Fouassier),
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Visitec (Bohuslav
Ruzek),
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UMSS (Jan
Wiszniowski),
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data import from disk files
(Mini-SEED, Titan and Seisan formats),
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data export to Antelope (ORFEUS),
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data export to Earthworm
(ORFEUS),
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GIF converter for WWW live seismograms
(GFZ),
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script-based Station Operation
Manager (GFZ).
Planned add-on software packages
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data archiving system,
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distributed web-based DRM with
several user interfaces (WWW, breq_fast, AutoDRM, NetDC, ...),
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database system for the DRM
(waveform index, station response history, data quality history, event
parameters),
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database statistics viewer (summarized
visualisation of archive holdings, data quality, user requests etc),
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GIS based event viewer (graphical
interface to DBMS).
More information on SeisComP:
General
Papers and Manuals
Software
Commercial products with
SeedLink support