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11 11  )))
12 12  
13 -= Power Considerations =
14 -
15 -Both the LPR-200 (or "Low Power Recorder" 200) and TerraSAWR are designed to use as little power as possible, and more or less use the same amount of power.
16 -
17 -At 100 Hz and with a GPS cable connected these loggers draw about 220 mW of power once the screen is off (higher sample rates draw more power but only marginally, < 5 mW). Adding a sensor (e.g. a Trillium Compact 120) increases this to approximately 400 mW, or 0.4 volt-amps. So, in theory 7 Ah battery should last about 10 days without a solar panel, but in practice it seems to be a bit closer to 8 which may be due to variability in power drain while in getting GPS locks.
18 -
19 -For very sunny environments (latitudes < 30) a 20 Volts 10 Watt solar panel should have no issue keeping these loggers alive over the summer months, and assuming unobstructed skies should also be fine over winter. However there is no harm in using 20 or even a 40 Watt panel, especially for high latitudes, coastal regions, or areas without a full sky view. In theory up to a 60 Watt solar panel is fine, but we don't recommend anything over 40 Watts and that amount of power is already overkill.
20 -
21 -(% class="box infomessage" %)
22 -(((
23 -Power issues are easy and cheap to solve relative to the cost of your experiment, don't skimp!
24 -)))
25 -
26 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
27 -In the case of an LPR, there is a large compartment for housing an internal battery, able to accommodate anything from a 10-30Ah battery. To use a standard lead acid battery with a positive and negative terminal, a 6 pin adaptor must be used. This ensures the voltage from the external power port (pins A and C) connect to the battery and ensure the system actually recharges. (See [[Peripheral Equipment>>doc:Instrumentation.Peripheral Equipment.WebHome]] for a more comprehensive overview of this kind of setup)
28 -
29 -= GPS Considerations =
30 -
31 -GPS is required for the data to have accurate timestamps. A standard 3-5V 1575.42 Mhz coaxial cable works fine and can be found for relatively cheap (e.g. [[https:~~/~~/www.elecbee.com/en-3555-gps-antenna-bnc-male-for-garmin-gps-120120xl125-sounder-with-cable-2m) >>https://www.elecbee.com/en-3555-gps-antenna-bnc-male-for-garmin-gps-120120xl125-sounder-with-cable-2m]]
32 -
33 -The TerraSAWR has a built-in GPS but this doesn't work as well, especially if the logger is (wisely) buried. **The LPR does NOT have a built-in GPS antenna, so an external antenna is mandatory.**
34 -
35 -In a pinch, a severed or broken antenna can be mended back together relatively easily by non-experts. Even stripping the wire and twisting it back together by hand on site is possible!
36 -
37 37  = Data Card Formatting and Information =
38 38  
39 39  Both the TerraSAWR and LPR-200 require SD Cards to be formatted in FAT32 filesystem. For 64Gb cards it can be difficult to format in FAT32, but [[software >>http://auspass.edu.au/field/fat32cardformatter.exe]]is available. ANU recommend SanDisk Extreme 150 mb/s cards in either 32 or 64Gb size. We strongly discourage using cards larger than 64Gb, and in general smaller cards are less likely to fail. We have also found that "adapter" cards (e.g. SD to microSD) are prone to having write issues and **strongly** advise against them.
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44 44  
45 45  {{{XXX195G0100010034864 2 }}}
46 46  
47 -//corresponding to//
23 +corresponding to site XXX19,
24 + network 5G,
25 + sample rate 0100, (i.e. 100 Hz)
26 + "gps interval" 01 (once per hour~-~- don't change),
27 + start mode (always 0),
28 + stop mode (always 0),
29 + seismometer type (3 = broadband (+/- 20V), 2 = Guralp (+/- 10V), 1 = shortperiod (+/- 5V),
30 + and seismometer serial number (4864).
48 48  
49 - site **XXX19**,
50 - network **5G**,
51 - sample rate **0100**, (i.e. 100 Hz)
52 - "gps interval" **01** (once per hour~-~- don't change),
53 - start mode (always **0**),
54 - stop mode (always **0**),
55 - seismometer type (**3** = broadband (+/- 20V), 2 = Guralp (+/- 10V), 1 = shortperiod (+/- 5V),
56 - and seismometer serial number (**4864**).
57 -
58 58  (% class="box warningmessage" %)
59 59  (((
60 60  NOTE: the 2 at the very end is for "RECORD ON RESTART". The record on restart option ensures that if the logger dies and is powered back up whilst in the field (due to battery charging cycles or other causes) that the recording will resume. (# of blank spaces before this doesn't matter)
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91 91   32Gb card: 122 days @ 250hz or 305 days @ 100hz
92 92  }}}
93 93  
94 -== Default Settings ==
95 95  
96 -As of 2025, the default settings for both LPR (v. 2.7) and TSWAR (v 3.6a) loggers are below. If you're using a broadband instrument, you are essentially good to go without having to program the cards.
97 -
98 -* XX.ANUSR network and station name
99 -* 100 Hz Sample Rate
100 -* 40 Vpp (or +/- 20 V) gain / Trillium Compact seismometer version
101 -* Record on Restart enabled
102 -
103 -Note that if a user sets the gain incorrectly, this can be fixed later (assuming nothing clipped) by multiplying or dividing by factors of 2. The gain setting can be looked up from the logfile, else you may have to guess from a PSD or other method.
104 -
105 105  = Logger Menus Overview (and setup) =
106 106  
107 107  The same menus are used in both the TSAWR and LPR-200 loggers.
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112 112  
113 113  This menu also displays the firmware version, battery, external, and solar voltages, and the temperature of the system.
114 114  
115 -* Check that all //Initialisation Parameters// are marked as successful.
116 -* Check that solar voltage is above 10 V in the software, or preferrably physically check that the battery's voltage is increasing via a DMM.
79 +==== Upon setup ====
117 117  
81 +- Check all Initialisation Parameters are marked as successful.
82 +
83 +- Check that solar voltage is above 10 V, otherwise the station will not last long.
84 +
85 +
118 118  == Live Seismometer Data ==
119 119  
120 120  This screen displays real time seismometer data for all 3 axes of the seismometer. Initially, a plot of raw data from all 3 channels is shown. By pressing enter, a high pass filter can be applied showing a more useful plot of all channels. The up and down arrows can be used to change between a view of all channels, individual channels, and all channels on different X axes.
121 121  
122 -* Check that all 3 channels are present and are producing a signal.
123 -* Stomp on the ground near where the sensor is installed to check that a signal is being picked up by all 3 channels.
124 -* Common representations of poor signals include channels sloping smoothly from high values to zero, or sharp corners in the plots.
90 +==== Upon setup ====
125 125  
92 +- Check that all 3 channels are present and are producing a signal.
93 +
94 +- Stomp on the ground near where the sensor is installed to check that a signal is being picked up by all 3 channels.
95 +
96 +- Common representations of poor signals include channels sloping smoothly from high values to zero, or sharp corners in the plots.
97 +
98 +
126 126  == GPS Data ==
127 127  
128 128  This menu displays the status of the stations' GPS connection. The screen lists; UTC time, UTC date, latitude, longitude, altitude, number of satellite connections, and SNR.
129 129  
130 -* Check that the station is connected to satellites. 3 or more should be perfectly adequate to keep time.
103 +* Check that the station is connected to satellites
131 131  
105 +
132 132  == SD Information ==
133 133  
134 134  The menu lists if the SD card has been initialised, as well as the capacity and space free on the memory card. See "Data card formatting" (above) to see how to format and initialise the inserted SD card.
135 135  
110 +
136 136  == System Configuration ==
137 137  
138 138  This menu is used to set the stations identifiers and parameters.
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145 145  
146 146  The seismometer model and serial number (up to 10 characters) can be set. Seismometer model options include:
147 147  
148 -* Trillium Compact (same for 20s and 120s models)
123 +* Trillium Compact (same for 20 and 120)
149 149  * CMG - 3ESP
150 150  * Guralp 40T
151 151  * LE-3D Lite
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160 160  
161 161  (% class="box errormessage" %)
162 162  (((
163 -Again, ensure the 'RECORD ON RESTART' option is marked with a cross (the default setting). This ensures that the logger will record any time it receives enough power!
138 +NOTE: Ensure the 'RECORD ON RESTART' option is marked with a cross.
164 164  )))
165 165  
166 166  (% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
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176 176  
177 177  = Instrument Response =
178 178  
179 -Both the TerraSAWR and LPR-200 use the same ADS1281 analog-to-digital converter chip and are designed to have identical instrument response. The ADC (analog to digital) chip in both loggers originally samples at 1024000 Hz and downsamples towards the output data rate via a 5th order SINC filter, then another four FIR filters. If the output is below 250 Hz, a final "pure" /5 decimation is done without any sort of FIR filter (for better or worse!).
154 +Both the TerraSAWR and LPR-200 use the same ADS1281 analog-to-digital converter chip and are designed to have identical instrument response. Depending on the output sample rate (e.g. 100 Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1000 Hz) amplitude response is consistently flat up to ~~100 Hz but phase response can vary above 1 Hz at 100 Hz (or 10 Hz at 250 Hz).
180 180  
181 -In the logger's menu, the user can choose to apply a 2nd stage "sensor gain" by selecting an instrument type in the setup menu. This effectively selects a 10 Vpp (e.g. short period sensors), 20 Vpp, 40 Vpp (most broadband sensors) regime to match the sensor's sensitivity. This has the effect of doubling amplitude from 10v to 20v, or quadrupling from 10v to 40v. If you have set your sensor correctly (and the signal isn't clipped!) you can "correct" this by simply multiplying your data by 0.5 etc. This gain manifests itself in stage 2 in the response information.
156 +The user can choose to apply a 2nd stage "sensor gain" by selecting an instrument type in the setup menu. This effectively selects a 10 Vpp (e.g. short period sensors), 20 Vpp, 40 Vpp (most broadband sensors) regime to match the sensor's sensitivity. This has the effect of doubling amplitude from 10v to 20v, or quadrupling from 10v to 40v. If you have set your sensor correctly (and the signal isn't clipped!) you can "correct" this by simply multiplying your data by 0.5 etc.
182 182  
183 -//(The 600+ Stage 3 SINC coefficients during the initial 1024k > 16k decimation were left off as they slowed down the process x10 and contribute at most 0.3 db amplitude and 0.31 ms phase delay discrepancies, and primarily only to frequencies near the nyquist. If for some reason you want to add this phase manually we can share the parameters with you.)//
158 +Another important thing to note is that the group delay associated with late stage FIR filters is **automatically applied in the logger**, hence there is no need to apply this in the response. These tend to max out at 0.124 seconds for most output sampling rates (0.062 s for 100 Hz).
184 184  
185 -You might notice that the response information may come in two versions. The response from our website (see link below) includes the 2nd "sensor gain" stage for clarity. e.g. here is a Trillium Compact 120 & ANU Logger response
160 +Instrument response can be downloaded from IRIS-NRL (v2) if need be, or by downloading the response of an equivalent sensor at AusPass (e.g. get_stations(level='response') )
186 186  
187 -##Channel Response
188 - From M/S (Velocity) to COUNTS ()
189 - Overall Sensitivity: 3.95452e+08 defined at 1.000 Hz
190 - 8 stages:
191 - Stage 1: PolesZerosResponseStage from M/S to V, gain: 754.3
192 - Stage 2: ResponseStage from V to V, gain: 0.25
193 - Stage 3: CoefficientsTypeResponseStage from V to COUNTS, gain: 2.09715e+06
194 - Stage 4: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 1
195 - Stage 5: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 1
196 - Stage 6: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 0.99998
197 - Stage 7: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 1##
198 198  
163 += ANU TerraSAWR (Gen 3, FW 3.5a, 2017?- current) =
199 199  
200 -However, if retrieving from AusPass or IRIS, the 2nd "sensor gain" stage is combined with the logger gain. This has no affect, but you may detect that the former Stage 2 V->V ResponseStage has been merged into the Stage 3 gain.
165 +Words to describe the TSAWR would go here, if needed
201 201  
202 -##Channel Response
203 - From M/S (Velocity) to COUNTS ()
204 - Overall Sensitivity: 3.9546e+08 defined at 1.000 Hz
205 - 6 stages:
206 - Stage 1: PolesZerosResponseStage from M/S to V, gain: 754.3
207 - Stage 2: CoefficientsTypeResponseStage from V to COUNTS, gain: 524288
208 - Stage 3: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 1
209 - Stage 4: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 1
210 - Stage 5: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 0.99998
211 - Stage 6: FIRResponseStage from COUNTS to COUNTS, gain: 1##
167 + 
212 212  
213 213  
214 -For the most part, the data logger response essentially flat when the samplerate output is set to 100 Hz or less and for seismological purposes is likely to be impossible to detect below 20 Hz regardless.
170 += ANU LPR-200 (Gen 2, FW 2.6a/2.7a, 2013 - current) =
215 215  
216 -Instrument response can be downloaded from IRIS [[Nominal Response Library>>https://ds.iris.edu/ds/nrl/]] if need be, or [[directly from us>>http://auspass.edu.au/data/logger_response]] , or by downloading the response of an equivalent sensor at AusPass (e.g. get_stations(level='response') ).
172 +Ditto the mighty LPR!
217 217  
218 218  
219 -[[Amplitude and phase response for ANU logger at 50 Hz>>image:ANU_50hz_response.png||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="356" width="475"]]
175 += ANU "ANUSR" (Gen 1, 2003? - 2013?) =
220 220  
221 -[[Amplitude and phase response for ANU logger at 100 Hz>>image:ANU_100hz_response.png||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="355" width="473"]]
177 +This logger has been retired for a long time and has a different instrument response.
222 222  
223 -[[Amplitude and phase response for ANU logger at 250 Hz>>image:ANU_250hz_response.png||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="359" width="479"]]
224 224  
225 -[[Amplitude and phase response for ANU logger at 1000 Hz>>image:ANU_1000hz_response.png||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="367" width="489"]]
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227 -
228 -[[Huddle test comparing a Trillium Compact 120 + TerraSAWR vs a Trillium Compact 120 + Nanometrics Centaur (M8.AUANU) at 100 Hz>>image:TC120_ANU_vs_CENTAUR.png||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center"]]
229 -
230 -= ANU TerraSAWR (Gen 3, FW 3.5a, 2014- current) =
231 -
232 -Earliest known model is dated July 2014 (though first deployed in 2019) and our current flagship model. Lightweight and small.
233 -
234 -= ANU LPR-200 (Gen 2, FW 2.6a/2.7a, 2011 - current) =
235 -
236 -Earliest known model is dated May 2011 (but first deployed November 2012) and still in use today. Potentially capable of housing much larger batteries than the TSAWR due to the larger cavity space.
237 -
238 -= ANU "ANUSR" (Gen 1, 2003? - 2012) =
239 -
240 -This logger has been retired for a long time and has a different instrument response. It used modular component boards and was powered via an acrylic case of 6 x 6V lantern batteries. There is a somewhat complete one above the CAT lab door if anyone is so inclined to have a look.
241 -
242 -
243 243  = References =
244 244  
245 245  * [[PDF Manual>>http://auspass.edu.au/field/LPR-200_Instruction_Manual.pdf]]
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281 281  = TerraSAWR Specs =
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288 288  [[image:1704864886951-793.jpg]]
289 289  
290 290  |=Size (L x W x H)|30 x 25 x12cm
291 -|=Weight (with battery)| 1.9kg (2.5kg)
207 +|=Weight (with battery)| ~*~*1.9kg (2.5kg)
292 292  |=Battery|(((
293 -Lead-acid 12v, ~~7-9Ah
209 +Lead-acid 12v, ~~7Ah
294 294  
295 295  Rechargeable
296 296  )))
297 -|=Current Firmware|3.5a (Jan 2025)
298 298  
299 299  [[image:terrasawr battery.jpg]]
300 300  )))
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311 311  [[image:LPR 3.jpg]]
312 312  
313 313  |=Size (L x W x H)|42 x 34 x17 cm
314 -|=Weight (no battery)|5.5 kg
229 +|=Weight (with battery)|4.9 kg (7.3 kg)
315 315  |=Battery|(((
316 -NOW: Any 12v battery with tab connections that will fit (ex. the same TSAWR battery)
231 +LiFePo4 140Ah
317 317  
318 -DISCONTINUED: LiFePo4 140Ah Rechargeable (shown below).
233 +Rechargeable
319 319  )))
320 -|=Current Firmware|(((
321 -2.6a (old GPS modules) / 2.7a
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323 -Jan 2025
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326 326  [[image:LPR battery.jpg]]
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