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Setup Station

To add a new station in SeisComP, the process generally involves following steps:

  1. Import the Inventory
  2. Configure the Binding
  3. Set up related modules
  4. Apply the configuration

In SeisComP, the Inventory refers to the station metadata, which describes the network, stations, data channels, and instrument configurations. This information is usually stored in XML (SEED/StationXML) format and includes:

  • Network: Network code, e.g., IU, II
  • Station: Station location, name, coordinates, activation time, etc.
  • Sensor: Sensor model, sensitivity, poles and zeros, calibration factors
  • Data logger: Information about the data acquisition system
  • Channel: Channel combinations (e.g., EHZ, BHE, HHN), including response, sampling rate, filters, etc.

The Inventory acts as a “static database describing the stations and equipment” and forms the basis for waveform decoding, processing, and distribution. For example, station locations determine the accuracy of event localization, while channel responses affect the correctness of moment tensor or magnitude calculations.

In the AnyShake Project, automatically generated station metadata can be found in the Settings page and is distributed in both SeisComP XML and FDSN StationXML formats.

In contrast, the Binding defines how software modules are linked to stations and channels. SeisComP includes various modules (such as SeedLink, scautopick, scautoloc, scamp), and each needs to know how to process the data from specific stations or channels. The binding serves the following purposes:

  • Specify which stations/channels a module should process
  • Configure module-specific parameters (e.g., picking thresholds, filter settings)
  • Support differentiated processing for different stations/channels

In this tutorial, we will create the following bindings and connect them to AnyShake devices via the AnyShake Nexus plugin:

  • seedlink: real-time data source configuration
  • slarchive: waveform archiving configuration
  • scautopick: station-specific picker configuration
  • global: system-wide configuration

Import the Inventory​

As mentioned previously, the station metadata is available in both SeisComP XML and FDSNWS StationXML formats in AnyShake Observer. You can download the XML file from the Settings page. In the tutorial, the SeisComP XML format is downloaded.

Download Metadata

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The station metadata includes the current station location, channel information, and instrument response information. It's automatically generated from your local settings, and should not be modified manually. When the local settings is updated, the metadata should be updated accordingly.

Open the system configuration tool with the following command:

$ scconfig

Go to Inventory tab, click Import, and select sc3 as input format, also choose the path to your SeisComP XML file in the prompt dialog, and click OK:

Import Metadata

If successful, you will see the following message:

Import Succeed

After importing, the file list will be updated with the newly added metadata, select the file and click Sync button, click Yes in the warning dialog, the metadata will be synchronized to SeisComP database:

Sync Metadata Succeed

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If you encounter an error such as [error] Could not connect to message system while synchronizing metadata, try switching back to the System tab and restarting the scmaster module. If the issue persists, you will usually need to check the database connection and related settings.

Configure the Binding​

Go to the Binding tab, and you will see that the basic configurations such as station code and network name have already been generated automatically.

Generated Binding

Double-click to enter the innermost station code, then right-click on the blank area at the lower left corner and select the module you want to add:

Add Module

Create a new seedlink binding, and under sources add a new AnyShake instance. You can assign any name to this instance.

Add Seedlink Instance

In the newly created instance, enter the address of the server running the TCP Forwarder. Depending on your network conditions, you can also customize the timeout value (default: 10 seconds):

Add seedlink Config

Remember to use the Ctrl + S combination key to save the changes.

slarchive​

Create a new slarchive binding and set the selectors field to *.

Add slarchive Binding

Remember to use the Ctrl + S combination key to save the changes.

scautopick​

Create a new scautopick binding and adjust the trigger settings as needed. In this example, we use the default configuration.

Add scautopick Binding

Remember to use the Ctrl + S combination key to save the changes.

global​

Create a new global binding, set the location code, and specify the stream code for event detection. Typically, these are set to 00 and EHZ, following the default settings in AnyShake Observer.

Add global Binding

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If you modified any settings in AnyShake Observer, make sure to update them here as well.

Remember to use the Ctrl + S combination key to save the changes.

Apply the Configuration​

Go to the Modules tab, select scrttv from the left-hand sidebar, and check the mapPicks option.

Check mapPicks

Press Ctrl + S to save the changes. Then, go back to the System tab, hold the Ctrl key, and multi-select the following modules:

  • scmaster
  • scamp
  • scautoloc
  • scautopick
  • scevent
  • scmag
  • scqc
  • scvoice
  • seedlink
  • slarchive

Click Update Configuration and wait for the process to complete.

Update Configuration

Next, click Restart and wait for the selected modules to start.

Restart Modules

If everything is successful, the Status column of the selected modules will change to Running.

See the Waveform​

Open the scrttv module using the following command:

$ scrttv

Now you will be able to see the realtime waveform with all channels from AnyShake.

Realtime Waveform

Show on the Map​

Open the scmap module using the following command:

Station on Map

You can also also right-click on the station marker view the realtime waveform and data quality.