Refraction Technology 130 Series Installation manual

130 Command Reference 130-CR-001-D January 20, 2006
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Preface
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Revision History
Rev Date Reason for change Pages changed
0.1 03/04/02 Initial release
A 01/03/03 Organized and added 11/27/02 command update All
B 04/04/03 Command sections updated for sensor commands (PK) (PQ) (SK) Sections: 2.16 -
PK, 2.19 - PQ
,2.25 - SK
C 12/5/3 Added Vote Trigger Section: 2.13.8
D 1/19/6 Added GC command Section 1.8

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Notation Conventions
The following notation conventions are used throughout Ref Tek
documentation:
Notation Description
ASCII Indicates the entry conforms to the American Standard Code for Information Interchange
definition of character (text) information.
Binary Indicates the entry is a raw, numeric value.
Hex Indicates hexadecimal notation. This is used with both ASCII characters (0 – 9, A – F) and
numeric values.
BCD Indicates the entry is a numeric value where each four bits represents a decimal digit.
FPnIndicates the entry is the ASCII representation of a floating-point number with nplaces fol-
lowing the decimal point.
<n> Indicates a single 8-bit byte. When the contents are numeric, it indicates a hexadecimal
numeric value; i.e. <84> represents hexadecimal 84 (132 decimal). When the contents are
capital letters, it represents a named ASCII control character; i.e. <SP> represents a space
character, <CR> represents a carriage return character and <LF> represents a line feed
character.
MSB Most Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
MSbit Most Significant Bit of a binary number.
LSB Least Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
LSbit Least Significant Bit (bit 0) of a binary number.
YYYY Year as a 4-digit number
DDD Day of year
HH Hour of day in 24-hour format
MM Minutes of hour
SS Seconds of minute
TTT Thousandths of a second (milliseconds)
IIII Unit ID number
n, nS nano, nanoSecond; 10-9 = 0.000000001
u, uS micro, microSecond; 10-6 = 0.000001
m, mS milli, milliSecond; 10-3 = 0.001
K, KHz Kilo, KiloHertz; 103= 1,000
M, MHz Mega, MegaHertz; 106= 1,000,000
G, GHz Giga, GigaHertz; 109= 1,000,000,000
Kb, KB Kilobit, KiloByte; 210 = 1,024
Mb, MB Megabit, MegaByte; 220 = 1,048,576
Gb, GB Gigabit, GigaByte; 230 = 1,073,741,824

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130-01 System Documents Number PDF file
130-01 System Startup 1301-SYS-001 130_startup_01.pdf
PFC_130 Users Guide 130-PFC-001 130_pfc.pdf
REF TEK Utilities Users Guide UTILS-OP-002 130_utilities.pdf
Archive Utilities ARC-OP-003 arcutil.pdf
130 Theory of Operations 130-SYS-002 130_theory.pdf
130 PFC Release Notes 130-RN-001 130_PFCRN.pdf
130 CPU Release Notes 130-RN-002 130_CPURN.pdf
130 Command Reference 130-CR-001 130_command.pdf
130 Recording Format 130-RF-001 130_record.pdf
130-GPS/01 130-TR-003 gps01.pdf
130-01 Board Documents Number PDF file
RT505 - A/D Board 130-RT505 RT505r.pdfa
RT506 - CPU Board 130-RT506 RT506r.pdf
RT520 - Lid Interconnect Board 130-RT520 RT520r.pdf
RT526 - MicroDrive/Flash Board 130-RT526 RT526rB01.pdf
RT527 - Sensor Control Board (Optional) 130-RT527 RT527rB01.pdf
RT535 - Mass Memory Board (Optional) 130-RT535 RT535rB01.pdf
Optional Manuals Number PDF file
SNDP Installation and Users Guide SNDP-S-003 SNDPUser.pdf
SNDP Reference Guide SNDP-S-002 SNDPRef.pdf
RTCC REF TEK Command and Control Users
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RT_Display Users Guide RTD-S-007 RTDisplay.pdf
RT_View Users Guide RTV-S-005 RTView.pdf
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RTP Protocol RTP-S-004 RTP.pdf
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131A-01/2 Low Noise Triaxial Accelerometer 131A-TR-004 131A.pdf
131A-01/1 Uniaxial Accelerometer 131A-TR-005 131A011.pdf
a. r = Revision level of 130 Board

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Table of Contents
Section: 1 Command Overview
1.1 Command Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
1.1.1 Delayed Action Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1.2 Command List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Section: 1 Command Reference
1.1 Acquisition Control (AQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12
1.2 Command Trigger (CT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-14
1.3 Data Monitor (DM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-15
1.4 Data Offset (DO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-17
1.5 Data Statistics (DS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-19
1.6 Forced Dump (FD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-21
1.7 Firmware Update (FW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-22
1.8 GPS Control (GC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-23
1.9 Identify Unit and Software (ID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-24
1.10 Immediate Gain (IG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-25
1.11 Media Format (MF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-26
1.12 Auxiliary Data Parameters (PA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-27
1.13 Parameter Backup (PB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-29
1.14 Channel Parameters (PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-30
1.15 Data Stream Parameters (PD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-32
1.15.1 Continuous Trigger Desc (Trigger type = CON) . . . . . . . . .1-33
1.15.2 Cross Trigger Desc (Trigger type = CRS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-34
1.15.3 Event Trigger Desc (Trigger type = EVT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-35
1.15.4 External Trigger Desc (Trigger type = EXT) . . . . . . . . . . . .1-36
1.15.5 Level Trigger Desc (Trigger type = LEV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-37
1.15.6 Time Interval Trigger Desc (Trigger type = TIM) . . . . . . . .1-38
1.15.7 Time List Trigger Desc (Trigger type = TML) . . . . . . . . . . .1-38
1.15.8 Vote Trigger Description (Trigger type = VOT) . . . . . . . . . .1-39
1.16 Parameter Erase (PE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-41
1.17 Parameter Implement (PI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-42
1.18 Sensor Calibration Signal Parms (PK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-43
1.19 Sensor Calibration Seq Params (PL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-44
1.20 Modem Parameters (PM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-45
1.21 Network Parameters (PN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-46
1.22 Sensor Auto Re-center Params (PQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-48
1.23 Parameter Request (PR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-49
1.24 Station Parameters (PS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-50
1.25 Disk Parameters (PZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-51
1.26 Reset System (RS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-52
1.27 State-of-Health (SH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-53
1.28 Sensor Calibration (SK). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-54
1.29 Set Offset (SO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-55

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1.30 Status Information (SS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-56
1.30.1 Auxiliary Data Response (Status type = AD) . . . . . . . . . . .1-58
1.30.2 Acquisition Status Response (Status type = AQ) . . . . . . . .1-59
1.30.3 Disk Status Response (Status type = DK) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-60
1.30.4 Event Trigger Status Response (Status type = ET) . . . . . . .1-61
1.30.5 Network Status Response (Status type = NT) . . . . . . . . . .1-62
1.30.6 Parameter Status Response (Status type = PR) . . . . . . . . .1-63
1.30.7 RTP Status Response (Status type = RT) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-64
1.30.8 Sensor Info Status Response (Status type = SI) . . . . . . . .1-65
1.30.9 Unit Status Response (Status type = US) . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-66
1.30.10 Version Status Response (Status type = VS) . . . . . . . . . .1-67
1.30.11 External Clock Status Resp (Status type = XC) . . . . . . . .1-68
1.31 Sensor Test (ST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-69
1.32 Time Set (TS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-70
1.33 Appendix A Future Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-72
1.33.1 Future Delayed Action Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-73
1.33.2 Additional Immediate Action Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-74

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About This Manual
This document provides comprehensive, detailed descriptions of
the formats of commands that control the 130 series DAS units and
associated peripherals.
This specifications manual includes the following pertinent informa-
tion: - Overview of command structure
- Classifications of commands; sections includes functional
descriptions
- Parameter commands
- Immediate Action commands
Software Version
The information in this manual is accurate for products that use
software of any version from that shown on the cover to the ver-
sion of software you received with your DAS unit(s).
Document Version
The document version is shown by the date on the front cover (the
‘save’ date). The save date is also shown on the bottom of each
text page; it may be later than the front cover date if editorial and/
or other corrections were made.
If you have any concerns on the applicability of this manual to your
particular DAS unit(s), please contact Refraction Technology, Inc.
Our address and phone numbers are shown on the inside cover of
this document.

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Notation Conventions
The following notation conventions are used throughout this docu-
ment:
Some time entries use Y to indicate a digit of the year, D for a digit
of the Day of year, H for a digit of the Hour, M for a digit of the
Minute, S for a digit of the Second and T for a digit of the tenths,
hundredths and Thousandths of the second (millisecond).
ASCII Indicates the entry conforms to the American Standard Code for Infor-
mation Interchange definition of character (text) information.
Binary Indicates the entry is a raw, numeric value.
Hex Indicates hexadecimal notation. This is used with both ASCII charac-
ters (0 – 9, A – F) and numeric values.
BCD Indicates the entry is a numeric value where each four bits represents
a decimal digit.
FPnIndicates the entry is the ASCII representation of a floating-point num-
ber with nplaces following the decimal point.
<n> Indicates a single 8-bit byte. When the contents are numeric, it indi-
cates a hexadecimal numeric value; i.e. <84> represents hexadecimal
84 (132 decimal). When the contents are capital letters, it represents
a named ASCII control character; i.e. <SP> represents a space charac-
ter, <CR> represents a carriage return character and <LF> represents
a line feed character.
MSB Most Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
MSbit Most Significant Bit of a binary number.
LSB Least Significant Byte of a multi-byte value.
LSbit Least Significant Bit (bit 0) of a binary number.

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Section 1
Command Overview
All commands and command responses have the following gen-
eral format:
<ATTN><0>IIIILLLLCCpayloadCCXXXX<CR><LF>
The entire sequence is composed of ASCII characters except for
the Attention and Reserved bytes. All commands use an atten-
tion value of 84h. All responses use an attention value of 85h.
Every command generates a response. Responses can be viewed
as commands by the DAS to the user interface.
The Unit ID for all Ref Tek 130 series DAS units is in the range of
9001h - FFFFh. A Unit ID of 0 addresses any and all units that can
receive the command. The Unit ID field is NEVER 0 in a response,
but always indicates which DAS unit issued the response.
The Length field specifies the number of bytes that follow, includ-
ing the command codes, payload, CRC and delimiters. The length
of a command may change if additional payload is added to the
command.
The Payload is specific to each command or response. The pay-
load is broken into command-specific fields that have their con-
tents left-justified and are padded on the right with spaces
when their entry does not fill the specified field length. If new
fields are added to the payload, they are added to the end of the
existing fields.
The CRC field is the CRC-16 (X16 + X15 + X2+ 1) value calculated
beginning with the first byte of the Unit ID field and ending with the
last byte of the second command code field. The CRC is initialized
to FFFFh.
Field Description
<ATTN> 8-bit Attention value
<0> 8-bit Reserved value of zero (NULL)
IIII 4-digit ASCII hex representation of the Unit ID of the unit to receive the
command. An ID of zero (0000) addresses any/all units.
LLLL 4-digit Length of the rest of the command
CC 2-character ASCII Command Code
Payload command-specific set of ASCII values
XXXX CRC in ASCII hex characters
<CR> ASCII carriage return character
<LF> ASCII line feed character

Command Types
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1.1 Command Types
There are two types of commands for REFTEK 130 DAS units:
• Delayed Action Commands
• Immediate Action Commands
Delayed Action commands transfer and store DAS operating
parameters that are not acted upon until a later time. Immediate
Action commands include some parameter commands and cause
the DAS to perform various actions when the command is
received. A specific Immediate Action command, the Parameter
Implement (PI) command, causes the DAS to begin operating
according to the parameters received in the Delayed Action com-
mands. This behavior is necessary because the Delayed Action
commands directly affect the data acquisition process and the
information stored with the data.
The PI command automatically forces acquisition to stop if it has
not already been disabled. However, this causes a delay in the
performance of the PI command. It is therefore recommended
that the Acquisition Stop be issued first instead of relying on the PI
command to force the stop.
The commands classified as Delayed Action commands are:
• Channel definition (PC)
• Data Stream definition (PD)
• Station definition (PS)
Several Immediate Action commands are used in conjunction with
the Delayed Action commands. These include Parameter Erase
(PE), Parameter Backup (PB), Parameter Request (PR) and
Parameter Implement (PI). Details for these commands are pro-
vided in the section on Immediate Action commands.

Command Types
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1.1.1 Delayed Action Commands
The Delayed Action commands should be issued in the following
sequence:
A Delayed Action command does not have to be sent for every
channel or every data stream if the Parameter Erase command is
issued prior to sending any Delayed Action parameters. In this
case, only the active channels and data streams must be sent to
the DAS.
These can be in
any order. Acquisition Stop (AQ)
Parameter Erase (PE)
Station parameters (PS)
Channel 1 parameters (PC)
…
Channel n parameters (PC)
Data Stream 1 parameters (PD)
…
Data Stream n parameters (PD)
Auxiliary Data Parameters (PA)
Calibration Parameters (PK)
Parameter Implement (PI)
Acquisition Start (AQ)

Command List
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1.2 Command List
The commands currently defined for REFTEK 130 series Data
Acquisition Systems, with an explanation of their basic functions,
are listed below. Shaded commands affect the operating parame-
ters of the DAS.
Command
Code Command Name Command Type Function
AQ Acquisition
Control Immediate Action Controls data acquisition; start includes a delay time of up to 99 minutes and 59 sec-
onds.
CT Command
Trigger Immediate Action Activates a trigger for a data stream that has not yet been triggered.
DM Data Moni-
tor Immediate Action Returns data for a specified channel of a data stream for display.
DO Data Offset Immediate
Action Returns averages for channels of a data stream.
DS Data Statis-
tics Immediate Action Returns statistics for channels of a data stream.
FD Forced
Dump Immediate Action Forces the unit to flush data from RAM to disk.
FW Firmware
Update Immediate Action Reprograms the CPU flash memory with firmware stored in a file on the disk drive
GC GPS Duty
Cycle Immediate Action Programs GPS to be on continously, duty cycled, or off
ID Identify Unit Immediate
Action Requests firmware version numbers.
IG Immediate
Gain Set Immediate Action Changes the DAS unit's gain to specified settings.
MF Media For-
mat Immediate Action Erase information from RAM or disk.
PA Auxiliary
Data Info. Delayed Action Defines information for recording the auxil- iary data channels.
PB Parameter
Backup Immediate Action Restores the backup copy of the DAS control parameters to the user-accessible copy.
PC Channel
Info. Delayed Action Defines information for a specified channel, including a channel name and the type,
location, and orientation of the sensor used
to input data on that channel.
PD DataStream
Info. Delayed Action Defines the unit's data stream and recording parameters.
PE Parameter
Erase Immediate Action Erases the user-accessible copy of all the parameters in the DAS unit's internal RAM.
PI Parameter
Implement Immediate Action Duplicates the user-accessible copy of the control and data recording parameters to
create a checksum copy; it verifies the
checksum and converts the parameters to
the format used internally by the DAS.

Command List
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Command
Code Command Name Command Type Function
PK Sensor Cali-
bration Sig-
nal Info.
Delayed
Action Defines sensor calibration signal informa- tion.
PM Modem Info. Immediate
Action Defines the command strings sent to a modem.
PN Network
Info. Immediate Action Defines the network parameters of the DAS.
PQ Sensor Auto
Re-center
Info.
Delayed
Action Defines sensor automatic re-centering infor- mation.
PR Parameter
Request Immediate Action Copies the parameters in the DAS unit to the control interface.
PS Station Info. Delayed
Action Defines experiment and station information for a specified data recording station in a
network.
PZ Disk Info. Immediate
Action Defines disk recording control parameters.
RS Reset Sys-
tem Immediate Action Causes the DAS to perform a soft reset; it interrupts data acquisition and optionally
resets the parameters to their defaults and
erases data in RAM.
SK Sensor Cali-
bration Immediate Action Initiates a calibration cycle or mass center cycle.
SH State-of-He
alth Immediate Action Places a user-specified ASCII message directly into the unit's state-of-health (SOH)
log.
SO Set Offset Immediate
Action Sets the DC offset correction for each chan- nel.
SS Status Immediate
Action Requests various status information from the DAS, specified by a subcommand code.
ST Sensor Test Immediate
Action Outputs a test signal to the sensor.
TS Time Set Immediate
Action Enters a new time for the DAS. Optionally waits for a pulse to activate the new time.

Command List
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Section 1
Command Reference
This section provides technical definitions for all commands used
with REFTEK 130 Data Acquisition Systems.

Acquisition Control (AQ)
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1.1 Acquisition Control (AQ)
The Acquisition command requests activation and deactivation
of data collection. The unit does not begin detecting trigger until
acquisition has been activated. No data is recorded unless a trig-
ger is detected.
Activation and deactivation of acquisition is a two-step process.
The AQ command indicates the desired acquisition state. The unit
must perform some internal operations to achieve the desired
state. The acquisition status information (SS:AQ) indicates both
the requested and actual state of acquisition.
When the requested state is Start, the unit delays actual activation
based on the Start Time Delay. This is intended to allow the oper-
ator to leave the area without causing a false trigger when an
Event Trigger or Level Trigger is used for data collection.
When the requested state is Halt, the unit completes any non-con-
tinuous events in progress before actually deactivating acquisition.
When disk recording is enabled, this also forces data from RAM
onto disk.