scmvx

Map view showing maps with stations and events. Issues related to configuration of stations are indicated.

Description

scmvx visualizes the current information of earthquakes or earthquakes loaded database as well as current station information including:

• trigger status,

• ground motion,

• station quality,

• station configuration issues.

All stations and events are visualized in a map. The map can be customized by global scheme.map parameters and additional layers can be added as outlined in the GUI documenation. scmvx provides multiple tabs:

• Network: Maps showing events and network information including station configuration issues.

• Ground motion: Map with events and stations. The color of stations symbols represents recent ground motion calculated by scmvx in a configurable time window.

• Quality control: Map with events and stations. The color of stations symbols represents recent waveform quality control parameters calculated by scqc.

• Events: Event list updated in real time and allowing to filter events and to load historic events from database.

Tabs

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Network

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Ground motion

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Quality control

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Events

Events are shown as they arrive in real time and may be interactively loaded from database. During startup events from within a period of time are loaded and shown according the configuration of readEventsNotOlderThan. More events are added in real time as they arrive. Historic events can be loaded from database for time spans and other filter criteria. The loaded events can sorted interactively by clicking on the table header. Events out of scope can be hidden based on region, event type of agency ID. In contrast to other event lists, e.g. in scolv or scesv, this event list only gives access to parameter of the preferred but no other origins of events.

Events tab

Hotkeys

Hotkey	Description
C	Center map around latest event upon event update
G	Show map base layer in gray scale
N	Reset view to default
F1	Open SeisComP documentation in default browser
Shift + F1	Open scmvx documentation in default browser
F2	Open dialog for connecting to database and messaging
F6	Toggle latest event information on map
F7	Toggle legend
F8	Toggle station issues in Network tab
F9	Toggle station annotation
F10	Switch to event list (Events tab)
F11	Toggle full screen mode
CTRL + F	Search station
CTRL + O	Open event parameter XML file
CTRL + Q	Quit scmvx
Shift + Arrows	Move focus of map
+	Zoom in in map
-	Zoom out in map
Mouse wheel	Zoom in or out in map
Mouse double click	Center map
Right mouse button	Open context menu

Use Cases

Get station information, detail issues

1. Navigate to the Network tab

2. Position the mouse above a triangle representing a station. The selected station is highlighted. Zoom in if events are overlapping.

3. Click your left mouse button for opening the station info widget. Data and potential configuration issues are shown.

Search for and show an event

1. Navigate to the Events tab load events from database in a relevant time range. You may narrow down the database search through the filter button. After events are loaded the list may be limited by hiding irrelevant events and you may change the sorting of the event table by clicking on the header.

2. Identify the event and double-click on the event line to load the parameters. You will immediately switch to a map centered around the selected event.

Get event information

1. Position the mouse above a circle representing the location of an event. Zoom in if events are overlapping.

2. Click the left mouse button for opening the event object inspector.

Set preliminary origin

Upcoming feature, not yet supported

1. Position the mouse in the map

2. Press the middle mouse button

3. Set date & time and latitude, longitude & depth

4. Press “Create” to open the origin in another GUI, e.g., scolv which must be running already.

Search station/network

1. Press CTRL + F to open the search window.

2. Type any string from a station and/or network name in the input field or just select a station from the list.

3. Double click in a station in the list to center the map at this location.

Command-Line Examples

• Real-time view of events and stations on a local server

  scmvx -H localhost -I slink://localhost --debug
  

• Offline view of event parameters given in an XML file. Inventory is read from database.

  scmvx -d localhost -i events.xml --debug
  

Module Configuration

etc/defaults/global.cfg

etc/defaults/scmvx.cfg

etc/global.cfg

etc/scmvx.cfg

~/.seiscomp/global.cfg

~/.seiscomp/scmvx.cfg

scmvx inherits global options.

displaymode

Type: string

Values: groundmotion,qualitycontrol

Set one of the available display modes used during startup: groundmotion or qualitycontrol. When empty, the Network tab is shown.

readEventsNotOlderThan

Default: 86400

Type: double

Unit: s

Sets the time span before current time to read events initially from database.

centerOrigins

Default: false

Type: boolean

If a new origin/event is set/selected, this option defines if the map is centered or not at the origin location.

annotations

Default: false

Type: boolean

Enables/disabled drawing of station annotations at startup.

annotationsWithChannels

Default: true

Type: boolean

Enable/disable drawing of station annotations with location/channel codes as NET.STA.LOC.CHA.

showUnboundStations

Default: true

Type: boolean

Enable/disable drawing of stations which are not bound with global bindings.

mapLegendPosition

Default: topleft

Type: string

Values: topleft,topright,bottomright,bottomleft

The legend location for station symbols (network, QC, ground motion).

eventLegendPosition

Default: bottomleft

Type: string

Values: topleft,topright,bottomright,bottomleft

The legend location for event symbols.

stations.amplitudeTimeSpan

Default: 10

Type: double

Unit: s

No description available

stations.groundMotionRecordLifeSpan

Default: 600

Type: double

Unit: s

Time to keep waveform data in memory

stations.triggerTimeout

Default: 60

Type: double

Unit: s

No description available

stations.groundMotionFilter

Default: ITAPER(60)>>BW_HP(4,0.5)

Type: string

Sets the filter applied to determine ground motion.

Note

display.* The initial rectangular region for the map. The eventual region is also scaled to the dimension of the opened map widget.

display.latmin

Default: -90.0

Type: double

Unit: deg

Range: -90:90

Minimum latitude in degrees.

display.lonmin

Default: -180.0

Type: double

Unit: deg

Range: -360:360

Minimum longitude in degrees.

display.latmax

Default: 90.0

Type: double

Unit: deg

Range: -90:90

Maximum latitude in degrees.

display.lonmax

Default: 180.0

Type: double

Unit: deg

Range: -360:360

Maximum longitude in degrees.

Command-Line Options

scmvx [options]

Verbosity

--verbosity arg

Verbosity level [0..4]. 0:quiet, 1:error, 2:warning, 3:info, 4:debug.

-v, --v

Increase verbosity level (may be repeated, eg. -vv).

-q, --quiet

Quiet mode: no logging output.

--component arg

Limit the logging to a certain component. This option can be given more than once.

-s, --syslog

Use syslog logging backend. The output usually goes to /var/lib/messages.

-l, --lockfile arg

Path to lock file.

--console arg

Send log output to stdout.

--debug

Execute in debug mode. Equivalent to --verbosity=4 --console=1 .

--log-file arg

Use alternative log file.

--print-component arg

For each log entry print the component right after the log level. By default the component output is enabled for file output but disabled for console output.

--trace

Execute in trace mode. Equivalent to --verbosity=4 --console=1 --print-component=1 --print-context=1 .

Generic

-h, --help

Show help message.

-V, --version

Show version information.

--config-file arg

Use alternative configuration file. When this option is used the loading of all stages is disabled. Only the given configuration file is parsed and used. To use another name for the configuration create a symbolic link of the application or copy it. Example: scautopick -> scautopick2.

--plugins arg

Load given plugins.

--auto-shutdown arg

Enable/disable self-shutdown because a master module shutdown. This only works when messaging is enabled and the master module sends a shutdown message (enabled with --start-stop-msg for the master module).

--shutdown-master-module arg

Set the name of the master-module used for auto-shutdown. This is the application name of the module actually started. If symlinks are used, then it is the name of the symlinked application.

--shutdown-master-username arg

Set the name of the master-username of the messaging used for auto-shutdown. If "shutdown-master-module" is given as well, this parameter is ignored.

Messaging

-u, --user arg

Overrides configuration parameter connection.username.

-H, --host arg

Overrides configuration parameter connection.server.

-t, --timeout arg

Overrides configuration parameter connection.timeout.

-g, --primary-group arg

Overrides configuration parameter connection.primaryGroup.

-S, --subscribe-group arg

A group to subscribe to. This option can be given more than once.

--content-type arg

Overrides configuration parameter connection.contentType.

Default: binary

--start-stop-msg arg

Default: 0

Set sending of a start and a stop message.

Database

--db-driver-list

List all supported database drivers.

-d, --database arg

The database connection string, format: service://user:pwd@host/database. "service" is the name of the database driver which can be queried with "--db-driver-list".

--config-module arg

The config module to use.

--inventory-db arg

Load the inventory from the given database or file, format: [service://]location .

--db-disable

Do not use the database at all

Records

--record-driver-list

List all supported record stream drivers.

-I, --record-url arg

The RecordStream source URL. Format: [service://]location[#type]. "service" is the name of the RecordStream driver which can be queried with "--record-driver-list". If "service" is not given, "file://" is used and simply the name of a miniSEED file can be given.

--record-file arg

Specify a file as record source.

--record-type arg

Specify a type for the records being read.

Cities

--city-xml arg

Type: file

Values: *.xml

The path to the cities XML file. This overrides the default paths. Compare with the global parameter "citiesXML".

User interface

-F, --full-screen

Start the application filling the entire screen. This only works with GUI applications.

-N, --non-interactive

Use non-interactive presentation mode. This only works with GUI applications.

MapviewX

--display-mode arg

Overrides configuration parameter displaymode.

-i, --input-file file

Load events in given XML file during startup and switch to offline mode.

--offline

Do not connect to a messaging server and do not subscribe channel data.

--with-legend

Show the map legends.