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Setting Up Vscope for a 3-channel Downhole Geophone
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Stacking Shots in Vscope
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1 Introduction
This document provides instructions for setting up DAQlink seismographs and Vscope software
for recording data from a three-channel downhole geophone. This includes enabling only the
first three channels in the DAQlink to decrease the amount of data recorded. This saves hard
disk storage space, makes network transfers faster, and also makes data processing easier.
Downhole data is typically recorded at a higher sample rate, so this document shows a ¼
millisecond sample rate as the default setting. It also assumes that a weaker source, i.e. a
sledgehammer, so the highest preamp gain has been selected.
To decrease noise, often multiple hits are recorded for a common level. This document includes
details on stacking multiple hits for a level or a source point.
A DAQlink at Work
Starting Vscope
Start Vscope
Check the network connections to the seismograph
All the menus shown in this document have been shown in the “Advanced Mode”.
Unless otherwise instructed, please use the WinPcap option.
This tab controls which files are saved, the file type saved, and the folder to which those
files are saved.
For stacking, save records to both “Database” and “File”
These options control the name and format of the files saved to the hard disk. Use a
format that is compatible with your processing software.
The filters in this tab are used exclusively for data display, and do not affect the raw data,
or the files saved to disk.
When setting geometry values in the traces headers this option assists in updating
source and receiver station numbers during acquisition.
This option help prevent accidental parameter changes during data acquisition.
Set the “Gain” levels, use “1” for large, powerful sources, “4” for weaker ones, and “16” for
shallow or distant sources
Set the sample rate, larger values for lower frequencies and smaller datasets, smaller
values for higher frequencies but larger data files. Dividing 500 by the sample rate (in
milliseconds) provides the Nyquist frequency. The Nyquist must be greater than the
highest frequency recorded
Low Cut Filter removes low frequency noise, a suggested value is roughly the geophone
frequency divided by five
Standalone Mode lets DAQlink record without computer connected to it
A trigger type of “TimeBreak” means a contact closure on the trigger port will start the
system
Pulse Edge determines which end of the pulse starts the DAQlink, “Positive Edge” is the
front of a positive pulse, and “Negative Edge” is the trailing one.
“Level” controls the point at which the trigger is picked on the pulse. Too large of value
and the seismograph will not detect the pulse.
Setting the Auto Start option depends on how the crew is planning on operating
Do not set any parameters in this menu unless directly instructed by SSC personnel!
Use the “Get Position” button to check to ensure that the GPS is working
o The latitude and longitude should be displayed
o If the GGA string is not shown, then either the GPS is disconnected or set up with
the wrong baud rate.
o If the GGA string is shown, but without latitude and longitude, then the GPS does
not yet have a satellite lock. Please wait until the GPS acquires its lock, and a full
GGA can be fetched via the “Get Position” button.
Set the GPS Port Baud Rate to 19,200 so the GPS and seismograph can communicate
Do not set any parameters in this menu unless directly instructed by SSC personnel!
The data file with the four stacked pops is saved as file #66
This data can now be viewed and manipulated with the various tools in Vscope
Clear Memory
Clearing the memory removes all pops for the current shot point, thus restarting data
acquisition for this source station
If the current stack is deemed acceptable, and no further pops are required, then the
current stack came be saved as a file
After saving the current stack, the memory is cleared (see previous option) and
acquisition is restarting at the next source station
For this example, the pop with the “Stack ID” of 438 and file number of 78 is a “bad”
record because of noise on the line
Appending Traces
This option appends traces from several Start ID into single traces
In this example, three files are being appended into one
This action happens in time, so the first sample of the appending file becomes the next
sample of the append file
This the resulting file is stored in the Vscope database
For use in other software, the data must be exported from the database
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