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SMARTGeoHub® Central Station User’s Manual
Figure 3. SMARTCD11Forwarder running window
3.1.5 SMARTGen Data File Generator Module
The SMARTGen program can be used to write raw data in near real-time as data files of fixed
duration, for the use of an automated processing software (e.g. SMARTQuake®). The data files
are formatted using SUDS format (Banfill, 2003), or CSS 3.0 database.
SMARTGen program should only be started after SMARTServer is already running. Typically
both SMARTServer and SMARTGen applications (and optionally other programs as well, e.g.
SMARTCal) are started automatically by running the StartAll shortcut. Otherwise
SMARTGen can be started by double-clicking on the SMARTGen shortcut that points to the
following program file:
c:\SMARTGeoHub\SMARTGen\bin\SMARTGen.bat.
Depending on the selected configuration, immediately at program start or at the beginning of
next minute marks the start time of the first file. The data are extracted from the
SMARTGeoHub® database periodically, with a user programmable delay versus real-time to
allow for communications delays, and written to data files. The data files contain all data
channels recorded by the SMARTGeoHub® for the operator specified recording time period.
SMARTGen relies on the local computer time to determine when to run, therefore it requires the
time of the host computer’s clock to be close (within few seconds) to the SMART-24 digitizers’
time. It is strongly recommended for the host computer’s clock to be automatically synchronized
with a time server (either a Internet time server, or local).
SMARTGen logs the site and channels names, the data file name and its start date and time in
the program’s console window (shown as an example in Figure 4).
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