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Table of Contents

1 About this document ......................................................................................... 5

2 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 5
3 Quick start guide ............................................................................................... 5
4 System Hardware .............................................................................................. 7
4.1 SUMMIT X One Data collector (DC) .................................................................. 7
4.2 SUMMIT X One Remote Unit (RU) .................................................................... 9
4.3 SUMMIT X One Line Cable.............................................................................. 10
4.4 Connecting cables ........................................................................................... 10
5 Data Acquisition Software .............................................................................. 11
5.1 System requirements ....................................................................................... 11
5.2 IP-Settings for LAN communication ................................................................. 11
5.3 Defining a survey ............................................................................................. 11
5.4 Selecting the active Survey for Measurement .................................................. 13
5.5 Hardware List .................................................................................................. 14
5.6 Schematic Network plan .................................................................................. 15
5.7 Assigning Remote units as Auxiliary channels ................................................. 16
5.8 Assigning Remote units to line and receiver station numbers (hardware
matching) ......................................................................................................... 17
5.9 Set measurement parameters.......................................................................... 18
5.10 Acquisition Console – Start Measurement ....................................................... 22
5.11 Noise Monitor .................................................................................................. 25
5.12 Spread View .................................................................................................... 26
5.13 Display of seismic data .................................................................................... 27
5.14 Data Storage ................................................................................................... 28
6 Technical Data ................................................................................................. 29
6.1 SUMMIT X One Data Collector ........................................................................ 29
6.2 SUMMIT X One Remote Unit ........................................................................... 29

List of Tables

Table 1: Trigger connector and Trigger adapter cable wiring ................................................. 8

Table 2: PC IP-settings for communication with SUMMIT X One DC ................................... 11

Table 3: Measurement Parameters ...................................................................................... 19

Table 4: Acquisition console - setting of acquisition parameters .......................................... 23

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Table of Figures

Figure 1: SUMMIT X One DC, side view with Ethernet and Trigger connector........................ 8

Figure 2: SUMMIT X One DC, side view with power connectors ............................................ 8

Figure 3: SUMMIT X One Remote unit - how to connect to the line cable............................... 9

Figure 4: create survey wizard - step 1 ................................................................................. 12

Figure 5: Create Survey wizard - step 2 ............................................................................... 12

Figure 6: Create Survey wizard - final step ........................................................................... 13

Figure 7: Survey Overview Dialog ........................................................................................ 14

Figure 8: Hardware List view ................................................................................................ 15

Figure 9: Schematic Network plan ........................................................................................ 16

Figure 10: Aux-channel List view .......................................................................................... 17

Figure 11: Hardware matching table - assigning RUs to Line and station number ................ 18

Figure 12: Measurement Parameter settings ........................................................................ 19

Figure 13: Acquisition Console ............................................................................................. 23

Figure 14: Acquisition Console with activated trigger ............................................................ 24

Figure 15: Noise Monitor view .............................................................................................. 25

Figure 16: Noise Monitor - assigning colours to noise levels................................................. 25

Figure 17: Spread view......................................................................................................... 26

Figure 18 zoomed spread view............................................................................................. 26

Figure 19 Seismogram view – View settings ........................................................................ 27

Figure 20 Seismogram view – Filter settings ........................................................................ 27

Figure 21: General Software settings ................................................................................... 28

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1 About this document

This document describes technical parameters and handling of the SUMMIT X One exploration
seismograph system.
This document refers to the following product versions:

Device-Type Version Description

SUMMIT X One RU Hardware: V5 Single channel digitizer unit, SUMMIT X
One field seismograph system
Firmware: 6.2.0
SUMMIT X One DC Hardware: V1.0 Data collector (2 / 4 line ports) and
repeater unit of SUMMIT X One field
Firmware: 1.2.0
seismograph system
Acquisitions Software V0.9.38 Command & Control software for
SUMMIT X One

2 Introduction

The SUMMIT X One is the latest generation of the SUMMIT family of exploration seismographs
manufactured by DMT. Building on the same lightweight 2-wire telemetry cable known from the
previous SUMMIT generations, the SUMMIT X One utilizes completely new developed
communication technology, resulting in a much more robust and faster data telemetry.
Additionally, the system now powers the remote units through the same telemetry cable, thus
requiring less batteries in the field.
The SUMMIT X One Remote units can be connected anywhere on the line cable, which
provides the highest flexibility for field deployment that a cable bound system can achieve.

3 Quick start guide

The following step by step description is thought as a guide to quickly deploy the system in the
field and conducting a measurement. This guide assumes a simple 2D geometry and is
applicable only for small surveys for shallow investigations. Larger field deployments may
require a somewhat different field logistic.
The detailed description of hardware and software components is given in the sections below.

1. Layout the SUMMIT X One Line cable along the seismic Line to be measured, deploy
the SUMMIT X One DC at either End of the Line.
2. Connect the battery to the DC. After the DC has powered up, the yellow LEDs on the top
will start blinking.

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3. Connect the Control laptop to the DC and start the SUMMIT X One acquisition software
(make sure that the IP-Settings of the LAN port used for communication is set to the IP-
address given in section 5.2, Table 1)
Once the Acquisition software is started and connection to the DC is established, the DC
is automatically defined as Master-DC and activates power supply for Remote units on
all its line ports. This is indicated by the yellow LEDs turned on permanently.
4. Connect the RU to the Line cable. Since Power supply on the Line cable is activated,
you will get an immediate feedback from the RU that it has connected properly to the
cable by turning on the red LED at the bottom of the RU for a short moment (~1 to 2 s).
After that, the LED will start flashing in intervals of ~3 s.
Please Note: Keep a minimum distance of ~2 m between RUs along the cable. Make
cable loops in case a shorter geophone spacing is required for the survey. Also, do not
connect more than 50 RUs to the same line segment.
5. If not already prepared in the office, create a new survey in the acquisition software
(menu File | Create new survey) and specify the number of receiver stations etc. in the
wizard dialog. Finish the wizard, then select the newly created (or previously prepared)
survey from the Survey overview (menu File | survey overview) and make it the active
survey
6. Check the Hardware list view, if all RUs deployed in the field are connected. The number
of RUs registered to a DC is displayed below each DC, separately for each line port.
7. Assign the RUs to receiver station number. This is done in the hardware matching table
view, which provides a list of all RUs sorted in the way as the DC have estimated the
order along the line cable. Click on the first entry in the List, set Line number to 1 and
station number to 1. The other RUs will be automatically numbered starting from 1 for
the selected RU.
8. Select the Measurement Parameter view and define the settings (e.g. sample rate,
recording time, number of stacks, etc.) for the measurement
9. Select the acquisition console, there press Start Measurement to start digitizing. Specify
the shot point number for the next shot, the receiver station number of the first active RU
and the number of active stations (for example: shot point number = 1, first station = 1,
Number of stations = 24, station step = 0 for a 24 channel recording fixed spread.)
10. Move the source to the first shot point and connect the trigger cable to the DC. Press
Trigger enable to enable the trigger input port of the DC. Now fire the source, which will
trigger the recording. If number of stacks was set >1, repeat that step until the record is
completed with the required number of stacks. You can finish the record earlier by
pressing the Finish button or cancel the record by pressing the Abort button. In case the
last shot was of bad quality (e.g. due to noisy environment or trigger problems), it can be
substracted from the stack by pressing the Undo button.
11. If the record is completed, the shot point number is automatically incremented and the
source can move to the next shot point.
12. The seismic data files are stored in the Data subdirectory of the active Survey.

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4 System Hardware

The SUMMIT X One seismic data acquisition system consists of the three main components:
 SUMMIT X One Data Collector (short DC)
 SUMMIT X One Remote Unit (short RU)
 SUMMIT X One Line Cable

The SUMMIT X One uses a lightweight 2 wire telemetry cable for data communication and
power distribution along the line. The Data Collector unit is providing the power supply of
connected Remote units over the Line cable and coordinates the data communication. The DC
also functions as interface unit to the PC with the data acquisition software as well as repeater
unit to interconnect adjacent line segments. The Remote Units are the digitizer units placed as
close to the sensor location as possible. The unique SNAP-mechanism allows to connect the
RU at any position along the line cable.

4.1 SUMMIT X One Data collector (DC)

The Data Collector unit is an interface unit taking care of communication with Remote Units
connected to the Line cable attached to the DC as well as providing power supply to the RUs
over the line cable.

Ethernet communication / Master-DC

Each DC is equipped with an Ethernet LAN port, which is used to communicate with the Control
software on the PC. The Data Collector that is connected to the PC becomes the Master-DC,
controlling all other DC in the layout. Any Data Collector in the layout can become Master-DC
but only one Master is allowed in the layout.
Power supply
The Data Collector unit requires external power supply (12 V or 24 V DC) to operate. Two
power connectors allow switching of batteries without interruption of operation. The green LED
related to the respective power connector indicates that the unit is powered by battery attached
to the respective connector. In case two batteries are connected, the DC will operate on the
battery providing the highest voltage.

Line Ports
The standard Data Collector has two Line Ports (Port A and B) to interconnect two line cable
segments. Extended data collector units (XDC) are equipped with 4 line ports (A..D) to be used
as cross line units in a 3D field layout.
The yellow LEDs on the top of the DC indicate which Line Port is powered by the DC if turned
on permanently. Blinking yellow LEDs indicate that the DC is scanning its ports for command
communication from a Master-DC. As soon as a DC has been defined as Master-DC, it will turn
on the 30 V DC power supply on all its line ports (yellow LEDs permanently on). Neighbouring
DCs will subsequently turn on Line Power on all their ports aiming away from the Master-DC. In
this way, it is ensured that a line segment is powered and controlled by only one DC.

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Figure 1: SUMMIT X One DC, side view with Ethernet and Trigger connector

Figure 2: SUMMIT X One DC, side view with power connectors

Trigger-Port
Trigger signals can be fed into any DC in the spread. The Data collector accepts both short-cut
signals as well as pulse-signals as trigger. Table 1 outlines the pinout of the trigger connector
and the wiring of the trigger adapter cable provided with the instrument.

Table 1: Trigger connector and Trigger adapter cable wiring

ODU 7-Pin Signal Wire colour Remark

Connector
1 Slope in Red Slope input – shorten red to black (GND) for
trigger
2 Pulse in White Trigger pulse input (positive edge triggered, max.
5V)
3 reserved Green

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4 Enable Out Orange Positive pulse out (1 ms / 5 V)

5 reserved Blue
6 reserved Brown
7 GND Black Signal ground (GND)

4.2 SUMMIT X One Remote Unit (RU)

The Remote Unit is a one-channel digitizing unit, which can be connected anywhere to the 2-
wire line cable using the unique SNAP mechanism. To connect the RU to the Line cable, pull
the handle towards the RU housing, which opens the cable intake at the top. Insert the cable
and release the handle to connect (see Figure 3). The SNAP-mechanism uses two needles to
pierce through the cable coating to establish an electrical connection to the cable wires.

Figure 3: SUMMIT X One Remote unit - how to connect to the line cable

The RU has a red LED ring at the button, which is turned on for a short time when the RU is
powered up (e.g. when connecting it to the Line cable). The LED will flash in intervals of
approximately 3 seconds once the RU is registered to the DC and communication is running.
Geophones are connected to the KCL-4 connector at the button of the RU. The Remote Unit
can be operated with single geophones or geophone strings.
Each Remote Unit is identified with a unique ID printed on the RU housing. This unique-ID is
also displayed in the Acquisition software hardware list and used to assign Line and station
number to the respective RUs. The order / sorting of RUs along a line segment is automatically
measured by the DC controlling this line segment and reported to the Acquisition software.

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Please note!
Keep a minimum distance of 2 m along the line cable between neighbouring
RUs in order to ensure correct estimation of RU-order along the line segment
by the DC. Make cable loops in case shorter geophone spacing is required.

Please note!
The maximum number of RUs that can be connected to one line segment is
limited to 50 RUs. Connecting more than 50 RUs to the same line segment
may result in power supply problems leading to instable communication.

4.3 SUMMIT X One Line Cable

The SUMMIT X One Line cable is a two-wire flat cable with specialized, self-sealing coating.
Since the SNAP connector is penetrating the coating with needles in order to connect to the
cable wires, the coating has to seal the holes from the needles after disconnecting the RU.
The Line Cable is terminated on both ends with a 4-Pin ODU connector, which also
incorporates the electrical termination to suppress reflecting signals during communication.

4.4 Connecting cables

Push-pull connectors are used for connecting the Line Cable, Ethernet LAN and Trigger-signal.
These push-pull connectors enable cables to be connected and disconnected easily and
quickly.
The proper orientation of the connector is marked by a red dot both at the connector as well as
the socket on the Data Collector. The connector will lock automatically when inserted into the
socket, pulling on the cable will not be loosening the connection.
To connect the cable, gently push the plug into the socket. As the plug is pushed into the
socket, locking fingers on the plug snap into the socket creating a reliable connection. Pulling on
the cable or on the rear of plug causes the locking fingers to grab harder and a separation of
plug and socket is almost impossible.
To disconnect the cable, pull on the outer plug housing, which causes the locking fingers to
retract and the plug and socket separate easily.

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5 Data Acquisition Software

5.1 System requirements

The SUMMIT X One Data Acquisition software requires is MS Windows 7 or Win10 to operate.
It is designed to work both with 32 Bit and 64 Bit Versions of the operating system.
Memory and disc space requirements strongly depend on the survey size, in particular the
number of active channels involved.
The software can be run as stand-alone application, e.g. on a field laptop for smaller
engineering surveys as well as server-client set-up on PCs in a recording truck for surveys with
larger number of active channels.

5.2 IP-Settings for LAN communication

The SUMMIT X One uses standard Ethernet (UDP protocol) for communication between the
acquisition software and the data collector units. The data collector units have a fixed IP-
address assigned. In order to be able to establish a LAN-connection to a data collector unit, set
the IP-Address of your LAN port to the parameters listed in Table 2.
It is known that some laptops have problems recognizing the Ethernet connection with the data
collector using the internal LAN port. In these occasions, we recommend using the USB to
Ethernet adapter supplied with the instrument to establish a LAN connection.

Table 2: PC IP-settings for communication with SUMMIT X One DC

Parameter Value
IP-settings Use fixed IP
IP address 10.254.0.101
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Standard gateway

5.3 Defining a survey

Before any measurement can be started, the survey parameters such as number and spacing
of geophone stations and shot points have to be defined. To create a new survey, select the
File | Create new survey menu, which starts a wizard guiding through the survey parameter
definition.
In the first step, the wizard asks for the basic geometry information (Figure 4). Geometry
settings can be entered eider as a simple 2D geometry for a 2D seismic line with regular
geophone and shot point spacing or it can be defined by importing a SPS file.

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Figure 4: create survey wizard - step 1

Figure 5: Create Survey wizard - step 2

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The second page defines the survey name and additional commentary survey information
stored in the header of the seismic file (Figure 5).
The final page of the wizard enables to change the default data output directory and the data
format (SEG-Y or SEG-2) to be used for storing the seismic data (Figure 6).
The survey parameters defined in the wizard can later also be changed (e.g. adding additional
receiver stations, etc.), if necessary.

Figure 6: Create Survey wizard - final step

5.4 Selecting the active Survey for Measurement

The acquisition software maintains a list of defined surveys in the Survey overview dialog.
Select the File | Survey overview menu to activate the Survey Overview Dialog (Figure 7). The
active survey is highlighted in green, other available surveys are marked in yellow.
To activate a survey for measurement, select the respective survey from the list and press the
Set active button.
Survey parameters can be changed by selecting the respective survey from the list and
pressing the Edit button, which will start the wizard to adjust the survey parameters (similar to
the Create Survey wizard described in section 5.3).

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Figure 7: Survey Overview Dialog

5.5 Hardware List

The Hardware List View provides an overview over all connected SUMMIT X One Units (both
Data Collector and Remote Units). The hardware list is organized as a hierarchic tree-view
starting with the Master-DC. Remote Units are listed below the respective line port of the DC
that is providing the power supply for these RUs. The number in brackets behind the individual
line ports mark the number of RUs connected to this line port.
Clicking on individual items of the hardware list will enlarge the respective item to show
additional status information such as hardware and firmware version, noise level or battery
status, etc. (see Figure 8).

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Figure 8: Hardware List view

5.6 Schematic Network plan

The schematic network plan is a graphical representation of the hardware list and provides an
overview of how the individual units are connected in the field.

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Figure 9: Schematic Network plan

5.7 Assigning Remote units as Auxiliary channels

Auxiliary channels are treated as independent channels and are not assigned to a specific line
and station number. The recording parameters such as sample rate and trace length may differ
from the settings of the normal seismic channels and are separately defined in the
measurement settings (see section 5.9). Auxiliary channels are mainly used to record the
reference sweep signals from a vibrator source for correlation.
Any remote unit can be defined as auxiliary recording channel. The number of auxiliary
channels is not limited by the software.
To define a specific remote unit as auxiliary channel, right-click on the respective remote unit in
the hardware list (see Figure 8) and choose set as auxiliary channel in the appearing pop-up
dialog. The RU will then appear in the Aux-channel list view (Figure 10). Alternatively, you may
register a remote unit manually as auxiliary channel in the Aux-channel list by entering the RU’s
ID and then pressing the Add new auxiliary channel button.
To remove a remote unit from the Aux-channel list, right-click on the respective RU and choose
Remove auxiliary channel from the pop-up menu.

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Figure 10: Aux-channel List view

5.8 Assigning Remote units to line and receiver station numbers (hardware matching)

Each data collector measures the response time and thus the relative order of RUs along the
cable segments it controls and reports it to the acquisition software. In case of a 2D-layout this
results in a sorted list of RUs along the seismic line, which is shown in the hardware matching
table (Figure 11). This list is sorted in the following way:
 The first column indicates a pseudo distance or position along the cable based on the
command response times measured by the respective DC. Since this response time is
strongly influenced by environmental conditions, this position cannot be expressed in
terms of an absolute distance along the cable. It however gives a precise measure for
relative distances between RUs to estimate the sequence of RUs along the cable.
 All RUs connected to line port A of the Master-DC have negative position numbers. Thus
the first entry of the list corresponds to the most distant RU seen from the Master-DC on
line port A.
 RUs connected to line port B have positive position values. The last entry of the list
corresponds to the most distant RU seen from the Master-DC on line port B.

Before starting a measurement, the individual RUs have to be assigned to line and station
number of the respective seismic line to be measured.

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Figure 11: Hardware matching table - assigning RUs to Line and station number

5.9 Set measurement parameters

Set the recording parameters in the Measurement Parameter view (Figure 12). Measurement
parameters can only be changed, if the measurement is stopped. Once the measurement
(digitizing) is started, this view is deactivated.
The description and meaning of individual measurement parameters is given in Table 3.

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Figure 12: Measurement Parameter settings

Table 3: Measurement Parameters

Parameter Description
1. Common
Sampling interval [ms] Select the sample interval in milliseconds. Possible
values are from 8 ms to 1/16 ms.
Recording time [ms] Select the recording time per record in
milliseconds.
The record length is limited to 120.000 samples
per record. Depending on the sampling interval
selected, this results in record lengths ranging from
7.5 s @ 1/16 sampling interval to 960 s @ 8 ms
sampling interval

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Parameter Description
Polarity Select polarity of the geophones used for the
measurement (SEG-standard or reverse)
PreTrigger [ms] Select the pre-trigger time in milliseconds
Gain value Select the pre-amp gain for seismic channels.
Possible values are low (0 dB), middle (20 dB) and
high (40 dB).
3. Stacking
Stack count Select the number of stacks per shot point
Enable stack preview Enables or disables data transmission for each
individual shot during stacking. Recommendation
is to enable stack preview for QC
Auto enable If this checkbox is enabled, the trigger will
automatically be enabled after each shot during
stacking. The acquisition software will wait for the
duration of the given the Auto enable delay before
enable the trigger for the next shot.
If disabled, the trigger has to be enabled manually
in the Acquisition console for each shot.
Stack mode Select stack mode between normal stacking and
diversity stacking.
3. Delay
Auto enable delay [ms] Specify the delay time the acquisition software
shall wait before automatically enabling the trigger
for the next shot if Auto enable is activated.
Trigger time adjust [ms] Specify any necessary trigger time corrections in
milliseconds. This parameter may be necessary if
radio trigger systems are used to transmit the
trigger time form the source to the system. In these
cases, the radio communication of the trigger
impulse may result in a delayed trigger, which this
parameter will correct.

4. Auxiliary Channels
Recording time [ms] Defines the recording time for auxiliary channels.
This is similar to recording time for standard
seismic channels and the same limitation of
120.000 samples per record apply. The Auxiliary
channels recording time may differ from the
standard seismic channel recording time.
Please note: In case the auxiliary channel record
is used as reference sweep for correlation, this
recording length specified here corresponds to the
sweep length in ms.

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Parameter Description
Sampling interval [ms] Specifies the sampling interval for Auxiliary
channels. Possible values are from 8 ms to 1/16
ms.
Please note: In case the auxiliary channel record
is used as reference sweep for correlation, the
sampling interval should be identical to the
standard seismic channels defined in the Common
section above.
Gain [dB] Select the pre-amp gain for auxiliary channels.
Possible values are low (0 dB), middle (20 dB) and
high (40 dB).
Pretrigger [ms] Select the pre-trigger time in ms for auxiliary
channels
5. Correlation
Enabled Enables or disables correlation of acquired data
with a selected reference sweep.
Source Select the source for the reference sweep used for
correlation. Possible values are File (a previously
recorded sweep will be used for correlation) or Aux
(auxiliary channel data will be used as reference
sweep for correlation)
Mode Select where the correlation will be computed.
Possible values are Hardware or Software.
If Hardware is selected, the reference sweep is
broadcasted to all RUs and correlation is
computed within the RUS. In that case, only the
correlation result is transmitted from the RUs,
saving data transfer time.
If Software is selected, the raw data is transmitted
from all RUs and correlation result is computed by
the acquisition software
File Specify the file containing the reference sweep for
correlation if Source is set to File.
Please Note: If the data file specified here
contains more than 1 trace, only the first trace will
be considered to contain the sweep data.
Aux channel Specify the Auxiliary channel which provides the
reference sweep data for correlation.
Correlate before stack This option defines the stacking behaviour in
Vibro-mode / when correlation is activated.
Possible values are True or False.
If Correlate before stack is set to True, the system
will perform a correlation on each individual shot
and the correlation results will be stacked.
If Correlate before stack is set to False, the raw
data will be stacked first and the correlation will be
performed only once on the stacked result when
the stack on that shot point is completed.

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Parameter Description
Sweep length [ms] This parameter is read-only and provides
information on the sweep length in milliseconds.
If the source for the reference sweep is set to AUX,
the sweep length is identical to the auxiliary
recording time specified in the auxiliary channel
section.
If the source for the reference sweep is set to File,
the sweep length corresponds to the trace length
of the first trace in that data file.
Sweep sample interval [ms] This parameter is read-only and thought as
information about the selected sample rate for the
reference sweep used for correlation.
If the source for the reference sweep is set to AUX,
the sweep sample interval displayed here is
identical to the auxiliary sample interval specified
in the auxiliary channel section.
If the source for the reference sweep is set to File,
the sweep sample interval of the first trace in the
specified data file containing the sweep.

5.10 Acquisition Console – Start Measurement

The Acquisition Console is the control panel during the running measurement (Figure 13).
After having allocated the RUs to the respective receiver station numbers and having specified
the measurement parameters, press the Start measurement button to start digitizing. Pressing
the Stop measurement button to will stop the measurement again.
Before enabling the trigger for shooting, select the shot point number for the next shot as well
as specify the active channels for recording. The parameter First station defines the first active
channel and Number of stations specifies the number of subsequent channels acquired for the
next record. The detailed information on the various acquisition parameters are explained in
Table 4.

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Figure 13: Acquisition Console

Table 4: Acquisition console - setting of acquisition parameters

Parameter Description
Shotpoint number Number of shot point for next record
Shotpoint position Position in Meters / Feet along of the shot point
along the line
First line Number of first active receiver line
Number of lines Number of active receiver lines (default=1),
starting with first line.
First station Receiver station number of first active channel
Number of stations Number of active channels for recording, starting
with first station
Station step Default=0

Once acquisition parameters are set for the next shot point, arm the trigger by pressing the
Trigger enable button (or shortcut ALT-E). The Acquisition Console window will be highlighted

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with a red frame in order to indicate that the system is ready for the next shot (Figure 14). You
can now fire the source to initiate a recording. Pressing the Trigger disable button (or shortcut
ALT-D) will disarm the trigger and pressing the Trigger force button (ALT-F) will initiate a
manual trigger (e.g. to start a dummy or noise record without firing the source).
The Acquisition console will show a list of individual shots per shot point according to the
number of stacks specified in the measurement parameters. Aside the final stacking result, the
acquisition software also stores the intermediate stacking results of each shot within the stack
with filename extension _stack_N, where N corresponds to the shot number within the stack
(e.g. *_stack_1 for the first record of the stack, etc.).
A record can be the finalized before the originally specified numbers of stacks are reached (e.g.
finishing the shot point already with 3 instead of 5 planned stacks) by pressing the Finish button.
Pressing the Add button will add an additional shot to the stack plan and pressing Abort will
cancel the record.

Figure 14: Acquisition Console with activated trigger

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5.11 Noise Monitor

If a measurement is running, the Noise Monitor window gives an online overview over the
current noise level in the spread either in terms of colour coded icons or as bar graph. Up to 5
individual noise levels with user selectable colour assignments can be configured (Figure 16).
To change the noise level configuration, press the configuration symbol in the upper left corner
of the Noise level window.
Depending on zoom level, each icon can represent one single receiver or a group of multiple
receivers. If multiple receivers are grouped together in one icon, the icon will display the highest
noise level of the group.

Figure 15: Noise Monitor view

Figure 16: Noise Monitor - assigning colours to noise levels

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5.12 Spread View

Figure 17: Spread view

The Spread View window gives an status overview of the individual receiver stations. It
indicates, which stations are set as active channels for recording, but also signals missing
stations and allocation mistakes.
Depending on the zoom level, each icon can represent one single receiver station or a group of
multiple stations.

Figure 18 zoomed spread view

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5.13 Display of seismic data

Figure 19 Seismogram view – View settings

Figure 20 Seismogram view – Filter settings

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Acquired seismic data is displayed in the data display window automatically as soon as the data
is transferred from the system to the PC. Additionally, the previous recorded data files can be
opened displayed via the File | Open File menu.
The display of seismogram data can be customized to personal need in the View Settings and
Filter settings tab on the right side of the seismogram view (Figure 19 and Figure 20). There,
the data view can be configured to show wiggle traces or color scaled seismogram and various
digital filters can be applied. The filters only affect the data display but do not alter the recorded
data.
Filter and display settings are made persistent by pressing the set as default button. Additional
filter and display settings can be assigned to the two memory buttons M1 and M2 by righ-
clicking on the respective memory button and confirming the set as current setting as M1/M2 in
the pup-up menu. The M1 or M2 button (or respectively the shortcuts ALT-1 and ALT-2) can be
used to quickly switch between separate display and filter settings to view the currently
displayed data.

5.14 Data Storage

The acquisition software organizes all survey related data (e.g. seismic data, optional map data,
SPS-files, etc.) in separate subdirectories for each survey. The root path or working directory, in
which all survey data subdirectories are created can be specified in the General software
settings dialog (menu Options | Configuration, see Figure 21). The default path for the working
directory is the subdirectory DATA below the folder where the acquisition software is started
from.

Figure 21: General Software settings

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6 Technical Data

6.1 SUMMIT X One Data Collector

Power supply: 12 V DC or 24 V DC from external batteries,

2 x power connector for replacing batteries during
operation without interruption
Internal fuse and overvoltage protection, internal
protection against wrong power polarity.
Number of Line ports 2 standard / 4 for cross line units
Number of RUs supported per 50 RUs
Line port
Housing Aluminium body with plastic lid
Environmental conditions Operating temperature -20°C to +60°C
Protection class IP 65

6.2 SUMMIT X One Remote Unit

Output sample resolution 32 Bit

Number of channels 1
Sample interval 8 ms, 4 ms, 2 ms, 1 ms, 1/2 ms, …, 1/16 ms
Frequency bandwidth 0 Hz to 0.8xNyquist
Instantaneous dynamic range >131 dB @ 2 ms sample rate
System dynamic range >145 db
Pre-amp gain 0 dB / 20 dB / 40 dB selectable by acquisition
software
Geophone connector KCL-4
Power supply: Provided by Data Collector over SUMMIT X One
Line cable.
Minimum cable distance between 2 m
Remote Units:
Housing: Robust plastic housing
Environmental conditions Operating temperature -20°C to +60°C
Protection class IP 67

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