1- .TH SLINKTOOL 1 2010/03/10
1+ .TH SLINKTOOL 1 2016/10/19
22.SH NAME
33slinktool \- SeedLink client for data stream inspection, data collection
44and server testing
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ The default value is 30 seconds.
5353
5454.IP " -nt \fI timeout \fR "
5555The network timeout (in seconds) for the connection to the SeedLink
56- server. If no data [or keep alive packets?] are received in this
57- time the connection is closed and re-established (after the
56+ server. If no data [or keep alive packets?] are received in this
57+ time the connection is closed and re-established (after the
5858reconnect delay has expired). The default value is 600 seconds.
5959A value of 0 disables the timeout.
6060
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ subdirectories will be created if necessary. This option is
105105esentially a preset version of '-A' option. The SDS dir/file
106106structure is:
107107.nf
108- < SDSdir>/< YEAR>/< NET>/< STA>/< CHAN.TYPE> /NET.STA.LOC.CHAN.TYPE.YEAR.DAY
108+ SDSdir/ YEAR/ NET/ STA/ CHAN.TYPE/NET.STA.LOC.CHAN.TYPE.YEAR.DAY
109109.fi
110110
111111.IP " -BUD \fI BUDdir \fR "
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ subdirectories will be created if necessary. This option is
116116esentially a preset version of '-A' option. The BUD dir/file
117117structure is:
118118.nf
119- < BUDdir>/< NET>/< STA> /STA.NET.LOC.CHAN.YEAR.DAY
119+ BUDdir/ NET/ STA/STA.NET.LOC.CHAN.YEAR.DAY
120120.fi
121121
122122.IP " -s \fI selectors \fR "
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Warning: time windowing might be disabled on the remote server.
152152Send an information request (INFO); the returned raw XML response
153153is displayed. Possible levels are: ID, CAPABILITIES, STATIONS,
154154STREAMS, GAPS, CONNECTIONS, ALL.
155- . PP
155+
156156Formatted INFO shortcuts (formats the XML for readability):
157157
158158.nf
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Formatted INFO shortcuts (formats the XML for readability):
165165
166166Warning: informational (INFO) messages might be disabled on the server.
167167
168- .IP " \fI [host][:][port] \fR "
168+ .IP " [host][:][port]"
169169A required argument, specifies the address of the SeedLink server in
170170host:port format. Either the host, port or both can be omitted. If
171171host is omitted then localhost is assumed, i.e. ':18000'
@@ -174,16 +174,15 @@ assumed, i.e. 'localhost' implies 'localhost:18000'. If only ':' is
174174specified 'localhost:18000' is assumed.
175175
176176.SH "EXAMPLES"
177- All-station/Uni-station mode example:
178- .IP
177+ .IP All-station/Uni-station mode example:
179178The following would connect to a SeedLink server at slink.host.com
180179port 18000 and configure the link in all-station/uni-station mode,
181180exactly which data are received depends on the data being served by
182181the SeedLink server on that particular port. Additionally, all of the
183182received packets are appended to the file 'data.mseed' and each packet
184183received is reported on the standard output.
185184
186- .B >slinktool -v -o data.mseed slink.host.com:18000
185+ .B > slinktool -v -o data.mseed slink.host.com:18000
187186
188187The '-s' argument could be used to indicate selectors to limit the
189188type of packets sent by the SeedLink server (without selectors all
@@ -193,38 +192,30 @@ explanation of SeedLink selectors below). Additionally another
193192verbose flag is given, causing slinktool to report detailed
194193header information from data records.
195194
196- .B >slinktool -vv -s 10BHZ.D -o data.mseed slink.host.com:18000
195+ .B > slinktool -vv -s 10BHZ.D -o data.mseed slink.host.com:18000
197196
198- .PP
199- Multi-station mode example:
200- .IP
197+ .IP Multi-station mode example:
201198The following example would connect to a SeedLink server on
202199localhost port 18010 and configure the link in multi-station
203200mode. Each station specified with the '-S' argument will be
204201requested, optionally specifying selectors for each station.
205202
206- .nf
207- .B >slinktool -v -S GE_WLF,MN_AQU:00???,IU_KONO:BHZ.D :18010
208- .fi
203+ .B > slinktool -v -S GE_WLF,MN_AQU:00???,IU_KONO:BHZ.D :18010
209204
210205This would request GEOFON station WLF (all data as no selectors
211206were indicated), MedNet station AQU with location code 00 (all
212207channels) and IU network station KONO (only waveform data) from
213208channel BHZ.
214209
215- Of course, a variety of different data selections can be made
216- (only one '-S' option):
210+ Of course, a variety of different data selections can be made:
217211
218- .nf
219212.B -s 'BHE.D BHN.D' -S 'GE_STU,GE_MALT,GE_WLF'
220213 (horizontal BH channels, data only)
214+
221215.B -s BHZ -S GE_STU,GE_WLF,GE_RUE,GE_EIL
222216 (vertical channels only)
223- .fi
224217
225- .PP
226- Wildcarding network and station codes
227- .IP
218+ .IP Wildcarding network and station codes
228219Some SeedLink implementation support wildcarding of the network and
229220station codes, when this is the case the only two wildcard characters
230221recognized are '*' for one or more characters and '?' for any single
@@ -233,9 +224,7 @@ character.
233224As an example, all US network data can be requested using the
234225following syntax:
235226
236- .nf
237- -B -S 'US_*
238- .fi
227+ .B -S 'US_*'
239228
240229.SH "SeedLink SELECTORS"
241230
@@ -283,12 +272,12 @@ flags:
283272 \fB # \fP : the number (#) character
284273 \fB t \fP : single character type code:
285274 D - waveform data packet
286- E - detection packet
287- C - calibration packet
288- T - timing packet
289- L - log packet
290- O - opaque data packet
291- U - unknown/general packet
275+ E - detection packet
276+ C - calibration packet
277+ T - timing packet
278+ L - log packet
279+ O - opaque data packet
280+ U - unknown/general packet
292281 I - INFO packet
293282 ? - unidentifiable packet
294283.fi
@@ -327,7 +316,7 @@ The stream list file used with the '-l' option is expected to
327316define a data stream on each line. The format of each line is:
328317
329318.nf
330- <net> <station> [selectors]
319+ Network Station [selectors]
331320.fi
332321
333322The selectors are optional. If default selectors are also specified
@@ -351,10 +340,6 @@ All diagnostic output from slinktool is printed to standard error
351340-p flag), when printing unpacked samples (the -u flag) and when
352341printing the raw or formatted responses to INFO requests.
353342
354- SeedLink is currently distributed as part of the SeisComP
355- (Seismological Communication Processor) package. For more
356- information see, http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/geofon/
357-
358343.SH AUTHOR
359344.nf
360345Chad Trabant
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