Station Code; Network Code; Location Id - Gecko Compact Product User Manual

Station Code

Important! Please change your station code to a unique code, otherwise data
from all of your stations will be called GECKO and it will be difficult for
you to work out which data files came from which station!
This station code (default is GECKO) can be up to 5 characters long and can only contain
uppercase letters and numbers. If you wish to use less than 5 characters, end the code with
blank space character. Note that any characters after a blank space will be ignored (e.g. if
you enter "ABC 1" the Gecko will truncate the station code to "ABC").
A flashing block indicates the cursor position. Use the Up and Down buttons to scroll
through letters and numbers, and use the Right button to move to the next character.
Press the Left/Menu button when on the first character to save and exit.

Network Code

The MiniSEED format allows you to include a two character network code, which can be your
FDSN code. For example, the Seismology Research Centre uses "OZ", Geoscience Australia
uses "AU", and the British Geological Survey uses "GB". You can register for an FDSN code
at fdsn.org, or you can use this field for you own identification purposes.

Location ID

A seismic monitoring location may have multiple monitoring points, so rather than coming
up with a station code for each, they can all use the same station code with a unique
Location ID. This field is any two character code. For example, if you are monitoring the
basement, middle and top of a building you could use Location IDs of B1, M1, and T1; or
simply 01, 02 and 03.
Alternatively you could use the Location ID to group Geckos with different Station Codes to
a common location (e.g. several strong motion accelerographs on different floors in the
same building), allowing them to be grouped in the Streams intensity display web page.
The default value for channels ENZ is 00, and for 4-channel systems channel O has ID 01.
Enter Station Code
GECKO
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