InSight SEIS Seismometer                            
SEED Channel Configuration for SEIS Data - Network XB                      
                             
Owner C. Pardo - Mars SEIS Data Service                      
Issue: 2                      
Revision: 10                      
Last Modification: May 18, 2020                      
Band Code
Location ID SP E S M L V U R Short Period Seismometer
Instrument code Freq. Part VBB H B M L V U R Very Broadband Seismometer
High Gain Seismometer H Frequency 0 100 50 5 1 0,5 0,05 0,005 The LOC Id increment is added to the Channel LOC Id , offering 5 different sampling rate for each band
Low Gain Seismometer L 1 25 4 0,25 0,025 0,001
Mass Position Seismometer M 2 20 2 0,20 0,02 1/1800
Pressure D 3 10 0,1 0,01 1/3600
Magnetometer F 4
Temperature K   default for raw acquisition and events
Wind W   default continuous data
Synthetized beam data Z
Non-specific instruments Y LocID Science Engin.
Electronic Test Point (S/C Voltages) E High G. Low G. High.G Low G. As the instrument noise depends on configuration, different location codes (LocID) are used.
SEIS/VBB related data VBB 00 05 10 15
Replaced SP 20 Synthesized SP  (from VBB1, VBB2, VBB3)
spare 30 35 spare Ids for possible VBB open loop mode
VBB RMS 40 High pass RMS over one second
MAX VBB RMS 45 Maximum RMS over N seconds
Location ID is  the sum of : spare 50
(a) the channel part SEIS/Hybrid VBB+SP 55 Hybrid channels
(b) the frequency part spare 60
SEIS/SP related data SP 65 70
Channel part is Loc ID mod(5) Rotated SP 75 On board rotated SP (from SP1, SP2, SP3)
Frequency part is the rest of Loc Id mod(5) Replaced VBB 80 Synthesized VBB (from SP1, SP2, SP3)
SP RMS 85 High pass RMS over one second
MAX SP RMS 90 Maximum RMS over N seconds
spare 95
APSS related data TWINS proc 1 00 Magnetometer, Pressure, temperature (raw data)
TWINS Proc 2 10 On Earth Processed Data: wind amplitude and direction, atmospheric temperature
Rotated MAG 20 On board rotated MAG (from mag1, mag2, mag3)
MAG RMS 30 High pass RMS over one second
MAX MAG RMS 40 Maximum RMS over N seconds
P1 RMS 50 High pass RMS over one second
P2 RMS 60
MAX P1 RMS 70 Maximum RMS over N seconds
MAX P2 RMS 80
spare 90
Location ID are those below for raw data at output of the SEIS AC A/D or APSS A/D  
Location ID are incremeted by value above for decreasing sampling rate      
Location ID
Channel Channel part Baseline Inst. Code Orien. Code 100 Hz 10-80Hz 2-5Hz 1Hz 0,1-0,5 Hz 0,01-0,05 <0,01 first channel flag Comments
VBB Seismometer Channels
VBB 1 Velocity High Gain Science mode 00 Transmitted raw data H U HHU BHU MHU LHU G (1) depending on sampling rate after decimation
VBB 1 Velocity Low Gain Science mode 05 Transmitted raw data L U HLU BLU MLU LLU G U,V, W are chosen because VBB axis are non orthogonal.
VBB 1 Velocity High Gain Engin. mode 10 Transmitted raw data H U HHU BHU MHU LHU G
VBB 1 Velocity Low Gain Engin. mode 15 Transmitted raw data L U HLU BLU MLU LLU G
VBB 1 Position High Gain Science mode 00 Transmitted raw data M U LMU VMU UMU RMU G VBB POS can also be sampled at 1 Hz
VBB 1 Position Low Gain Science mode 05 Transmitted raw data M U LMU VMU UMU RMU G
VBB 1 Position High Gain Engin. mode 10 Transmitted raw data M U LMU VMU UMU RMU G
VBB 1 Position Low Gain Engin. mode 15 Transmitted raw data M U LMU VMU UMU RMU G
VBB 1 Temperature 00 Transmitted raw data K U LKU VKU UKU RKU H Seismometer temperature
VBB 2 Velocity High Gain Science mode 00 Transmitted raw data H V HHV BHV MHV LHV G
VBB 2 Velocity Low Gain Science mode 05 Transmitted raw data L V HLV BLV MLV LLV G
VBB 2 Velocity High Gain Engin. mode 10 Transmitted raw data H V HHV BHV MHV LHV G
VBB 2 Velocity Low Gain Engin. mode 15 Transmitted raw data L V HLV BLV MLV LLV G
VBB 2 Position High Gain Science mode 00 Transmitted raw data M V LMV VMV UMV RMV G
VBB 2 Position Low Gain Science mode 05 Transmitted raw data M V LMV VMV UMV RMV G
VBB 2 Position High Gain Engin. mode 10 Transmitted raw data M V LMV VMV UMV RMV G
VBB 2 Position Low Gain Engin. mode 15 Transmitted raw data M V LMV VMV UMV RMV G
VBB 2 Temperature 00 Transmitted raw data K V LKV VKV UKV RKV H
VBB 3 Velocity High Gain Science mode 00 Transmitted raw data H W HHW BHW MHW LHW G
VBB 3 Velocity Low Gain Science mode 05 Transmitted raw data L W HLW BLW MLW LLW G
VBB 3 Velocity High Gain Engin. mode 10 Transmitted raw data H W HHW BHW MHW LHW G
VBB 3 Velocity Low Gain Engin. mode 15 Transmitted raw data L W HLW BLW MLW LLW G
VBB 3 Position High Gain Science mode 00 Transmitted raw data M W LMW VMW UMW RMW G
VBB 3 Position Low Gain Science mode 05 Transmitted raw data M W LMW VMW UMW RMW G
VBB 3 Position High Gain Engin. mode 10 Transmitted raw data M W LMW VMW UMW RMW G
VBB 3 Position Low Gain Engin. mode 15 Transmitted raw data M W LMW VMW UMW RMW G
VBB 3 Temperature 00 Transmitted raw data K W LKW VKW UKW RKW H
Scientific Temperature A 00 Transmitted raw data K I LKI VKI UKI RKI H Inside Thermal blanket temperature is State of Health channel.
Scientific Temperature B 05 Transmitted raw data K I LKI VKI UKI RKI H Inside Thermal blanket temperature is State of Health channel.
APSS Channels Baseline Inst. Code Orien. Code 100 Hz 10-80Hz 2-5Hz 1Hz 0,1-0,5 Hz 0,01-0,05 <0,01 first channel flag Comments
Wind Horizontal Speed - sensor 1 10 Computed on Earth (CAB) W S LWS VWS UWS RWS W
Wind Vertical Speed - sensor 1 15 Computed on Earth (CAB) W S LWS VWS UWS RWS W
Wind Direction - sensor 1 10 Computed on Earth (CAB) W D LWD VWD UWD RWD W
Atmosphere Temperature - sensor 1 10 Computed on Earth (CAB) K O LKO VKO UKO RKO W
Wind Horizontal Speed - sensor 2 20 Computed on Earth (CAB) W S LWS VWS UWS RWS W
Wind Vertical Speed - sensor 2 25 Computed on Earth (CAB) W S LWS VWS UWS RWS W
Wind Direction - sensor 2 20 Computed on Earth (CAB) W D LWD VWD UWD RWD W
Atmosphere Temperature - sensor 2 20 Computed on Earth (CAB) K O LKO VKO UKO RKO W
Wind Horizontal Speed - Composite 30 Computed on Earth (CAB) W S LWS VWS UWS RWS W
Wind Vertical Speed - Composite 35 Computed on Earth (CAB) W S LWS VWS UWS RWS W
Wind Direction - Composite 30 Computed on Earth (CAB) W D LWD VWD UWD RWD W
Atmosphere Temperature - Composite 30 Computed on Earth (CAB) K O LKO VKO UKO RKO W
Pressure (Outside) 10 Computed on Earth (CAB) D O BDO MDO LDO VDO W A comment blockette will be added to explain how this data is generated
Pressure Sensor Temperature (Inside) 20 Computed on Earth (CAB) K I BKI MKI LKI VKI H is linearly interpolated from raw Temperature acquisition rate to the raw pressure acquisition rate
Pressure (Outside) 00 Transmitted raw data D O BDO MDO LDO VDO UDO RDO W
Pressure Sensor Temperature (Inside) 10 Transmitted raw data K I BKI MKI LKI VKI UKI RKI H Only one channel
Magnetomer1 00 Transmitted raw data F 1 BF1 MF1 LF1 VF1 UF1 RF1 G Magnetometer is a three axis orthogonal instrument and will be not ZNE oriented
Magnetomer2 00 Transmitted raw data F 2 BF2 MF2 LF2 VF2 UF2 RF2 G Magnetometer is a three axis orthogonal instrument and will be not ZNE oriented
Magnetomer3 00 Transmitted raw data F 3 BF3 MF3 LF3 VF3 UF3 RF3 G Magnetometer is a three axis orthogonal instrument and will be not ZNE oriented
Magnetometer temperature 00 Transmitted raw data K M BKM MKM LKM VKM UKM RKM H mnemonic "M" for magnetometer
S/C power voltage 80 Transmitted raw data E V LEV VEV UEV REV H
SP Seismometer Channels
SP1 (High Gain) 65 Transmitted raw data H U EHU SHU MHU LHU G SP are three almost, but not exactly, orthogonal sensors with known orientation
SP2 (High Gain) 65 Transmitted raw data H V EHV SHV MHV LHV G 100 sps for E, but SP event could be downsampled to 50 sps (S)
SP3 High Gain) 65 Transmitted raw data H W EHW SHW MHW LHW G
SP1 ( Low Gain) 70 Transmitted raw data H U EHU SHU MHU LHU VHU UHU RHU G SP are three almost, but not exactly, orthogonal sensors with known orientation
SP2 (Low Gain) 70 Transmitted raw data H V EHV SHV MHV LHV VHV UHV RHV G 100 sps for E, but SP event could be downsampled to 50 sps (S)
SP3 (Low Gain) 70 Transmitted raw data H W EHW SHW MHW LHW VHW UHW RHW G
SEIS Software Synthesized Data
SEISVELZ 55 Transmitted processed data Z C HZC BZC MZC LZC VZC UZC RZC S
SPZ 75 Transmitted processed data Z C EZC SZC MZC LZC VZC UZC RZC S
VBBR  80 N/A Z C HZC BZC MZC LZC VZC UZC RZC S Not transmitted as such but as the replacement of a VBB channel U,V,W
SPR 20 N/A Z C HZC BZC MZC LZC VZC UZC RZC S Not transmitted as such but as replacement of the SP channel U,V,W
ESTAVBB 40 Transmitted processed data H Z LHZ VHZ UHZ RHZ S
MAXVBB 45 Transmitted processed data Y Z LYZ VYZ UYZ RYZ S
ESTASP 85 Transmitted processed data L Z LLZ VLZ ULZ RLZ S Use Z though, even after leveling of the platform, this component will not be exactly vertical,
MAXSP 90 Transmitted processed data Y Z LYZ VYZ UYZ RYZ S Use Z though, even after leveling of the platform, this component will not be exactly vertical,
MAGZ 20 Transmitted processed data F R BFR MFR LFR VFR UFR RFR S with a departure of about 0.1°. The exact value may be written as a comment in the header.
ESTAP1 50 Transmitted processed data D O LDO VDO UDO RDO S
ESTAP2 60 Transmitted processed data D O LDO VDO UDO RDO S
MAXP1 70 Transmitted processed data Y O LYO VYO UYO RYO S
MAXP2 80 Transmitted processed data Y O LYO VYO UYO RYO S
ESTAM 30 Transmitted processed data F A LFA VFA UFA RFA S Magnetometer is a three axis orthogonal instrument and will be not ZNE oriented
MAXM 40 Transmitted processed data Y A LYA VYA UYA RYA S Magnetometer is a three axis orthogonal instrument and will be not ZNE oriented
Ancillary Data
E-0771 SABC_1_SAPS_CURRENT 80 Engineering format E A VEA UEA H Current from hard-tied string of the +Y / East Solar Array
E-0791 SABC_2_SAPS_CURRENT 81 Engineering format E A VEA UEA H Current from hard-tied string of the -Y / West Solar Array
E-0772 AAC_PDDU_OFC_08_CHAN_12 82 Engineering format E A VEA UEA H Total current from the arrays minus the portion from the hard-tied strings (however currents from both wings are mixed in these parameters)
E-0792  AAC_PDDU_OFC_09_CHAN_12 83 Engineering format E A VEA UEA H