VEMCO Raw File
VEMCO Acoustic Receivers generate VRL files, which contain both metadata about deployment(s) and tag detection records.
Stations
VRL files are assigned a station name and latitude and longitude coordinates. Stations at the same location are numbered incrementally by deployment.
In most cases, a VRL file corresponds to a deployment at a single station. However, some files contain detections from two stations - these usually arise when a device is recovered from one station, cleaned, and deployed at a new station, without being returned to ONC. In these cases, we will use the first station name and number. Users should check the sites covered by the date range of the file, to determine whether it encompasses multiple stations.
Ocean Tracking Network portal
All uncorrected VRL files are also provided to Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), who also make the data available. OTN provide metrics on deployments at each station, and add links to projects from which tags were detected.
The Ocean Networks Canada VEMCO stations are found on these project pages:
Buoys of Opportunity - ONC https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=NEP.BOOONC
BCH
- JFCN
- JF2C
- AS04
- MAC
- BNDYP
Pirenne Cabled Arrays https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=PCA
- Cambridge Bay
- VENUS Node https://members.oceantrack.org/project?ccode=NEP.VIP
VIP001 (Saanich Inlet)
Oceans 3.0 API filter: dataProductCode=VRF
Revision History
- Date: Beta product released
- Date: Second release (beta designation removed)
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Formats
VRL files are available in VRL and CSV formats.
VRL
VRL files are a proprietary VEMCO file format, readable by VEMCO VUE software. VUE can be used to:
- view the metadata for the VRL file (under Tools > VRL File Inspector)
- import the VRL into a database
- correct the timestamps for tag detections based on clock drift during deployment
- convert/export the tag detections as a CSV file (either using the GUI or on the command-line)
Examples:
VRL file: VR2W_128352_20180703_1.vrl
VRL Metadata:
VR2W_128352_20180703_1.vrl -------------------------- Original File Name : VR2W_128352_20180703_1.vrl Source Plug-in : VR2W (3.2) Output Plug-in : ULF (1.1) Receiver Model : VR2W (0202) Serial Number : 128352 Version : FW: 3.0.5, BL: 3.0.2, HW: 5 Receiver Time @ Init : 2017-04-07 12:41:58 UTC Receiver Time @ Log Start : 2017-04-07 12:41:58 UTC Receiver Time @ Log End : Unknown Receiver Time @ Log Upload : 2018-07-03 20:12:28 UTC PC Time @ Init : 2017-04-07 12:41:58 UTC PC Time @ Log Upload : 2018-07-03 20:23:55 UTC Decoding Map : MAP-113 Blanking Interval : 260 ms
Oceans 3.0 API filter: extension=vrl
CSV
CSV files are generated from VRL files using VEMCO VUE software. They contain only the tag detections as three comma-separated values, eg.
2017-04-26 05:00:19,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:01:52,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:03:23,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:06:18,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:07:36,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:08:38,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:10:09,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:11:37,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-04-26 05:20:33,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49429 2017-05-17 11:15:28,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49394 2017-05-17 11:16:37,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49394 2017-05-17 11:19:20,VR2W-128352,A69-1601-49394 ...
Where:
- column 1=timestamp
- column 2=receiver model (VR2W) and serial number (128352)
- column 3=tag detection
- A69-1601 = code space
- 49429 = unique ID
Some tags generate additional columns, eg.
2018-06-05 22:02:05,VR2W-112403,A69-9006-3082,,,104,ADC 2018-06-05 22:05:15,VR2W-112403,A69-9006-3082,,,103,ADC 2018-06-05 22:06:04,VR2W-112403,A69-9006-3082,,,102,ADC 2018-06-05 22:07:04,VR2W-112403,A69-9006-3082,,,103,ADC 2018-06-05 22:08:31,VR2W-112403,A69-9006-3082,,,103,ADC 2018-06-05 22:10:52,VR2W-112403,A69-9006-3082,,,104,ADC 2018-06-05 22:15:04,VR2W-112403,A69-9006-3082,,,100,ADC ...
Where the final two columns are:
- value in Analog to Digital Converter Units
- Analog to Digital Converter indicator
See the VUE Software Manual for more information.
Examples:
CSV file: VR2W_128352_20191023_1.csv
Oceans 3.0 API filter: extension=csv
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