Merge pull request 'fix: bw_report overlay onto event before DB, prevents data loss docs: three-tier architecture model + strategic roadmap' (#27) from feat/wire-histogram-codec into dev

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## Architecture: three-tier conceptual model
seismo-relay is a **suite of cooperating components**, not a single app.
The three tiers below are the canonical mental model — the current
directory layout doesn't fully reflect them yet (some of what is
conceptually SDM lives under `sfm/` today), but new code should be
placed and named according to this model.
### 1. SFM — the device-side (active connection to physical units)
Replaces Blastware's *talk-to-the-meter* role. Lives where a connection
to a physical seismograph is open.
In scope:
- `minimateplus/{transport,framing,protocol,client}.py` — wire protocol
- `seismo_lab.py` — diagnostic GUI (a thick client for SFM)
- The `/device/*` HTTP endpoints in `sfm/server.py`
`/device/info`, `/device/events`, `/device/monitor/*`, `/device/call_home`,
etc. Anything that opens a connection at the moment of the request.
- Future: a Thor / Micromate live client (mirror `minimateplus/`)
- Future: a control surface Terra-View can launch into — see the
README's Roadmap.
Does NOT own a database. Outputs `Event` objects. Has a "spun up when
needed" runtime profile rather than "always on".
### 2. SDM — the data-side (storage, ingest, and serving)
The new name for the receiving-and-storing role. Originally called SFM
because the FastAPI service started life as a thin device proxy, but
the actual role has migrated heavily toward data management. **For now
the directory remains `sfm/`** — renaming requires touching ~30-50
files in seismo-relay + ~10-15 in terra-view + a Docker volume
migration; deferred until the codebase is quiet enough to do it as a
clean refactor.
In scope:
- `sfm/database.py` (`SeismoDb`)
- `sfm/waveform_store.py`, `sfm/event_hdf5.py`
- The `/db/*` HTTP endpoints — `events`, `units`, `monitor_log`,
`sessions`, `false_trigger` mutations
- The `/db/import/*` ingest endpoints — `blastware_file` (series3),
`idf_file` (series4); anything that receives events FROM somewhere
- `scripts/backfill_sidecars.py`, `scripts/check_bw_report_preservation.py`,
and similar data-maintenance tools
- The `.sfm.json` sidecars and `.h5` files in the waveform store
- The shape that Terra-View consumes (Terra-View should never need to
reach into SFM/device-side endpoints to populate its UI)
Always-on, scaled for storage/serving, has the DB and waveform store.
### 3. Codec library — pure data interpretation (used by both sides)
Neither SFM nor SDM — a shared library both depend on.
In scope:
- `minimateplus/{waveform_codec,histogram_codec,event_file_io,bw_ascii_report,blastware_file}.py`
- `micromate/{idf_ascii_report,idf_file}.py`
These modules take bytes (off the wire on the SFM side, or from a
forwarded file on the SDM side) and return `Event` objects. They
should not import from `sfm/`, must not touch a DB, and have no I/O
beyond reading files passed as arguments. Keep them pure — both
tiers can then depend on them without circularity.
### Practical consequences
When deciding where new code goes, ask:
- *Does it need a connection to a device?* → SFM
- *Does it operate on stored events / sidecars / DB rows?* → SDM
- *Does it interpret bytes into structured data, with no I/O of its own?* → codec lib
Terra-View is downstream of SDM for data, and (per the roadmap) will
eventually invoke into SFM's device-control endpoints to provide a
"connect to unit" experience.
---
## Project layout
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## Roadmap (Future)
### Strategic direction — where this is going
seismo-relay is being built as a **suite of cooperating components**
that together replace and improve on Blastware's role. Three logical
tiers:
1. **SFM** (device-side) — owns the active connection to a physical
unit. Today: `minimateplus/`, `/device/*` HTTP endpoints,
`seismo_lab.py`. Future: live Thor / Micromate support.
2. **SDM** (data-side) — owns the database, waveform store, ingest
pipelines, and the read-API that Terra-View consumes. Today this
code lives under `sfm/` for historical reasons; the role has
migrated and the eventual rename is on the long-tail cleanup list.
3. **Codec library** — pure data-interpretation: `minimateplus/*_codec.py`,
`bw_ascii_report.py`, `micromate/idf_*.py`. Used by both SFM and
SDM, depends on neither.
Terra-View is downstream of SDM for fleet listings, event detail, etc.
The long-term vision adds a **second link** from Terra-View → SFM for
direct device interaction (see below).
The codec work in this repo isn't trying to replace BW's network
layer — BW's ACH file forwarding and Thor's IDF call-home are
battle-tested. The value is in the receiving and processing side: turn
the stream of binary+ASCII pairs into something users can search,
filter, alert on, and report from.
### Terra-View ↔ SFM device control (the long-term vision)
Today Terra-View only reads from SDM (event listings, dashboards,
project reports). When a unit goes missing — operator notices in the
Terra-View dashboard — there's no way to *do* anything from the UI.
The path of least resistance is to RDP into a Windows box and open
Blastware, which defeats the purpose of having Terra-View.
Target experience:
- Operator notices a unit in Terra-View dashboard hasn't called in.
- Clicks unit detail → "Connect to Device" button.
- Terra-View opens an embedded view (modal or side-panel) that talks
to SFM's `/device/*` endpoints over the network.
- Live view: device clock, battery, memory, current monitor status.
- Actions: start/stop monitoring, push compliance config changes, pull
fresh events, run a sensor self-check, change call-home settings.
- Audit log: every connect / action recorded in SDM for the unit
history.
Implementation steps (concrete):
- [ ] **SFM authentication & authorization layer.** Today `/device/*`
endpoints are unauthenticated — anyone on the network can call
them. Need at minimum a token-based auth, ideally with a "who
can connect to which units" mapping. Hard prerequisite for
letting Terra-View users into the control surface.
- [ ] **Terra-View "Connect to Device" entry point** on the unit
detail page. Renders only when unit has connection info on file
and the user has permission.
- [ ] **Embedded live-monitor view** in Terra-View — equivalent to
`seismo_lab.py`'s Bridge tab, but in the browser. Polls SFM's
`/device/monitor/status` on an interval; sends start/stop via
`/device/monitor/{start,stop}`.
- [ ] **Action history** — every connect / push / action call records
a row in `unit_history`, viewable on the unit detail page.
- [ ] **Series IV live-device support in SFM** — currently `/device/*`
only supports MiniMate Plus. Blocks "Connect to Device" for
Thor units until done. Depends on Thor wire-protocol capture
and a `micromate/` parallel of the `minimateplus/` modules.
### High-impact (unblocks product features)
- [ ] **Series III waveform body codec reverse-engineering.** The 5A bulk-stream body is some kind of compressed/encoded format (not raw int16 LE as previously assumed — see §7.6.1 retraction in `docs/instantel_protocol_reference.md`). Structural framing is ~50% decoded on branch `claude/codec-re-cBGNe` (tagged-block walker, segment counters); per-byte sample mapping is still open. Until this lands, the in-app waveform viewer renders garbage and BW-import peak values fall back to `_peaks_from_samples()` saturation noise. Workaround: pair every BW-imported event with its `_ASCII.TXT` so the device-authoritative peaks land in the DB regardless of codec.
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event.rectime_seconds = report.record_time_s
def apply_bw_report_dict_to_event(event: Event, bw_report: dict) -> None:
"""Mirror of ``apply_report_to_event`` for the projected sidecar
dict shape (as produced by ``_bw_report_to_dict``).
Why this exists
The ingest path holds a live ``BwAsciiReport`` parsed straight from
the ``_ASCII.TXT`` and uses ``apply_report_to_event`` to overlay
device-authoritative peaks onto the codec output before insert.
The backfill path doesn't have the original ``.TXT`` (it's not
retained in the waveform store), but it does have the preserved
``bw_report`` block from the sidecar which contains the same
projected fields. Re-overlaying those during a backfill keeps the
DB peak columns aligned with what BW reports rather than letting
the codec output (which may be incomplete for unhandled formats or
walker edge cases) win by default.
No-ops cleanly when ``bw_report`` is ``None``, empty, or missing
any particular sub-field only fields with a concrete value get
written. Mirrors ``apply_report_to_event``'s "report wins where
present" semantics.
"""
if not bw_report:
return
if event.peak_values is None:
event.peak_values = PeakValues()
pv = event.peak_values
peaks = bw_report.get("peaks") or {}
tran = (peaks.get("tran") or {}).get("ppv_ips")
vert = (peaks.get("vert") or {}).get("ppv_ips")
long = (peaks.get("long") or {}).get("ppv_ips")
if tran is not None: pv.tran = tran
if vert is not None: pv.vert = vert
if long is not None: pv.long = long
vs_ips = (peaks.get("vector_sum") or {}).get("ips")
if vs_ips is not None:
pv.peak_vector_sum = vs_ips
mic = bw_report.get("mic") or {}
pspl = mic.get("pspl_dbl")
if pspl is not None and pspl > 0:
pv.micl = _dbl_to_psi(pspl)
rec = bw_report.get("recording") or {}
sr = rec.get("sample_rate_sps")
if sr:
event.sample_rate = sr
rt = rec.get("record_time_s")
if rt is not None:
event.rectime_seconds = rt
def _project_info_to_dict(pi: Optional[ProjectInfo]) -> dict:
if pi is None:
return {
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except Exception:
pass
# Overlay BW ASCII report fields onto the rebuilt Event
# BEFORE the sidecar + DB write. Mirrors what the ingest
# path does — BW's reported peaks (and sample_rate /
# record_time) win over codec output where present.
#
# Without this step, --force backfill silently overwrites
# the bw_report-overlaid DB columns with codec-derived
# values, which is wrong for events the codec doesn't
# fully decode (e.g. waveform walker edge cases on
# SP0/SS0/SV0-style events, or histogram sub-formats with
# byte[5]!=0 that aren't yet RE'd). Net effect was PVS=0
# on three top-10 events on 2026-05-22.
if preserved_bw_report:
event_file_io.apply_bw_report_dict_to_event(
ev, preserved_bw_report,
)
sidecar = event_file_io.event_to_sidecar_dict(
ev,
serial=serial,
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assert stored_path.read_bytes() == src.read_bytes()
# ── apply_bw_report_dict_to_event ────────────────────────────────────────────
def test_apply_bw_report_dict_overlays_peaks_and_recording():
"""Verbatim mirror of the data shape produced by `_bw_report_to_dict`
when projecting a parsed `BwAsciiReport` into the sidecar. Confirms
each field overlays onto Event correctly so the backfill path
matches ingest behavior."""
from minimateplus.models import PeakValues
ev = Event(index=0)
bw_report = {
"peaks": {
"tran": {"ppv_ips": 9.84375},
"vert": {"ppv_ips": 0.305},
"long": {"ppv_ips": 0.405},
"vector_sum": {"ips": 14.86736},
},
"mic": {"pspl_dbl": 115.9},
"recording": {"sample_rate_sps": 1024, "record_time_s": 3.0},
}
event_file_io.apply_bw_report_dict_to_event(ev, bw_report)
assert ev.peak_values is not None
assert ev.peak_values.tran == 9.84375
assert ev.peak_values.vert == 0.305
assert ev.peak_values.long == 0.405
assert ev.peak_values.peak_vector_sum == 14.86736
# MicL is converted dB → psi via _dbl_to_psi — just confirm non-zero
assert ev.peak_values.micl is not None and ev.peak_values.micl > 0
assert ev.sample_rate == 1024
assert ev.rectime_seconds == 3.0
def test_apply_bw_report_dict_overwrites_codec_peaks():
"""The whole point of this helper: bw_report wins over whatever the
codec produced. This is what the 2026-05-22 prod backfill missed
DB peaks got overwritten with codec output (incl. PVS=0 on the
three top events) when they should have stayed bw_report-overlaid."""
from minimateplus.models import PeakValues
ev = Event(index=0)
# Simulate codec output that's clearly wrong (incomplete decode):
ev.peak_values = PeakValues(
tran=2.09, vert=0.0, long=0.0, peak_vector_sum=0.0,
)
bw_report = {
"peaks": {
"tran": {"ppv_ips": 9.84},
"vert": {"ppv_ips": 4.95},
"long": {"ppv_ips": 8.05},
"vector_sum": {"ips": 14.95},
},
}
event_file_io.apply_bw_report_dict_to_event(ev, bw_report)
assert ev.peak_values.tran == 9.84
assert ev.peak_values.vert == 4.95
assert ev.peak_values.long == 8.05
assert ev.peak_values.peak_vector_sum == 14.95
def test_apply_bw_report_dict_no_op_on_empty():
"""None / empty dict / missing keys should leave Event untouched."""
from minimateplus.models import PeakValues
for empty in (None, {}, {"peaks": {}}, {"peaks": {"tran": {}}}):
ev = Event(index=0)
ev.peak_values = PeakValues(tran=1.0, vert=2.0, long=3.0)
event_file_io.apply_bw_report_dict_to_event(ev, empty)
# Unchanged
assert ev.peak_values.tran == 1.0
assert ev.peak_values.vert == 2.0
assert ev.peak_values.long == 3.0
if __name__ == "__main__":
if pytest is not None:
pytest.main([__file__, "-v"])