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seismo-relay/minimateplus/sensor_check.py
serversdownandClaude Opus 4.8 6341432524 feat(series3): decode sensor self-check waveforms from the binary
The Blastware Event Report draws a "Sensor Check" strip on the right of the
waveform panel — the little traces the unit records when it pulses each sensor
before monitoring. Those live in the series-3 binary's trailing block, after
the main waveform record-chain and the per-channel calibration records, as four
length-prefixed records tagged 0x3c-0x3f (Tran/Vert/Long geophone ring-downs +
MicL pulse train). Reverse-engineered against 7 BE12844 oracle events.

New minimateplus/sensor_check.py: decode_sensor_check(raw) locates the record
chain (validated by walking the ids 0x3c->0x3f via their length prefixes) and
decodes each record's delta stream (payload[20:len-8]) with the same 10/20/30/00
delta-block tags as the main waveform codec, from an anchor of 0. Returns
{Tran,Vert,Long,MicL: [samples]} in raw 16-count units, or {} when absent.

Validated: mic pulse-train zero-crossing frequency = 20.1 Hz (exact match to
BW's mic Channel Test freq); geophone ring-downs are consistent ~-990 raw
deflections that damp to a ~-310 settle across all 7 events (a fixed
calibration pulse, so near-identical every run).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDXjZCr4RqT2U3QvMDhgzf
2026-09-15 05:26:28 +00:00

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r"""Decode the Blastware sensor self-check waveforms from a series-3 event binary.
Reverse-engineered 2026-09-15 against 7 BE12844 (MiniMate Plus) oracle events.
After the main waveform record-chain and the trailing metadata / per-channel
calibration records, the binary carries four length-prefixed records tagged
0x3c-0x3f: the sensor self-check traces the unit records when it pulses each
sensor before monitoring. Blastware draws these as the little waveforms in the
"Sensor Check" strip on the right of the Event Report.
* 0x3c / 0x3d / 0x3e = Tran / Vert / Long geophone ring-downs (a damped
oscillation at the geophone's resonance, ~7-8 Hz at 1024 sps).
* 0x3f = MicL, a pulse train at the mic self-test frequency
(~20 Hz), whose zero-crossing frequency is BW's mic "Channel Test" freq.
Record framing (per record, all four chained by their length prefix)::
[len:2 BE][id:1][00 00][Nchan:1][12-byte header][delta stream][40 02][6B]
\_________________ payload (len bytes) _______________________________/
The delta stream is ``payload[20 : len-8]`` (the ``40 02`` terminator sits at
``len-8``, followed by 6 trailing bytes). It uses the exact same 10/20/30/00
delta-block tags as the main waveform codec
(:mod:`minimateplus.waveform_codec`), decoded here from an implicit anchor of 0
— so the traces come out in the same 16-count raw units as the main waveform
(LSB = 0.005 in/s at Normal range for the geophones).
"""
from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Dict, List
from minimateplus.waveform_codec import walk_body
# Record id → channel. Order mirrors the trailing per-channel calibration
# records (Tran / Vert / Long / MicL), confirmed against BW's sensor-check
# frequencies on all 7 oracle events.
_ID_TO_CHANNEL = {0x3C: "Tran", 0x3D: "Vert", 0x3E: "Long", 0x3F: "MicL"}
_CHAIN_IDS = (0x3C, 0x3D, 0x3E, 0x3F)
_HEADER_LEN = 20 # payload bytes before the delta stream
_TRAILER_LEN = 8 # 40 02 terminator + 6 trailing bytes after the stream
def _s4(nib: int) -> int:
"""Sign-extend a 4-bit nibble delta."""
return nib - 16 if nib >= 8 else nib
def _i8(byte: int) -> int:
"""Sign-extend an 8-bit int delta."""
return byte - 256 if byte >= 128 else byte
def _decode_delta_stream(buf: bytes) -> List[int]:
"""Accumulate a 10/20/30/00 delta-block stream from an anchor of 0,
stopping at the 0x40 terminator.
Mirrors the block semantics in
:func:`minimateplus.waveform_codec.decode_waveform_v2` (fully decoded &
byte-exact as of 2026-05-11); see that module for the format details.
"""
out: List[int] = []
cur = 0
for blk in walk_body(buf, 0):
fam = blk.tag_hi & 0xF0
if fam == 0x10:
# nibble deltas, high nibble first
for byte in blk.data:
for nib in ((byte >> 4) & 0xF, byte & 0xF):
cur += _s4(nib)
out.append(cur)
elif fam == 0x20:
# int8 deltas
for byte in blk.data:
cur += _i8(byte)
out.append(cur)
elif fam == 0x30:
# 12-bit signed deltas, packed as tag_lo/4 groups of 6 bytes
for g in range(blk.tag_lo // 4):
grp = blk.data[g * 6:(g + 1) * 6]
if len(grp) < 6:
break
high_word = (grp[0] << 8) | grp[1]
for k in range(4):
nib = (high_word >> (12 - 4 * k)) & 0xF
v = (nib << 8) | grp[2 + k]
if v >= 0x800:
v -= 0x1000
cur += v
out.append(cur)
elif fam == 0x00:
# RLE zero-delta run (wide form carries the high nibble in the tag)
run = ((blk.tag_hi & 0x0F) << 8) | blk.tag_lo
out.extend([cur] * run)
elif fam == 0x40:
# segment / record terminator
break
return out
def _find_chain(body: bytes):
"""Locate the four length-prefixed sensor-check records.
Returns a list of ``(offset, id, length)`` or ``None``. The chain is
validated by walking the ids 0x3c → 0x3d → 0x3e → 0x3f via their own length
prefixes, so a stray 0x3c byte in the waveform data cannot match.
"""
for p in range(len(body) - 6):
if body[p + 2] == 0x3C and body[p + 3] == 0 and body[p + 4] == 0:
q = p
recs = []
ok = True
for expect in _CHAIN_IDS:
if q + 3 > len(body) or body[q + 2] != expect:
ok = False
break
length = int.from_bytes(body[q:q + 2], "big")
recs.append((q, expect, length))
q = q + 2 + length
if ok and len(recs) == 4:
return recs
return None
def decode_sensor_check(raw: bytes) -> Dict[str, List[int]]:
"""Decode the four sensor self-check traces from a series-3 event binary.
Returns ``{"Tran": [...], "Vert": [...], "Long": [...], "MicL": [...]}`` in
raw decode units (same 16-count LSB as the main waveform), or ``{}`` if the
binary carries no sensor-check block (a histogram event, a non-series-3
file, or a unit/firmware that doesn't store it).
"""
strt = raw.find(b"STRT")
if strt < 0 or len(raw) < strt + 21 + 26:
return {}
body = raw[strt + 21: len(raw) - 26]
chain = _find_chain(body)
if not chain:
return {}
out: Dict[str, List[int]] = {}
for off, rid, length in chain:
payload = body[off + 2: off + 2 + length]
if len(payload) < _HEADER_LEN + _TRAILER_LEN:
continue
stream = payload[_HEADER_LEN: length - _TRAILER_LEN]
out[_ID_TO_CHANNEL[rid]] = _decode_delta_stream(stream)
return out