Hi everyone,
I am encountering an issue with scautopick in a SeisComP setup monitoring an accelerographic network, specifically with RefTek SMHR2 stations.
While scautopick runs without any issues for most of our network, it fails to initialize properly for these specific instruments when registered via the SMP (SeisComP Management Package) inventory catalog.
1. First Issue: Missing Gain / Vertical Component Setup
When starting scautopick, I get the following error message:
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No gain for stream NET.STAT.LOC.HNZ
NET.STAT.LOC.HNZ failed to setup vertical component
What I have checked so far:
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The station inventory/metadata has been thoroughly inspected. All streams, channels, sensors, and datalogger responses appear correctly configured.
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I even cloned the station metadata structure from a working station in the catalog, but the issue persists on the SMHR2 instruments.
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Gains and responses are defined in the inventory for all components.
2. Second Issue: Horizontal Component Error (Log Output)
Additionally, in the scautopick logs, I consistently see errors like these:
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2026/08/26 07:33:13 [error/Autopick] MF.AAZR.11.HNZ: 1st horizontal component not available
2026/08/26 07:33:41 [error/Autopick] MF.PQSH.11.HNZ: 1st horizontal component not available
These log errors only occur on the RefTek SMHR2 stations.
Interestingly, despite these errors being logged, I have observed that scautopick is still generating picks for these stations.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue with RefTek SMHR2 sensors/dataloggers in SeisComP?
Could this be related to how components/azimuths/orientations or gain multipliers are mapped for strong-motion channels (HN*) in the inventory binding files for scautopick?
What would be the best approach or logging level (--debug) to trace where scautopick is failing to resolve the gain/component setup?
Any help, insights, or suggestions on where to look would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Stuart