Earthworm Modules:
RockToEW Overview

(last revised November 5, 2008)

The Rock-to-EW module provides a data relay from a Kinemetrics-Rockhound-compatible instrument to the USGS Earthworm software package.  The module is written in Java and runs on the instrument hardware itself, emulating an Earthworm "export_generic" module, and providing a TCP/IP listen port for external "import" programs to connect to.  To install or update the Rock-to-EW module in a Rockhound-compatible instrument:

- Copy the "RockToEW_update.jar" file into the " /usr/rock/SMARTSDist/injar" directory on the instrument
- Rename "RockToEW_update.jar" to "update.jar"
- Reboot the instrument

Once installed, the RockToEW module needs to be added to the digitizer's layout, and the module's parameters configured.  See the instrument's manual (Kinemetrics p/n 300715) for details on how to add and configure modules.  See the RockToEW description for details on the module and its parameters.

The RockToEW source code is archived in the "src/src.zip" file.  Once unpacked, the "mkdist.sh" script or "mkdist.bat" batch file may be used to rebuild the module from source.  A local installation of the Rockhound software package is required (for the library 'jar' files).  Note that (at the time of this writing) the Rockhound platform uses a Java 1.3 runtime environment, so all module code features must be compatible with Java 1.3.

RockToEW was written by ISTI and funded by Kinemetrics, Inc.

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