Raspberry Shake Manual

Welcome to the documentation page for the Raspberry Shake product line, including our personal seismographs like the RS1D, RS3D, RS4D, and hybrid infrasound units like the RS&BOOM. You don´t own a Raspberry Shake yet? Click here to get yours now!

This is an online tutorial to help you get your Raspberry Shake product up and running. Setup and installation are easy, mostly “plug-and-go”.

Questions? Visit the Raspberry Shake Technical Support Forum.

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Quick links

• Firewall issues?

• FAQ

• Technical Specifications

• Metadata - Instrument Response Files

• Publications

• How does the Raspberry Shake compare to a broadband seismometer?

• Change log

• Raspberry Shake website

• Related Products like the RS&BOOM and GPS antenna

Quick Start Guide

For a fast and easy way to make all Raspberry Shakes including the RS1D, RS3D, RS4D, and RS&BOOM, see:

• Quick Start Guide
  • How to assemble your own Raspberry Shake
  • How to install your Raspberry Shake
  • Turning your Raspberry Shake on for the first time
  • Now that you are up and running, secure your Raspberry Shake
  • How to get the most out of your microSD card
  • Technical Support

Note

default username: myshake; default password: shakeme

FAQ

For quick solutions to common queries (Installation, Hardware, Software), please refer to this manual page:

• FAQ
  • Installation
  • Hardware
  • Software

More topics

GO ahead, dig into the details and discover more!

• Mobile and Web Apps
  • ShakeNet Mobile App
  • Station and Earthquake Map (StationView)
  • Data Visualization Tool (DataView)
  • Sound App (EQ Sound)
• How to visualize the waveforms in real time
  • Helicorder web plot
  • rsudp
  • Swarm
  • jAmaSeis
  • seisgram2k
• Other methods
  • IRIS
  • FDSN Federator System
  • Geopsy
• How to download your data
  • From the Cloud using FDSN Web Services
  • From the Raspberry Shake
• Beginner’s guide to reading seismograms
  • Posters and Manuals
  • jAmaSeis
  • Some great youTube videos
  • Even more resources
• What’s inside a geophone?
• Teacher’s guide and tools for the classroom
  • Classroom computer science tools like Mu, Node-RED & Scratch
  • Booklets
  • Websites resources
• Raspberry Shake Station Naming Convention
  • How to change station name and network code in SeisComP
• The Raspberry Shake Worldwide Network
• Technical Specifications
  • Technical Specifications Documents
  • What is the difference between the RS1D, RS3D and RS4D models?
  • How does the Raspberry Shake compare to a broadband seismometer?
  • Flow Chart For Raspberry Shake RS1D
  • Metadata - Instrument Response Files - Self-Noise
  • Timing Quality (NTP)
  • RPi’s supported
  • GPIO pins
  • LED behavior
  • IP67 M12 connector specifications
• Metadata - Instrument Response Files
  • Overview: Metadata explained
  • Overview: Instrument response files and self-noise
  • Third-Party Verification
  • Automatic metadata generation
  • Templates for manual metadata generation
  • Instructions on how to use the metadata templates
  • Example ObsPy code for removing response
• Change log
  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Mobile App

Power User Topics

Even more topics for power users and Do It Yourselfers.

See also: our Do It Yourself webpage and Developer’s corner.

• Developer’s corner
  • Tools for computer programmers including FDSNWS and UDP Streaming
  • Contributed software
  • Converting counts to metric units using ObsPy
  • Converting counts to Pascal to Decibel using ObsPy
• System administration topics
  • Log Files
  • microSD card topics
  • Ready, Set, Get Hacked! Security and Raspberry Shake
  • Firewall issues?
  • How to access your Raspberry Shake’s computer via ssh
  • How to connect to Raspberry Shake remotely
  • Offline and stand-alone applications (like classroom demos)
  • Discovery IP
  • Static IP
  • How to configure Wifi and USB wifi dongles from command-line
  • How to setup USB GPRS
  • How to mount a USB to store the waveform archive
• Recommendations for remote installations
  • Real-world remote use-cases
• Even more topics for Power Users
  • Cool RPi Commands
  • How to create a Raspberry Pi-driven Kiosk display
  • How to turn on HDMI
  • How to reduce power consumption
  • Solar Power Recommendations
  • Heatsinks and Raspberry Shake
  • How to install your Raspberry Shake underground
  • How to Configure Third Party Software (e.g., Earthworm)

Related Products

Links to product-specific pages.

• Related Products

Additional Links

Warranty & Shipping

Privacy Policy

License Agreement

Terms of Service

Technical Support and Contact

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