QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide

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1 QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Document by: Jesse F. Lawrence, Jennifer Saltzman, Carl Christensen, Elizabeth Cochran, Angela Chung & Thomas Boyce Download this document from: 1. Table of Contents: 1. Table of Contents: 1 2. Contents of QCN USB Sensor Kit: 1 3. Mount the USB Sensor and connect it to your computer: 2 4. Install QCN USB Drivers on your computer: 3 5. Install QC Network Software (for monitoring the USB Sensor): 5 6. Configure QCN Earthquake Monitoring on Your Computer: 6 7. Install QCNLive (interactive software for learning and demonstrations): 8 2. The QCN USB Sensor Kit: The following items are included in this package: A. Strong-motion sensor(s) with USB cable(s) and connected compass. B. Directions for getting started. C. A CD (Mac OS X & Windows compatible) with: o Directions for mounting and connecting the USB sensor o QCN Sensor Drivers: Directions for installing the QCN sensor drivers QCN sensor driver installation software for Mac & Windows o QCN network software: Directions for installing QCN network software BOINC: o QCNLive software (for both Mac & Windows): Directions for installing the QCNLive QCNLive User Manual o Activities for K-12 students: Lesson 1: What is a seismometer? grades K-5 or grades 6-12 Lesson 2: Compare magnitude and distance Lesson 3: Triangulation equals location using multiplication QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 1 of 9

2 Note: All software, user manuals, activities, and directions can be found online at 3. USB Sensor Mounting Instructions: A. Find the USB sensor included in the USB Sensor Kit. B. Find a flat horizontal or vertical spot near the computer to mount the sensor. QCN requests that you mount the sensor on or near the floor of the lowest level of the building/house. C. Using the compass on top of the sensor, rotate the sensor to align the north arrow (^) with the north line. (This does not have to be perfect, just within a few degrees). The sensor should be permanently mounted in this orientation. D. Secure the USB sensor using one of the following options: a. A screw & screw driver b. Glue c. Strap d. Other (Please inform us if there is a better way to attach the sensor). E. If you have the black model of USB sensor, then connect the USB cable to the USB sensor. (If you have the white USB sensor, the cable is already connected to the sensor.) F. (Optional) Shutdown your computer and power off. (The software is plug-and-play. However on some systems the sensor could interfere with other hardware.) G. Connect the USB cable to the computer USB port on your computer. H. (Optional) Turn your computer on and login. I. Continue to QCN Driver Installation (Page 3). QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 2 of 9

3 4. Install USB Sensor driver (Windows Black Sensor Only): A. Insert the QCN CD into your computer. Open the CD and find the QCN USB driver for Windows. It is called MotionNodeWin.msi and is located in the Drivers folder on the CD: Drivers/QCN_Black_USB_Drivers_Win.msi B. Start installing the driver by double clicking on MotionNodeWin.msi. Follow the directions and click Next. C. Check I accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next : QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 3 of 9

4 D. Choose a folder to install the driver in if you wish, then click Next : E. Click Install to install the driver: F. Click Finish to complete installation of the driver. Congratulations. You are now done installing the QCN USB driver: QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 4 of 9

5 5. Install Quake-Catcher Network Software Please follow these instructions to download & install the software that will run QCN on your computer to monitor the Sensor. Please read the instructions carefully. A. Download BOINC (the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) from BOINC manages the data transfer and day-to-day operations for the Quake-Catcher Network. B. Run the BOINC Installer: Double click on the file named something similar to boinc_6.2.19_windows_intelx86.exe that should now be on your Desktop or in your Downloads folder. C. Press Next, and accept the license agreement. Then press Next twice more, making sure the desired installation directories are specified. Finally press Install to install BOINC. QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 5 of 9

6 6. Configure QCN Monitoring on Your Computer: A. Open BOINC: (in the BOINC folder in the Start menu). To run and configure QCN the computer must be connected to the internet. If it is not, please wait until it is before proceeding. B. Add QCN to "My Projects": i. Select "Add Project" (Lower Right) if the Attach to project dialogue box doesn t appear on its own. ii. Select Next. iii. Under Project URL type C. Enter your address and a password: (If you have installed QCN on another computer, you can add a second computer under the same account by selecting Yes, existing user) D. QCN should now be ready for personalized configuration: Your default web browser should connect to QCN Account Setup. To begin account setup, enter your user name and location. QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 6 of 9

7 If your browser does not open, click on the QCN logo and select Computer Location Info from the drop down list. E. Provide your computer s location. For USB Sensors attached to desktop computers, you need only enter one location if the sensor stays in the same location. Select one icon, enter the location name such as work, home, or Class. Select the computer s location on the Google map. i. Zoom in or zoom out with the + and -. ii. Move the map by dragging it from side to side or up and down. iii. Toggle between Map View and Satellite View. If the computer is currently at the location you selected, then select Set Current to permanently link your IP address with that location. Select Update info so that changes take effect. F. (Optional) Set QCN/BOINC as your default Screen Saver. i. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop and select Personalize (Vista) or Properties (XP). ii. Click on Screen Saver (Vista) or the Screen Saver tab (XP). iii. Select BOINC from the list of screen savers and click OK. QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 7 of 9

8 G. (Optional) Run QCN all the time. QCN hopes you will run QCN continuously in the background - not just when your computer is idle. BOINC and QCN use 2-4% of the CPU. By running BOINC & QCN continuously, you will be more likely to catch an earthquake. QCN thanks you for considering this option. In BOINC select Preferences and then Do work after idle for 0 (Run Always) minutes. (If you are running QCN on a laptop with an internal sensor, please do not run QCN in Run Always mode. Typing on the laptops keyboard will cause too many false vibrations.) H. Notes: i. On laptops, QCN should only run when idle for 3 minutes Not in Run Always mode. That way QCN does not just measure typing. ii. iii. QCN monitoring only installs and runs properly when connected to the Internet. If there is an earthquake in your area, please let us know if you felt it. 7. Install QCNLive (Interactive Software for Learning & Demonstrations): To learn how QCN operates, download the interactive program called QCNLive. With QCNLive you will be able to see the current seismograms generated by your computer s internal or USB sensor. A. Copy the compressed version of QCNLive from the QCN USB Kit CD to your computer s desktop: i. Intel Mac: QCNLive/qcnlive-mac-intel.zip ii. PowerPC Mac: QCNLive/qcnlive-mac-ppc.zip iii. Windows: QCNLive/qcnlive-win.zip QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 8 of 9

9 Or Download QCNLive to your computer: Move the downloaded file to your computer s desktop. B. Double click on the file to uncompress the program (the one on your desktop). i. QCNLive should create a new directory. ii. (Optional) Copy the new directory to another directory of your choice. C. To run QCNLive, double click on the QCNLive application in the newly created folder. You should now be able begin using QCNLive. D. To uninstall, just move the QCNLive directory to the Recycle Bin. E. To reinstall QCNLive, Repeat Steps A through C. QCN USB Sensor Installation Guide Page 9 of 9