Manuals
There are a few necessary steps that have to be taken before a detector can send its data to the central database.
You can find a comprehensive description of how to build a HiSPARC detector here:
There are also strict safety conditions that have to be met, regarding to the placement of a detector on the roof:
The instructions required to process the data from the various detectors (HiSPARC detector, weather station, lightning detector, etc.) on a local PC and send them to the central database are written in:
- Software installation (short, pdf-version)
- Software installation (extensive, pdf-version)
The short manual discussed the conditions for a successful installation of the software step by step. The extensive manual also describes how to connect the equipment besides the detector and how to adjust this in a fast way.
You can find a descripton of the known problems (and solutions) that can occur when the HiSPARC PC is connected to the school's LAN in this manual:
- Wat te doen bij storingen? (pdf-versie)
After the software has been installed successfully and the detector is connected to the PC through the electronic device that was developed for this purpose
- HiSPARC II Master en Slave units (technische beschrijving, pdf-versie)
it is now time for adjusting the detector. A comprehensive description of the (LabView) programm, which is used to operate the equipment can be find here:
- HiSPARC data acquisitie (pdf-versie)
HiSPARC weerstation
Scholen die over een weerstation beschikken kunnen in deze handleiding lezen hoe ze deze operationeel kunnen krijgen: