Rasberry Shake and Boom Became Offline

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I received an email on October 25, that my Raspberry Shake (AM.R3635) is down. It has been working fine for last several years and nothing has changed.

  1. I unplugged it and plugged it after an hour and still it remains online.

  2. FING detects the device on my network and I am able to ping it.

  3. I am unable to access the device locally on my network using the IP address that FING detects.

  4. All the lights on the Shake are glowing the way they should.

  5. I also took out the SD card and reinserted it.

All attempts have failed. I need to put it back asap to capture Seismic Vibrations from Taylor Swift concert happening soon.

Please help. I am pasting FINK data below:

Network Setup

IP Address 192.168.2.40
MAC Address B8:27:EB:F9:36:35
Serial No N/A
First seen 7:37 PM
Last change N/A

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Brand Raspberry Pi
Model Raspberry Pi
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Model RS.LOCAL
Domain RSHAKE
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What do you get when you to connect from a browser on the same network? Also have you tried from a command line such as a terminal session to ping the IP address (does it respond consistently) and can you SSH to it?

You should see something like this from the CLI:

% sudo ssh [email protected]

[email protected]’s password:

Linux raspberryshake 4.19.97-v7l+ #8 SMP Tue Apr 25 11:50:30 UTC 2023 armv7l

WELCOME TO RASPBERRY SHAKE!

Developed by:

Raspberry Shake: https://raspberryshake.org

Boaz Consultancy: https://sqlx.science

STATION: AM.R6F88.00

IP-ADDR: 192.168.1.74

You have new mail.

Last login: Mon Oct 28 04:51:33 2024 from 192.168.1.19

myshake@raspberryshake:/opt $

myshake@raspberryshake:/opt $

myshake@raspberryshake:/opt $ exit

logout

Connection to 192.168.1.74 closed.

% ping 192.168.1.74

PING 192.168.1.74 (192.168.1.74): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 192.168.1.74: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=8.798 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.74: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=10.426 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.74: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=44.822 ms

^C

— 192.168.1.74 ping statistics —

3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 8.798/21.349/44.822/16.611 ms

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Hello V11, and welcome to the community!

In addition to what Jeffi has advised, and also in light of the troubleshooting you’ve already done (thanks for all the details!), I would directly recommend re-burning the microSD card again (or using a different microSD) after formatting and erasing all its data/partitions first (you can use DISKPART for this as it is very efficient), and see how the Shake behaves with the newly installed system, removing potential issues derived from corrupted files. I will leave the burning instructions link here for your convenience: microSD card topics

If you require anything else, we are available.

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Thank you Jeffi and Stormchaser for your responses. They were very helpful.

  1. I first formatted the SD card with the regular windows suggested formatter and reburnt the SD card but it did not work.

  2. I then formatted the SD card with DISKPART and again reburnt the SD. This time it worked. The Raspberry Shake and Boom is now back. A big thank you!
    Station View: Raspberry Shake Network & EQ Activity Map

I also run the station: Station View: Raspberry Shake Network & EQ Activity Map

Question:

The Taylor Swift Concert is happening 1.5 kms from my home (as the crow flies). Do you think I will be able to capture seismic vibrations from her concert and co-relate them with the song playing on these 2 seismic devices?

Would the Infrasound be able to register the changes some impact from the concert? Should I be pointing the tube in the direction of the concert?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

A few years ago, we measured the Silence of Canada during Covid-19 lockdowns and converted them into an App www.MonitorMyLockdown.com

Thank you

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Hello V11,

No trouble at all, and happy to read that your Shake is online again!

Regarding your question, I have looked around the net a bit and found this article: Swifties cause 'Taylor Tremors' at Wembley Park during Eras Tour - Harrow Online

It is interesting because it also shows a map with the location of all the Shakes used for this specific Taylor Swift concert. As far as I can see, they were very close to (if not inside) the stadium, so you may need some filtering to make the songs “pop out” from any local noise.

As for the infrasound, (EDIT, to correct), our infrasound sensor is omnidirectional, so you’ll not need to orient it in a specific way.

Amazing work with the lockdown website, and best of luck for this new concert capture!