I am a new counting participant. I am looking for a detector to be able to participate in the science being done here. How can i obtain a detector? I see that all the new models are sold out. How can someone joining the team get one? Can they be made or purchased else where or from the project itself? Any information would greatly be appreciated.

Is there no one that can comment on this topic? It has been viewed 22 times. Could at least someone give me some sort of direction or at least respond so i know the post isn't falling on deaf ears. I very much want to participate in this project but with out some input from other members i will have to move on to a project who with respond and help me participate. Please respond or give me some direction please.

Does the GMC-300 have a usb port to attach to the computer for computing or how is that done to be able to participate in the project?

Also can you use the GMC-320 or the GMC-300E or the GMC-300E plus? I would prefer to use the GMC-320E plus if i can but i don't know how the setup is required for the project.

Yep,
I would like to contribute too, but it seems the last batch of detectors was produced more than 2 years ago... wasn't it?
And there is no clue here about how to adapt a commercial GMC-300 to the project.
I would love to mark the first dot in the map to Manhattan, where I live but I guess I will have to wait.

Hi Krzysztof,
may I request one today?
could you please send us a link to request a detector to radioactive@home? Or a contact of a person to request?
I can not find it in the website.

Thanks!
Yacob

Good afternoon, would also like to participate in the project and must purchase the sensor, have any specific date for when the detectors will be sold? remembering that apparent mind I am the first to be interested in the project in Latin America, I live in Brazil and I believe that my input will help recruit new menbros for the project.

Att, Wesley Jackson

Hi. I was wondering if this project supports the MightyOhm geiger counter ? It's one of the most popular and easy to use Geiger counter kits out there. I'd like to join the project and this is the device I am using.

Hi. That detector looks pretty easy to make, and is not a bad price. This project doesn't support that counter, but another open project likely does: http://Radmon.org. They support several kit/homemade sensors, including this one. The MightyOhm serial data will be supported in the next release, and the pulse output (connected to an audio input of your PC/laptop/RPi) is supported now.

Is this kit really not usable ? I can´t see much difference with our 2.61... doesn´t support the counter ? Is it possible to modify it ???

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All the sensors in this project require the BOINC client, which will not perform Work Units without the sensor. Sensor data can only be submitted through the BOINC client. The R@H software that is downloaded through BOINC to the client makes USB requests to the sensor for a "feature report" to obtain the data, so another non-project sensor would have to produce this same 'feature report' to work, and would have to enumerate the same as a project sensor. Since it's open source, the firmware can be ported to another microcontroller, but I don't think anyone has actually done this and it seems like alot of work. The developers make no claim that other off-the-shelf sensors work (at least as far as I've read; I've read through most is this site but not everything). It's also possible for the R@H software to be modified to accept other sensor's data, but only the developers can answer for that direction.

My v2.61 sensor works except for enumeration, so my BOINC client can't see it, and so it can't be on this map. But the serial output is fine, so I am able to show it on the 'partner' site map Radmon.org. At least I'm on one map. Most sensors here are on both.

Actually, I now see one commercial sensor has been used for this project by a few users (gmc-300E). See http://radioactiveathome.org/boinc/forum_thread.php?id=160&nowrap=true#3193. There seems to be no clear information how to use it here, and the web site for the sensor refers to another map, http://gmcmap.com.

How ca I use the GMC300 with the project? I own one but did not manage to communicate with BOINC.

Thanks

OK, folks I'm giving up on this project.

I know, the devs are spending their free time and are not paid for the project but this here is rediculous! A complete and utter waste of time.

Weeks for weeks absolutely no response to key questions . Yeah, I know, you are all so busy but the truth is, there is a lack of interest and dedication because regardless how busy you are, there would always be these 30 minutes every two weeks where you could check the forum and answer the few new posts.

That said, I'm out.

Yes Holger... this project is not very frequented... you need much patience :)
There was a discussion over this sensor... maybe you find answers there:
http://radioactiveathome.org/boinc/forum_thread.php?id=160&nowrap=true#3193
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why are they awailable only in this way ?

Hello,
my Dectector ID 37033 is correctly installed.
But I am not in the map.
Nettetal-Kaldnkirchen
NRW
41334
GPS:
51.318056 06.201944
Please actived my Dectector, thanks.
Wilfried Hoelters

Hello,
my Dectector ID 37033 is correctly installed.
But I am not in the map.
Nettetal-Kaldnkirchen
NRW
41334
GPS:
51.318056 06.201944
Please actived my Dectector, thanks.
Wilfried Hoelters

My sensor is registered, it's your tube.
The abandonment tasks started from me.
I wanted to achieve several "resets", which then my sensor appears on the map.
Please forward the problem to the right place, thank you.

Hello,
now, my sensor is in the map.
I have forgotten to add the sensor in my account in the "map"-part.

Where can I view the source code for this project?
I did not find on the github.

I get tasks that all get zero credit: 'Could not find any of the devices listed in sensors.xml: Device communication error' since April 21 2020.
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Managed to solve my problem, but not in a straightforward manner. This means I can't exactly tell you how I did it, other than it included affirming the location of my sensor on the map.
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All of my tasks are going through valid but as 0 credits too. Have sensors set up (just as I used to on my old account a good few years back), but no joy credit wise :/

Chris
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All of my tasks are going through valid but as 0 credits too. Have sensors set up (just as I used to on my old account a good few years back), but no joy credit wise :/

Could not find any of the devices listed in sensors.xml: The specified device was not found

All of my tasks are going through valid but as 0 credits too. Have sensors set up (just as I used to on my old account a good few years back), but no joy credit wise :/

All of your tasks on the three active machines show ...

Could not find any of the devices listed in sensors.xml: The specified device was not found

... in the stderr logs, so the app isn't seeing the sensors