After many months of work on the hardware part with the Rapsberry Pi, the ADS1262 and the geophon SM24, the seismometer was finally installed in the ground.
Hereto, a 50 cm long spike was struk into the soil.
Between the spike and the seismometer, the aluminum spacer was placed and fixed with 4 stainless steel screws and some washers in order to correct the horizontal position.
The power cable and the network cable were laid inside plastic pipes on the ground.

Hardware

Spike

A steel spike with a length of 50 cm is used for the fixing the seismometer with the ground.

Spike in the ground

The spike in the ground. Even though the horizontal position of the spike was controlled several times during the struking, at the end the spike was not totaly horizontal. The spacer will correct the horizontal position by using some washers.

Seismometer on top of the spike

The seismometer is fixed with the spike, the aluminum spacer and some washers with 4 stainless steel screws.

Cable pipes

The power cable and the network cable were laid inside plastic pipes on the ground.