HCP Access

This page will contain information about obtaining permissions and downloading data, including Aspera connect installation.

Note: db Human Connectome does not seem to work with Google Chrome. It is known to work for Firefox, so please use that browser to avoid problems.

Register for an Account

Anyone accessing data from the Human Connectome Project must have created a user account and signed the data agreement, available here:

https://db.humanconnectome.org

Aspera Connect

db Human Connectome should prompt you to install Aspera Connect. Or the installation files can be found here:

http://asperasoft.com/connect

Download to your ~/Downloads folder, close your browser, and in the terminal.

cd ~/Downloads
gunzip apera-connect-[version].tar.gz
sh aspera-connect-[version].sh

Aspera Connect should be installed into your Applications. This will load the applet icon (a blue 'C' in white). Right click to edit preferences. In the transfers tab, set your download location. Each subject will download as a *.zip with a corresponding *.zip.md5 file. db Human Connectome should prompt to add security exception. If not prompted, in the security tab of your Aspera Connect preferences try adding

aspera1.humanconnectome.org