PASCO Temperature Sensor Technical Hints

PASCO Motion Sensor Technical Hints

1. Be sure the computer is on. You do not need to start any programs at this point.

2. Plug the Motion Sensor cable into the Xplorer

3. plug the small end of the USB cable into the left side of the Xplorer.

4. plug the large end of the USB cable into a USB port on the computer or into a USB hub that is connected to the computer.

5. The Xplorer will turn on and in a few seconds the PASPortal window will appear on the computer screen. Click on “Launch DataStudio” in the PASPortal window. DataStudio will open with a graph display. 6. Place the Motion Sensor at the edge of a table or desk with the gold disk of the sensor facing toward the walking track.

7. Be sure the switch on the top of the Motion Sensor is set in the Long Range position. 8. The walking track should be a clear area at least 5 meters long and 1 meter wide without any obstacles.

9. When a person is ready to move along the walking track, click the Start button on the DataStudio Toolbar to begin graphing the motion.

10.When you are finished graphing motion, click the Stop button on the DataStudio toolbar.

11.To save your graph, select Save Activity As… from the DataStudio menu bar. Use the Save As dialog box to select a location and enter a name for your file. 12.You can collect data from several trials on a single graph then use the Data button on the graph tool bar to show or hide the data.

For the Trial II predictions, follow the steps below to create a drawing on the DataStudio graph. 1. In DataStudio hold the mouse cursor over a number on the horizontal (time) axis until the cursor changes to a double headed curly arrow ( ). Press the left mouse button and drag the numbers until you have at least 60 seconds showing on the horizontal axis. 2. Click the Drawing tool ( ) on the graph’s tool bar. 3. With the mouse cursor on the graph, hold down the left mouse button and use the mouse to draw a line on the graph to show your prediction. 4. You can use the Note tool ( ) on the graph toolbar to add notations to your graph.