Vernier Original LabQuest - Manual (Page 19)

LabQuest Reference
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The Edit item allows you to copy and paste values from one place to another. In particular
you might copy a range of values and paste them into notes on the next screen, called the
Notes screen.
Tip: To make a graph of data from other sources, enter values in two manual columns, and
then plot them in a LabQuest graph.
Notes Screen
The Notes screen is a place to enter and view text and images. LabQuest includes over fifty
prepared activities for use by students, and you can enter your own notes as you perform an
experiment.
To open one of the prepared activities, choose View
Lab Instructions… from the File menu, and select the
desired file. More than fifty popular experiments in
Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Earth Science, and Water
Quality are available.
Notes Menu
The Notes menu allows you to toggle between the Lab
Instructions and your own notes, called My Notes. The
menu also gives access to standard edit commands of Cut, Copy, Paste, and Clear All. To
enter text in My Notes, tap the keyboard icon on the bottom row of the screen. You can
also attach a standard USB keyboard to the LabQuest, and use that to enter text.
Special Sensors
A few sensors deserve special instructions. They are the two internal sensors, and the USB-
based spectrometers.
Internal Microphone
Configure the internal microphone using Sensor Setup… found in the Sensors menu. Tap
the checkbox for Internal Microphone, and tap OK. At this point the microphone is used
just like an external sensor.
Internal Temperature Sensor
Configure the internal temperature sensor using Sensor Setup… found in the Sensors menu.
Tap the checkbox for Internal Temperature, and tap OK. At this point the temperature
sensor is used just like an external sensor. However, since the sensor is internal to the
LabQuest, it cannot respond rapidly to changing temperatures. It is designed only to
measure ambient temperatures, and the associated slow change. The data rate is limited to
no faster than one point every 20 seconds.
Spectrometers
LabQuest App supports the following USB Spectrometers.
• Vernier SpectroVis (SVIS)