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Supplemental Programs
We have written supplemental programs for special sensors, such as photogates and radiation
monitors, or for special applications, such as motion matching or managing the Flash memory
of your interface.
One feature of the latest operating system for LabPro and CBL 2 is the ability to transfer the
DataDir program instead of the DataMate program to your calculator from the interface. With
DataDir on your calculator, you can then retrieve supplemental programs from the interface. If
this is the approach that you want to take, update your interface with the most current operating
system and calculator programs (available at http://www.vernier.com/calc/flash.html). Next
reset the memory on your calculator, link the calculator and interface, and then press and hold
the Transfer button on the interface. The DataDir program will be transferred to the calculator.
Run the DataDir program to retrieve the supplemental programs from the interface.
Name Use
DataGate
This program is used when you want to collect data with Photogates or Smart
Pulleys™. This program will work with CBL 2 and LabPro.
DatMatch The DatMatch program is used with the Motion Detector. The program
presents distance vs. time and velocity vs. time graphs, and challenges the
students to match the graph. This program will work with CBL 2 and LabPro.
DaRotary This program is used when you want to collect data with the Vernier, Pasco or
Team Labs rotary motion sensors. It supports a variety of collection modes
including simultaneous analog and rotary sensor data collection. There are also
a number of analysis features. This program will work with CBL 2 and LabPro.
DataRad This program is used with the Vernier Student Radiation Monitor and our
Radiation Monitor to monitor nuclear radiation. A variety of data collection
modes are supported. This program will work with CBL 2 and LabPro.
FunctGen Use a LabPro like an analog function generator.
DataDrop Data collection with the Vernier Drop Counter.
SPECTRO Collect data with a spectrophotometer.
The DataDir program allows you to store calculator programs in the FLASH memory of
your LabPro/CBL 2 interface and then retrieve them later. (This is like having an
“external hard drive” for your calculator.) Each LabPro and CBL 2 has approximately
600K of FLASH ROM available for storing experiment files and programs.
LOAD DATADIR TO YOUR CALCULATOR
There are two methods of sending the DataDir program to your Texas Instruments graphing
calculator.
A. Send DataDir from a LabPro/CBL 2 Interface.
This method will only be possible if your LabPro/CBL 2 interface has operating system
version 1.2 or higher. To determine the version of your operating system, connect a
calculator to your LabPro/CBL 2 and start the DataMate program or one of our
supplemental programs. As it starts up watch for the ROM number in the lower left of the
screen. The number that appears is the version of the interface operating system.