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If you haven't looked around yet, you should check out the rest of our web site. It has been around since the spring of 1995. As the internet becomes more and more popular, we will continue to add to our site. In addition to all of the information in our 1998 catalog, you will find- Free CBL™ data collection programs for all TI calculators.
- Two sample labs from each of our lab manuals.
- The latest info on all of our workshops and conferences.
- Technical specifications on all of our sensors.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
- Demo versions of our most popular programs.
- Updated experiment files for all of our programs.
- Free Logger Pro upgrades.
- New product announcements.
- Past issues of this newsletter.
LoggerPro UpgradesIf you own Logger Pro for a Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 machine, you can download a file from our web site that will upgrade your software to the latest version. Before you try to download the upgrade, you need to know which version of Logger Pro you are running. The easiest way to determine this is to start the program and note the version number on the splash screen that is displayed during startup. If you are already running Logger Pro, you can find the version number by choosing the About Logger Pro option from the Help menu.
To download the update from our web site, click the link to Free Stuff, which can be found in the left column of the main page. The Freebies, Demos, and Program Update page will come up. Click the link to Logger Pro Updates. Next, click on the link that corresponds to the exact upgrade you are making; e.g., version 1.0.3 to 1.0.6. A "patch" file will be loaded onto your computer. After downloading the patch file, double click on it. You will be asked to locate the existing Logger Pro software. If you used the default settings during the initial installation, your existing software is in the Logger Pro folder, which can be found in the Vernier Software folder of My Programs. If you did not use the default settings during installation, you will need to locate the folder in which Logger Pro was installed. Once you choose the correct folder, your software will be updated to the newest version.
If you do not have Internet access or if you are running Windows 3.x, contact us to get the upgrade in disk form.
We keep adding features to Logger Pro. Last fall, we added support for Rotary Motion Sensors and Photogates. The latest addition is support for Radiation Monitors. You can now do studies of half life, shielding, and the inverse square law using Logger Pro. Sample results taken with Logger Pro, a ULI, and our Student Radiation Monitor (order code SRM-DG) are shown here.
The Power Macintosh version of Logger Pro will be available at the end of May. It will allow Power Mac users to gain some new features over our existing Macintosh programs, including:
- using four analog inputs at the same time.
- using two motion detectors at the same time (requires ULI II EPROM 1.2 or newer).
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