How do I set up the Pasco ME-9207 Free Fall Adapter to work with LabQuest?

Here are the steps to set up the ME-9207 with LabQuest:

1. Since the device will not Auto-ID as a photogate, you will need to manually set up the photogate. You can do this by going to the Sensors menu and selecting Sensor Setup. . .
2. Set the software to have a photogate in either DIG1 or DIG2.
3. On the meter screen, you should see either "Blocked" or "UnBlocked".
4. The timing mode defaults to "Motion". Tap the word Motion to bring up the Photogate Timing setup screen.
5. Change the Photogate Timing mode form Motion to Gate.
6. For Length of object, set the distance the ball will drop.
7. Set end data collection to be after 2 events.

You are now ready to take a run of data. For each run, you will need to:

1. Insert the ball in the release.
2. Tap the receptor pad. (The display should now show "Unblocked")
3. Tap or press Collect on the LabQuest. (The display will switch to the graph)
4. Release the ball and let it fall onto the pad.

At the end of the run, the LabQuest display will still be on the graph. You will probably want to switch to the table view to see the numbers most clearly.

Optional: If you want the students to calculate the velocity manually, you could delete the Velocity column. Here is how:
1. Switch to the Table view.
2. From the Table menu, choose Delete Data Column -> Velocity

If you want to use this when connected to a computer there is a Logger Pro experiment file named ME-9207 included. It can be found in:
Experiments \ Probes & Sensors \ Photogates \ ME-9207

Related TILs:
TIL 583: Can I use the PASCO Free Fall Adapter with the ULI, LabPro, or LabQuest?