Vernier Tech Info Library TIL #1959

Question

How do I enable Manual Configuration Mode in Logger Pro?

Answer

Manual configuration mode is a special mode of Logger Pro designed for instructors wishing to have their students set up data collection and graphing themselves. Logger Pro will no longer set data-collection rate and duration, and graphs will no longer be automatically associated with columns in the data table. Graph scaling is also no longer adjusted to suit the sensor defaults.

This mode is intentionally difficult to defeat, so enabling it requires a minor edit to a support file of Logger Pro. The edit must be done once on each computer where Logger Pro is installed.

Instructions for enabling manual configuration mode in Logger Pro 3.7 for Windows.
(Macintosh instructions are later in this document.)

1) Close Logger Pro 3.7. Earlier versions of Logger Pro do not support manual configuration mode.
2) Open the folder c:\Program Files\Vernier Software\Logger Pro 3\en-US\Support.
3) Open the UserSettings.txt file in a text editor such as Notepad.
4) Save the file as UserSettingscopy.txt.
5) Search for "Manual". This will locate the Manual Sensor Configuration portion of the User Settings file.
6) Set the Manual_Sensor_Config value to "1". This will enable Manual Sensor Configuration , disabling many automatic behaviors of Logger Pro.
7) Save and close the UserSettingscopy.txt file.
8) Rename the original UserSettings.txt file to UserSettingsOriginal.txt.
9) Rename UserSettingscopy.txt to UserSettings.txt. Logger Pro will now use the settings in this file.
To return to the original automatic behavior of Logger Pro, follow these steps.
1) Rename the current UserSettings.txt file to UserSettingsManual.txt.
2) Rename UserSettingsOriginal.txt to UserSettings.txt. Logger Pro will now use the settings in this file.
3) Launch Logger Pro. Choose Preferences from the File menu. Place checkmarks in the two items under �Update Screen Objects for Sensor Change:� This setting must be done once per user of the computer.

Instructions for enabling manual configuration mode in Logger Pro 3.7 for Macintosh.

1) Close Logger Pro 3.7. Earlier versions of Logger Pro do not support manual configuration mode.
2) Open the folder Applications/Logger Pro 3.
3) Control-click on the Logger Pro application, and choose Show Package Contents.
4) Open the folder Contents, and open the folder Resources.
5) Open the UserSettings.txt file in a text editor such as Textedit.
6) Choose File. Save As. . . to save a copy of the file as UserSettingscopy.txt.
7) IN the file, search for "Manual". This will locate the Manual Sensor Configuration portion of the User Settings file.
8) Change the Manual_Sensor_Config value to from "0" to "1". This will enable Manual Sensor Configuration, and disable many automatic behaviors of Logger Pro.
9) Save and close the UserSettingscopy.txt file.
10) Rename the original UserSettings.txt file to UserSettingsOriginal.txt.
11) Rename UserSettingscopy.txt to UserSettings.txt. Logger Pro will now use the settings in this file.
12) Close the Finder window showing the contents of the Logger Pro package.

To return to the original automatic behavior of Logger Pro on either Mac or Windows, follow these steps.
1) Rename the current UserSettings.txt file to UserSettingsManual.txt.
2) Rename UserSettingsOriginal.txt to UserSettings.txt. Logger Pro will now use the settings in this file.
3) Launch Logger Pro. Choose Preferences from the Logger Pro menu. Place checkmarks in the two items under �Update Screen Objects for Sensor Change:� This setting must be done once per user of the computer.

Created by: gastineau on March 05 2009
Last updated by: jhopkins on March 12 2009