{"id":13812,"date":"2021-12-02T14:11:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=13812"},"modified":"2021-12-02T15:07:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T23:07:48","slug":"i-get-a-time-synchronization-error-when-i-use-a-gomotion-and-other-sensors-in-logger-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/13812","title":{"rendered":"I get a &#8220;time synchronization&#8221; error when I use a Go!Motion and other sensors in Logger Pro."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Logger <i>Pro<\/i> 3, you may encounter the following error message when you use a <a href=\"\/product\/gomotion\/\">Go! Motion<\/a> (<nobr>GO-MOT<\/nobr>):<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-30-at-3.57.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13815\"\/><figcaption>&#8220;Cannot collect with Photogates or Drop Counters when Go!Motion is collecting (time synchronization issues)&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This message appears when Logger <i>Pro<\/i> attempts to collect data from a Go!Motion, connected to the computer via USB, and the following digital sensors:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/photogate\/\">Photogate<\/a> (<nobr>VPG-BTD<\/nobr>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/drop-counter\/\">Drop Counter<\/a> (<nobr>VDC-BTD<\/nobr>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/motion-encoder-cart-receiver\/\">Motion Encoder Cart Receiver<\/a> (<nobr>MEC-BTD<\/nobr>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because both the Go!Motion and another Vernier interface, such as a <a href=\"\/product\/labquest-mini\/\">LabQuest Mini<\/a> (<nobr>LQ-MINI<\/nobr>), have their own internal clocks, data collected by each may not sync well enough to make the data useful. Thus, Logger <i>Pro<\/i> prevents collection from occurring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no workaround. Use a different combination of sensors. For instance, substitute a <a href=\"\/product\/motion-detector\/\">Motion Detector<\/a> (<nobr>MD-BTD<\/nobr>) for the Go!Motion.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Logger Pro 3, you may encounter the following error message when you use a : This message appears when Logger Pro attempts to collect&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100811,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}