Technical information
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DATACOLLECTOR HANDHELD USER’S GUIDE
Glossary
Analog sensor . . . . . . a sensor that measures a continuous quantity, such as volt-
age, temperature, pH, etc. These sensors output a voltage from 0-5 V that
the DataCollector interprets as a value. As opposed to a Digital sensor.
App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . an application running on the Zire handheld.
Conduit . . . . . . . . . . . software running on a personal computer (on the Mac or
Windows operating system) that assists in transferring data from the Zire
handheld to the PC.
Digital sensor . . . . . . a sensor that only has two states: on and off. A photogate is
a digital sensor. As opposed to an Analog Sensor.
HotSync Manager . . . software running on a personal computer that, in
conjunction with the conduit, transfers data between the Zire handheld and
the PC.
Meter Only . . . . . . . . a type of DataCollector experiment. When running an
experiment in Meter Only mode in the DataCollector App, live values are
displayed on screen, but no data is recorded in the table.
Screen tabs . . . . . . . . four tabs at the bottom of the DataCollector App screen.
Switch between the Setup, Meter, Table, and Graph screens by tapping the
appropriate tab.
Status bar . . . . . . . . . a series of indicators at the top of the DataCollector App
screen showing which sensors are connected and the status of the current
experiment.