Computer Software and Hardware Requirements
The WDSS requires the following computer setup:
Connecting your Bluetooth WDSS
with a Computer
To connect the WDSS to Logger Pro, follow the procedure below:
Connecting Your Bluetooth WDSS
with Your Computer After Initial Setup
After you have completed the
steps above,
and your Bluetooth WDSS was connected to your computer, the connection
process
can be simplified. Logger Pro will
remember the name of all the WDSS devices it has detected.
After connecting once, choose Connect Interface -> WDSS ->
WDSS Name from the Experiment menu. The name of your WDSS
should
appear and you can choose it. You do not need to scan for WDSS devices.
Active Sensors and the Set Up Sensors Dialog
Box
By default, the WDSS will report
force and three acceleration values. The WDSS has an altimeter, which
can also be activated.
Choose Set
Up Sensors from the Experiments menu and then select your WDSS device.
This
will display the WDSS setup dialog which will let you turn sensors on
or off,
or change the calibration of the sensors. Experiment files can be saved
with
any combination of WDSS sensors active and with calibrations specified.
When
you open one of these experiment files, the appropriate sensor will be
made
active and calibrated as set in the file.
Logger Pro remembers the last
sensor usage of the WDSS (on a unit by unit basis) so that if you use
force, x accel and y accel with unit named maxwell01, and force only
with newton01, then later when you reconnect to maxwell01, then you'll
get force, x accel and y accel.
For each sensor of the WDSS, there is a
Configure button, offering you options such as turning on or off the
sensor,
and selecting calibration options for that sensor.
All Sensors:
Calibrate: Control how sensor readings are converted to values with specific units.
Sensor Info: Opens a dialog where you will find the typical sample rate and maximum rate for a particular sensor.
Zero: Sets the current reading of a sensor to zero.
Force Only:
Reverse direction:
By checking this option, positive readings will become negative, and
vice versa.
If you want Logger Pro to report data from a particular sensor, check the box next to it. If you do not want data reported from the sensor, uncheck the box. The Calibrate option lets you recalibrate a particular sensor.
The WDSS dialog box also reports
other information about the WDSS.