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1. Expansion Port Support o Control the visibility of the UI 850 expansion port by clicking on the icon in upper right of Hardware Setup o Click on an analog port and turn it into a Voltage or Peak Amplitude input These measurements will show up in the Data Summary under 850 Expansion Port For the digital ports the user can configure either an input or an output o An input produces a State measurement and can also be used as an input for a Custom Timer An output can be manipulated using a new Digital Output tool that appears Journal o Two new buttons on main toolbar one to take the Snapshot and the other to show hide the journal o Snapshot options include taking a snap of entire page with palettes the white con tent area or the currently selected display o Within the journal one can edit the title or annotation rearrange snapshots view full screen export to HTML print delete etc o The journal can also be re sized or floated Exclusions Deletions o Can be done either in the Table or Graph o Exclusions remove data from statistics curve fits and auto scaling behavior but are still visible as and X on a graph or as stricken through numbers in the Table display o Deleting data eliminates the data visually and removes it from any analysis o Excluded or deleted data may be recovered at any time before the Capstone work book is closed GLX File Import o One can either use File Open or the GLX
2. Hardware Setup button i eA Configure interface and sensor hardware Click on the sensor to Change Sign Click Properties in the lower right corner of the Hardware Setup window The Properties window opens Click Change Sign o KR WO N This option will not appear for sensors that do not have this capability 6 Click OK The sensor automatically switches the sign when recording data Method 2 using QuickCalc any sensor 1 Create a Table Y See Adding a display 56 2 Click lt Select Measurement gt and select the measurement to change sign E VEM 012 14016A 93 as PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How do l Sensors 3 Click QuickCalc t in the toolbar Toolbar QuickCalc button itl Aas E 2 e a E tee S amp E Create a new calculation on the selected column data A new table column is added with a default calculation that includes the selec ted measurement 4 Rename the calculation to something meaningful 5 Add a negative sign in the calculation before the measurement Example ForceA Force N 6 Press Enter The new column is the opposite sign of the original measurement data 7 Click on the units in the new column and change to something meaningful Calculations appear on the Calculation Data Summary tab E in Data Sum mary and are selectable from any data display Y See How do I use my cal culation 102 Method 3 usin
3. PASCO capstone User s Guide Documen t Number 012 14016A amp Pasco capstone User s Guide PASCO Capstone User s Guide Document Number 012 14016A Limited Warranty For a description of the product warranty see the PASCO scientific catalog Copyright This User s Guide is copyrighted with all rights reserved Permission is granted to non profit educational institutions for reproduction of any part of this manual providing the reproductions are used only in their laboratories and classrooms and are not sold for profit Reproduction under any other circumstances without the written consent of PASCO scientific is prohibited Trademarks PASCO PASCO scientific PASCO Capstone DataStudio PASPORT SPARK SPARK Science Learning System SPARKlab SPARKbook SPARKvue SPARKvue HD Xplorer Xplorer GLX are trademarks or registered trademarks of PASCO scientific in the United States and or in other countries All other brands products or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners For more information visit www pasco com legal Software Licenses All required licenses for software components of Capstone can be found on the Flash Drive CD ROM or DVD ROM included with the product or are included in the software download To obtain source code for GPL LGPL licensed software components contact PASCO scientific by phone 1 800 772
4. Sensor icon Active sensor ha Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Voltage sensor Note Capstone automatically detects sound sensors connected to the internal sound sensor port To manually add a voltage sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a voltage sensor Interface Voltage port indicators y F al d second circle from top The sensor icon appears for the port E VEM 012 14016A 53 lt PASCO Capstone 2 ere Connecting a sensor Sensor icon T h Active Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Sound sensor Note Capstone automatically detects voltage sensors connected to the internal voltage sensor port To manually add a sound sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sound sensor Interface Sound port indicators top circle b Select the GLX Sound Level Sensor or the GLX Sound Sensor The sensor icon appears for the port E VEM 012 14016A 54 PASCO Capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor Sensor icon N Active Sensor Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns g
5. Time s Force N Position m Time s Force N Position m 0 000 0 61 0 16 0 000 0 63 0 17 0 050 0 42 0 26 0 050 0 44 0 26 PASL CE 012 14016A 165 iN m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ PASCO Capstone FAQ Data files What is the format for text import Imported data are listed in the User Entered Data Summary tab P of Data Summary The recommended format for file import is tab delimited text with the measurement names and units on the first line MN u gt MN u gt MN u CR M V MV gt M V CR MV3 gt M V gt M V CR M V n M V n gt M Vm CR Where MN measurement name of the nth measurement U unit of measure of the nth measurement leave off if no units MV mt value of the nt measurement tab CR carriage return Note PASCO Capstone may not recognize data that does not exactly fit the recom mended file import format Example text file animal family speed km h Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrines 389 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 320 Gryfalcon Falco rusicolus 208 See How do import data from Microsoft Excel 69 E VEM 012 14016A 166 lt 2 Pasco capstone FAQ Data and Measurements FAQ Data and Measurements Which data is recorded 167 Can sensors sample at different rates 167 What is Continuous Mode 168 What is Fast Monitor Mode 169 Is there a way to delete data points 170 Which data is
6. 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements PASCO Capstone 7 Fast Monitor Mode Sei Behavior e Intended for use with workbooks pages containing the FFT or Scope displays e Designed for viewing periodic data or triggered transient events Monitor O displays data without recording e Snapshot 3 records the monitored data e Only Data that is currently visible in the display is recorded each time Snapshot amp is clicked e Unsaved buffer data is also recorded when closing Capstone e Can repeatedly monitor and record data points Y See What is Fast Monitor Mode 169 Procedure 1 Select 7 Fast Monitor Mode in the Controls Palette 2 Adjust the sample rates of each of the measurements so that the sensors are suf ficiently responsive for desired data Sample Rate 00 00 00 50 00Hz Sample Rate 3 Select one or more scope or FFT displays See Adding a display 56 Note To record a single event use the scope display and click the single shot button Y See What does the Single Shot button do 178 4 Click Monitor O in the Controls Palette 1A data set including measurement and user defined data from sensors and time data PVI 012 14016A 77 lt 2 PASCO capstone 3 How do How do l Data and Measurements Monitor button 00 00 00 Capstone freezes the display 6 Scale the data to fit the data to record within the displays Y See How do pan and s
7. 56 Optional Create User Entered Data into one column of the table 1 2 3 Click in the first cell to record data 4 Select Keep Mode in the Controls Palette 5 Adjust the sample rates of each of the measurements so that the sensors are suf ficiently responsive for desired data Sample Rate 00 00 00 vy 20 00Hz Start monitoring measurements from connected sensors E VEM 012 14016A 124 10 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Tables o Capstone begins monitoring data and displays previews Preview O toggles to Stop a Keep Sample button is active Click Keep Sample to record the data currently monitored One instance of all data is recorded The cursor advances to the next table cell Keep Sample button 00 18 61 20 00 fe Be NS Record most recent measurement from each connected sensor Repeatedly click Keep Sample Vv to record data One instance of all data is recorded each time Keep Sample is clicked The cursor advances to the next table cell on each Keep Sample Optional Replace values in a table Y See Replacing a current value in a table 125 Note You can replace data in tables while in preview mode for the run before clicking Stop P Y See How do edit a measurement 87 to edit data after you Click Stop wy Click Stop H in the Controls Palette to stop observing the data Collected data appear in all displays of
8. DataStudio Specification one 1 8 9r10 SPARKvue 2 0 points Measure lengths YES NO NO Measure angles YES NO NO Measure radii YES NO NO JOURNAL Snapshots YES NO YES Reorder Pages YES NO YES Annotate snapshots YES NO YES Export as HTML YES NO YES Print Journal YES NO YES Function Generation oa Universal Interface Sup YES NO NO Pl 8127 Support YES NO NO Peak Amplitude Sensor 850 only NO NO Frequency Sensor 850 only NO NO ScienceWorkshop 750 support YES YES NO Sweep Frequency 850 only NO NO Voltage Offset 850 only NO NO On Off only via Cenerator oulpul pased on YES 850 or 750 outputswitch x NO unction Peak Amplitude Virtual Sensor YES NO NO Frequency Sensor YES NO NO PROGRAM PREFERENCES Adaptive Workbook Page Shape g YES NO NO oe default display font YES NO NO Application preferences YES YES NO HELP YES YES YES E VEM 012 14016A 159 PN rm 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 4 amp PASCO CAPStONE FAQ Installation and Updates FAQ Installation and Updates What licenses are required 160 Is an MSI available for PASCO Capstone 160 Do need to update the interfaces 161 Do need to update the sensor datasheets 161 What licenses are required What licenses are available for PASCO Capstone e Capstone Single User License UI 54071 e Capstone Site License UI 5400 Does the license expire No The license does not expire and entitles you to minor updates such as the update from version 1
9. Il N Il sin y 2 w integral y units y Where y is a model z and w are functions based on model y E VEM 012 14016A 88 yi m 3 How dol _ PASCO capstone How do l Workbooks How do l Workbooks How do show hide and lock the palettes 89 How do change what display toolbar buttons are visible 90 How do I show hide and lock the palettes 1 Right click anywhere in the gray area surrounding a workbook page Right click in area surrounding display T m a 2 Show hide click the palette that you would like to show 1 or hide 5 E VEM 012 14016A 89 m 3 Howdo l SE PASCO CAPSIONO Hom do Workbooks 3 Lock unlock click Lock Page to lock or unlock page Locked pages Displays cannot be added or removed Text Entry Box elements are active and accept user entries Displays can be scaled and panned How do I change what display toolbar buttons are visible 1 Click on Visibility Menu in the display Toolbar Toolbar Visibility Menu button DE A DE A RA Vi KE XD Bee Show orhide tools Ifthe Visibility Menu button is not available right click anywhere in the gray E VEM 012 14016A 90 S PASCO CAPSTONE todo Workbooks area surrounding a workbook page and deselect Lock Page Right click in area surrounding display EAn S BAZ OR EET Right click 2 Click the buttons that you would
10. PVI 012 14016A 7 PASCO Capstone 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Controls Palette Tour the Controls Palette The Controls Palette is used to start stop data collection set the data monitoring mode set the sampling rate delete data runs and define Start Stop conditions Record Play Selection Icon Description Toggle between 2 Recording Mode Use to switch to recording Controls Palette gt Playback Mode Use to switch to playback Controls Palette Record Monitor Icon Description Capstone toggles between Q Record Begin recording all measurements from each connected sensor O Monitor Start monitoring measurements from connected sensors 3 Record Mode Selection Icon Description Toggle between E vA Set to record data at the current sample rate settings 7 Keep Mode Set to keep data points when commanded oy Fast Monitor Set to acquire data without recording required for high speed Mode sampling in Scope and FFT displays Y See How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 E VEM 012 14016A 8 a PASCO Capstone 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Controls Palette Record Timer Description Displays the recording time as reported by the sensors in minutes seconds format 2 Displays the recording status Ready or Recording 5 Sampling Source and Sample Rate Description Lmg Kae T m Sampling rate source single sensor or Common Rate Note Common Rate is applied to all sensors
11. The Sample Rate range for Common Rate is intersection of all sensor ranges A Adjust the Sample Rate Start Stop Conditions icon Description f Set automatic Start Stop conditions Delete Runs Icon Description dy Delete most recent run M Delete All Runs or a specific run E VEM 012 14016A 9 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Displays Palette Drag to page or double click to create a display Z See Adding a display 56 Graph Icon Description Create a line graph to plot captured data or user defined data Several tools are available for graphs including statistics curve fit il Et w slope tool and smoothing Y See How do l Plots 106 Icon Description Create a display that functions as a digital storage oscilloscope which is useful for viewing measurements that oscillate rapidly in Ag time See Tour the Scope 15 Icon Description Create a spectral analysis display which uses a Fast Fourier la ahha Transform to measure the relative signal intensity as a function of frequency Histogram Icon Description Create a histogram bar graph The height of each of the bars is tul proportional to the number of data that fall within the range of val ues that the bar represents Several tools are available for his tograms including statistics setting bin sizes and overlaying 5 Digits E VEM 012 14016A 10 1 Tour the Interface a P ASCO Capstone Tour the Displays Palette
12. culation 102 Tips e Capstone supports simple to highly complex calculations using a combination of math functions measurements user defined data constants and text labels includ ing symbols e Use either the keyboard or the Calculator keypad for numbers and simple oper ators e Add parenthesis to explicitly define order of operation e Multiplication is implied with adjacent arguments Insert the symbol to explicitly denote multiplication e Type to quickly insert measurements or click Insert Data amp Procedure 1 Click Calculator 4 in the Tools Palette E VEM 012 14016A 99 lt 2 Pasco capstone ia How do l Calculations Calculator button The Calculator dialog opens 2 Use a combination of measurements text calculator functions and numerals to create a calculation The calculation is displayed Calculations list Invalid or incomplete calculations are indicated with red font See How do I select a measurement in the calculator 103 Y See How do I see the result of a calculation 103 Y See How do I reorder calculations 105 Y See How do I use my calculation 102 1 42 x _at vfitx Example Procedure 2 0 Define the following equation X sat vt Xo Where x Position calculated a Acceleration measured E VEM 012 14016A 100 lt Pasco capstone v Velocity measured t Time measured Xo initial position user created con
13. 135 What does the Single Shot button 4 do The Single Shot button is useful for fast non repetitive events such as measuring the time between an impulsive sound and its echo to determine the speed of sound When the Single Shot button Lis depressed on the scope toolbar and Monitor O is pressed on the Controls Palette the scope displays one frame of scope data and then stops monitoring Scope toolbar Single Shot button at ADA telal L Stop collection after one trace E VEM 012 14016A 178 PASCO Capstone FAQ Scope Monitor button 00 00 00 Start monitoring measurements from connected sensors Note If the trigger button T inthe scope toolbar is depressed the display of data starts when the trigger condition is satisfied If the trigger button is not depressed the display of data starts immediately Note Fast Monitor Mode is required for the Single Shot function Note Single Shot is limited by the hardware buffer size of the interface 2000 samples for the 750 interface and 16000 sample for the 850 interface What is pre triggering in the scope The 0 00 second measurement on the scope is referenced to the time of the scope trig gering event Recording and displaying data that happened before a triggering event is called pre triggering Note An 850 Universal Interface is required to use the pre trigger functionality Y See How do pre trigger 134 E VEM 012 14016A 179 SERPASCOCA
14. 99 Connecting a sensor with the Analog Adapter 0 0 2 20 20 c cece eee eee eee 56 E VEM 012 14016A iii amp Pasco capstone User s Guide Connecting a sensor with the AirLink2 22002 00 occ ecc cee ceceeceees 56 Adding a display Ae 56 Starting an experiment 2 20 c cece nanao 0 aaa A LDDP aAA DD rannan onn 60 Downloading Capstone experiments 2 20 0 20 20 ccc cece ccc ecceccecceccecceceeceeeeee 61 3 HOowdo Lb ooo ccc c ccc c eee c cee cee eececeececeececeeseececeececsececeeseceeees 63 How do l Installation and Update 0a 0 2 e ccc ccceceeeeseee 66 How do automate a network installation 2 0 00 0 eee eee eee ee cece eee 66 How do force an update to an interface 2 202 00 02 e eee ee ees 66 How dol Experiment Files 2 00 20 0 00 000 aaao aoaaa ccc cc ccc ccc ccc cceccecceeceecereseeeeeesees 67 How do download and open PASCO ready made experiments 67 How do I save my experiment 22 20 aaoo annaa aaoo onnaa aao ooann anono nan 68 How do Il export all data 220 00 annaa aaa anaana aaoo cceccecceeseeseeeeteseeees 68 How do open DataStudio experiments and data 00 0 22 2 68 How do I open Xplorer GLX SPARK SLS and other non Capstone exper iments and data 22 c nce ce eee cece cececececeesececececeeeeeess 69 How do import data from Microsoft Excel l 0 2 ccc ccc cece eeceeceeeeees 69 How do export data to Micro
15. Controls Palette Preview button 00 00 00 vy 20 00Hz Start monitoring measurements from connected sensors 1A data set including measurement and user defined data from sensors and time data E VEM 012 14016A 75 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements o Capstone begins monitoring data and displays previews Preview O toggles to Stop a Keep Sample button is active 4 Click Keep Sample V to record the data currently monitored One instance of all data is recorded Keep Sample button 00 18 61 v 20 00Hz S Record most recent measurement from each connected sensor 5 Repeatedly click Keep Sample to record data One instance of all data is recorded each time Keep Sample V is clicked 6 Optional Replace values in a table See Replacing a current value in a table 125 Note You can replace data in tables while in preview mode for the run before clicking Stop P See How do edit a measurement 87 to edit data after you click Stop r 7 Click Stop J in the Controls Palette to stop observing the data Collected data appear in all displays of the current page The data run is listed in the legend for each display Recorded data appear on the Sensor Data Summary tab in Data Sum mary and is selectable from any data display with a default name Run 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number E VEM 012 14016A 76
16. Hz Sample Rate 3 Select one or more scope or FFT displays Y See Adding a display 56 Note To record a single event use the scope display and click the single shot button Y See What does the Single Shot button do 178 4 Click Monitor O in the Controls Palette E VEM 012 14016A 135 lt 2 PASCO capstone 3 How do How dol Scope Monitor button 00 00 00 Capstone freezes the display 6 Scale the data to fit the data to record within the displays Y See How do pan and scale 110 7 Click Snapshot amp in the scope toolbar Scope Toolbar Snapshot Bt GABle texet e Vulkxbleee Creates a data set from active traces Capstone records the data Notes Only the data that is visible in the plot area is recorded as a run when Snapshot is clicked Recorded data appear on the sensor tab in the Data Summary tab and is selectable from any data display with a default name Monitor Run ScopeSnapshot 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number E VEM 012 14016A 136 Tm 3 How dol SEE PASCO CAPSTONE O Howdol Video How do l Video How do l add a video source 137 How do analyze a video 138 How do manually synchronize video with data 140 How do adjust the frame rate of a recorded video 141 How do adjust the resolution of a video 141 How do make files with videos smaller 141 How do troubleshot vid
17. Icon Description Create a digits display to show the current data value or a stat istical value Meter Icon Description Create a meter display to indicate the current data value or stat EA istical value by the angular displacement of a needle against a dial indicator Several meter styles are available Table icon Description Create a table to list captured data or user defined data in columns Note Tables are used to enter user defined numerical or text data Several tools are available for tables including statistics Y See How do l Tables 124 Text Box Icon Description Create a text box for explanatory text and images The text box A can be locked for editing Tip Y See How do l Text Boxes 127 Text Entry Box Icon Description Create a text entry box for user input The input can be linked to other text entry boxes Tip Y See How do l Text Boxes 127 Image Icon Description x Create a box to insert an image from a file Note Use the Movie icon to capture an image from an attached USB camera 1Use a Text Entry Box for user student input on a locked experiment 1Use the linkage to present a previously entered student response on a subsequent page of the Workbook For example to combine all the answers on a single page E VEM 012 14016A 11 1 Tour the Interface Movie Icon Description Create a box to insert a movie file capture an image from a video Camera o
18. Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol E VEM 012 14016A 42 lt 2 Pasco capstone ONSA Connecting a sensor cC Optional to use the sensor as a timer click Timer Setup MV in the Tools Palette Timer Setup button i _ Create timers for photogates and other timing devicesInactive Sensor Analog sensor ScienceWorkshop Note Capstone does not automatically detect most analog ScienceWorkshop sensors a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor Interface Analog Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon a Active Sensor Analog sensors do not toggle between inactive and active and display as active green line even when disconnected Analog ScienceWorkshop sensor Universal Interface E VEM 012 14016A 43 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor Note Capstone automatically detects Universal Interface UI sensors To add a non connected sensor to Capstone a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor f Interface Analog Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon Active Sensor tA
19. N m 3 How do l SE PASCO CAPSTONE How do L Data and Measurements Channel A Interface identifier A Port P1 Port identifier on the interface P1 PASPORT sensor number 1 Setup with multiple interfaces Data Summary C Force Ch A P1 N 2 Force Ch A P2 N 3 Force Ch B 1 N How do change the numerical format of data Note Changing data precision correspondingly changes the precision of statistics that use the data E VEM 012 14016A 81 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements 1 Click Data Summary amp in the Tools Palette Data Summary button 2 Click the Sensor Data tab 3 Click the measurement to change 4 Click Properties that appears to the right of the measurement The Properties window opens 5 Click Numerical Format 6 Set the desired numerical format Numerical Format Number of Decimal Places Apply Scientific Notation Thresholds Scientific Notation Thresholds Lower Exponent Threshold lt Upper Exponent Threshold 2 Apply Zero Level Thresholds Apply Zero Level Thresholds 7 Click OK PVI Description Set the number of digits that will appear to the right of the decimal Select to enable Scientific Notation Thresholds Determines when the unit range transitions into scientific notation Apply limits for which the unit range trans itions into scientific notation Select to enable Apply Zer
20. Z See How do add a video source 137 Click on properties in the video toolbar Click Movie Recording Click the Video Compression drop down ae oS hy select a video compression algorithm Note The compression algorithms available depend on the operating system and the software installed by the video camera Different compression algorithms affect different properties of the video file including frame rate and frame size 6 Click OK 7 Test play the video in Capstone If the video no longer plays in Capstone repeat steps and select a different algorithm How do troubleshot video problems Dropped Frames and Automatic Synchronization The video sensor attempts to synchronize the movie with the data This might not work if too many operating system processes are running simultaneously Windows and MAC are nota real time operating systems and modern installations might have up to hun dreds of processes running The operating system can decide to let other process to have priority resulting in dropped frames or synchronization issues To improve performance of the auto synchronization algorithm e Increase the sensor sample rate within Capstone e Terminate unused processes in the operating system e Temporarily disable virus scanners in operating system e Turn off the internet connection in operating system Capture Sound Issues Some cameras are not automatically able to assign a matching microphone If yo
21. constants no measurements such that the calculation evaluates to a single number then the result of the calculation is displayed in the result status line E VEM 012 14016A 103 How do l Calculations lt Pasco capstone Sonnan Result status line Calculator Assignment OK result is 10 yv 4at35 10 Constants can also be viewed in a table or other display see below Includes Variables measurements The results are calculated using MathML and are associated with data runs Calculated data can be viewed in a table or other display Create a calculation Y See How do I create a calculation 99 Click lt Select Measurement gt in any display Select the calculation or constant to use under Equations Constants YS Select the run to display Y See How do I choose one or more runs to display 79 Example Calculations Constant1 2 3 Calcl Acceleration m s 2 r 2 sin Angle rad integral Force N Time s E VEM 012 14016A 104 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Calculations Resultant Acceleration sqrt Acceleration x m s 2 Accel eration y m s 2 Acceleration z m s 2 How do I reorder calculations Method 1 1 Click and drag the calculation that you would like to move 2 When the colored insert line is at the desired insertion point release the mouse but ton Method 2 1 Click the calculation that you would li
22. do I open Xplorer GLX SPARK SLS and other non Capstone experiments and data Xplorer GLX PASCO Capstone can open and convert most DataStudio 1 9 and Xplorer GLX files to Capstone format For files resident on the Xplorer GLX see How do import Xplorer GLX data 71 1 Click File gt Open Experiment 2 Click on the file type pull down menu and select GLX Files gIx 3 Click Open 4 Recommended save the experiment as a Capstone file Y See How do save my experiment 68 Xplorer and 500 Dataloggers TBD SPARK SLS Experiments TBD How do I import data from Microsoft Excel Tip 1 Open Microsoft Excel with the file containing your data Highlight the data within one column Press CTRL C to copy the data Open PASCO Capstone Create a Table Z See Adding a display 56 Click on lt Select Measurement gt in a column D pi ae N 1Capstone supports export as tab delimited text which can be imported into almost any spreadsheet or data analysis program Note that Capstone is a complete data col lection visualization and analysis tool therefore itis generally easier to analyze the data in Capstone than to export to another software program for analysis E VEM 012 14016A 69 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Experiment Files 7 Select Create New gt User Entered Data 8 Optional Rename the measurement and give it appropriate units 9 Click in the cell of the U
23. each display Recorded data appear on the Sensor Data Summary tab in Data Sum mary and is selectable from any data display with a default name Run 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number Y See How do I record data in PASCO Capstone 73 for details Removing data runs Delete Last Run click Delete Last Run amp in the Controls Palette Delete Selected Runs click the down arrow next to Delete Last Run ATS and select a specific run Delete All Runs click the down arrow next to Delete Last Run DB and select Delete All Runs Tip Note The run data is removed from all displays legends and the data summary Click the Undo button vy at the top to recover the data Next step optional Downloading Capstone experiments 61 Downloading Capstone experiments PASCO provides several ready made experiments for Capstone Tip TY ou can delete all data for the run and repeat data collection 2The lab might contain multiple pages including introduction theory setup amp procedures analysis conclusions E VEM 012 14016A 61 w PASCO Capstone pen a Downloading Capstone experiments 1 Go to the Capstone experiments web page http www pasco com family capstone experiments index cfm 2 Select a subject area for example Thermodynamics 3 Select the Free Experiments Files tab 4 Scroll through the list of ready made experiments and click to download the exp
24. interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Digital sensor ScienceWorkshop Note Capstone does not automatically detect most digital sensors E VEM 012 14016A 38 lt PASCO Capstone a Connecting a sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor f Interface Digital Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon LAA Active Sensor n Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol c Optional to use the sensor as a timer click Timer Setup MV in the Tools Palette Timer Setup button Create timers for photogates and other timing devicesInactive Sensor E VEM 012 14016A 39 lt 2 PASCO capstone nRa Connecting a sensor Analog sensor ScienceWorkshop Note Capstone does not automatically detect most analog ScienceWorkshop sensors a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor Interface Analog Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon Active Sensor Analog sensors do not toggle between inactive and active and display as active green line eve
25. like to show 1 or hide on the toolbar E VEM 012 14016A 91 lt 2 Pasco capstone A iA How do l Sensors How do l Sensors How do zero a measurement 92 How do I switch the sign on a sensor 93 How do I calibrate a sensor 94 How do I calibrate a motion sensor 95 How do calibrate a drop counter 96 How do calibrate a pH sensor 97 How do zero a measurement Note If a sensor is selected in the Controls Palette that supports zeroing the Controls Palette includes a Zero Sensor Now button bam Procedure 1 Connect the sensor to PASCO Capstone Y See Connecting a sensor 27 2 Click Hardware Setup in the Tools Palette Hardware Setup button _ Configure interface and sensor hardware 3 Click on the sensor to zero 4 Click Properties in the lower right corner of the Hardware Setup window The Properties window opens 5 Select option E VEM 012 14016A 92 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Sensors These options will not appear for sensors that do not have these capabilities Option Description Zero Sensor Meas Zero this sensor s measurements each time a urements at Start new run is recorded Zero Sencor Now Zero this sensor s measurements when the button is clicked 6 Click OK How do I switch the sign on a sensor Method 1 configuring sensor that supports sign change 1 Click Hardware Setup in the Tools Palette
26. ment WORKBOOK Universal Undo Data Replay Automatic hiding of tool bars option Automatic rescaling of work book Reordering workbook pages Live microscope camera sup port Automatic display fitting Re sizable displays Auto scaling Workbooks Sensor Independent Meas urement ID Drag and Drop Image Files TEXT Rich Text Tools Subscript Superscript Tools Symbol insertion Copy and paste rendered cal culations from Microsoft Word Drag and drop rendered cal culations from calculator Bulleted list support Video Play pre recorded video Capture still images Acquire and automatically sync Automatic playback option Manually track objects Automatically generate pos ition velocity and acceleration data from calibrated track PVI PASCO Cap stone NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 012 14016A DataStudio 1 8 9r10 NO NO NO Movie Only NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES NO NO YES NO NO YES NO Pad version YES NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ FAQ PASCO Capstone SPARKvue 2 0 Computer version 158 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ s PASCO CAPSIONO FAQ PASCO Capstone PASCO Cap
27. pressed Maximum Frame Rate The maximum frame rate1 is directly related to the processing speed of the host and inversely related to the number of samples per frame Se Where S R x T S Samples per frame R Sampling rate displayed in the Controls Palette T time specified on the right of the plot area window 7 Automatic Sample Rate R Select the auto sample rate adjustment button amp to enable automatic sampling rate e The sampling rate will increase when zooming into the time axis or when increas ing the number of samples per frame by using the increase samples per trace but ton e The sampling rate will decrease when zooming out of the time axis or when decreasing the number of samples per frame by clicking the decrease samples per trace button Manual Sample Rate R Deselect the auto sample rate adjustment button amp to disable automatic sampling rate The rate at which these frames of data are displayed E VEM 012 14016A 168 amp Pasco capstone FAQ Data and Measurements e The sampling rate is set in the Controls Palette I Sample Rate 00 00 00 y 50 00Hz Sample Rate What is Fast Monitor Mode In this mode Y See How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 e The scope display behaves like a digital storage oscilloscope e Data is manually recorded using Snapshot y Y See How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 Notes Only the data that is
28. the current page The data run is listed in the legend for each display Recorded data appear on the Sensor Data Summary tab in Data Sum mary and is selectable from any data display with a default name Run 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number Replacing a current value in a table 1 While previewing data click in the cell to change The current monitored value is displayed with the existing value E VEM 012 14016A 125 Tm 3 Howdol PASCO Capstone How do l Tables Replace data in table cell 2926 3013 B062 O 3087 1 Existing value 2 New value Click Keep Sample to replace the existing value with the new value 2 Click Keep Sample f to replace the existing value with the new value The cursor advances to the next table cell 3 Perform one of the following options Continue to replace values Click in empty cell to record additional data Click Stop H in the Controls Palette to stop observing the data Note You can replace data in tables while in preview mode for the run before clicking Stop D 7 See How do l edit a measurement 87 to edit data after you click Stop r E VEM 012 14016A 126 vas PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How do l Text Boxes How do l Text Boxes How do enter subscripts superscripts Greek letters and symbols 127 How do enter an equation into a text display 127 How do enter su
29. xj M Mjo S P Where x virtual value of the ith coordinate within the plot area m the ith measurement value m the coordinate value of the scaling stationary point S scaling factor P panning factor Why are the display toolbars not active Toolbars are only active when a single display is active and will only apply to the active display For displays with multiple plots such as for Graph or FFT displays the toolbar actions apply to the active plot within the display Y See How do select active data 111 PVI 012 14016A 177 Tas PASCO Capstone FAQ Scope FAQ Scope What is the scope 178 What does the Single Shot button do 178 What is pre triggering in the scope 179 What is the scope The scope is designed to view high frequency oscillating data or single high speed events that the graph display may not be able to capture Maximum Sampling Rate The maximum supported sampling rate is a function of the computer sensor interface that is connected to the computer for example 850 Universal Interface 10 MHz ScienceWorkshop 750 250 kHz Features Z See Continuous Mode and Fast Monitor Whatis Continuous Mode 168 Mode What is Fast Monitor Mode 169 Single shot What does the Single Shot button do 178 Multiple triggers How do select the scope trigger 131 Pre trigger How do I pre trigger 134 How do freeze and record the scope dis Image freeze play
30. z m s 2 What are the equations for calibration The actual value y x is calculated using measured value x and the calibration points x where x is the it measured value and y is the corresponding actual standard value E VEM 012 14016A 174 amp Pasco capstone FAQ Calculations and Calibration 1 Point Offset y x yr xx Examples used internally by the force sensors accelerometers 1 Point Slope y vw 2 Examples dissolved oxygen type K temperature conductivity drop counter 2 Point Linear yoo PEA a ta X27 X4 X27 X4 Examples pH and other ion selective electrodes Can multiple measurements be calibrated simultaneously Yes You may calibrate multiple measurements simultaneously if they are of the same type and exposed simultaneously to the same standards when performing the calibration Note Simultaneous calibration is not recommended for pH ISE ORP Conductivity stainless steel temperature sensors without insulating sleeves or Disolved Oxygen sensors because these sensors will not read correctly if the probes are placed in the same solution simultaneously Y See How do l calibrate a sensor 94 E VEM 012 14016A 175 PASCO Capstone FAQ Displays FAQ Displays What is panning and scaling 176 Why are the display toolbars not active 177 What is panning and scaling Panning and Scaling wetted Mates yr we s E Eee Panning Moving
31. zoom out Origin does not change Click and Drag Method 1 Click on an axis to scale 2 Drag away from origin to decrease scale zoom in 3 Drag toward the origin to increase scale Zoom out Scroll Wheel Method 1 Move the cursor to a location on an axis to scale 2 Scroll back to decrease scale zoom in 3 Scroll forward to increase scale zoom out E VEM 012 14016A 110 rm 3 Howdo l D Scaling is performed on the axis at the point of the cursor Tip1 Zooming around a point 1 Move the cursor to a location on a point to remain stationary except for the legend 2 Scroll back to decrease scale zoom in 3 Scroll forward to increase scale zoom out How do I select active data By default the last selected measurement of the last run is the active run To make another plot active e Click on the symbol corresponding to that plot in the legend C in the example Legend selecting the active plot Symbol and color in legend matches plot symbol and color Click legend 1 to make active The active plotis shaded in legend and darkest in dis play Click in the upper left corner of the legend to clear all active runs To clear all active runs 1Q Place the cursor at the origin to maintain the origin point or use click and drag method Place the cursor at the intersection of two axis to scale simultaneously E VEM 012 14016A 111 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Plot
32. 0 Tour the Display Area 02 20 o occ ccc ce ccc cece ccc cecceccecceceneeeceeeteceeceteetestessees 13 Tour Context Help 22 000 0 0 ccc ccc cece cc ccc cece cccccceccecececcececeecetcceecetecenseteeeess 14 Tour the Scope ene 15 2 Getting Started ance awn ddendslbrseinname no bive ees 00000 aooaa 00000 0a a aaa 000D a2 00ra naano 17 Connecting an interface 00 ccc aaao anhaa ALD ec ceceeceeceeeeteceecteseeeeeeeeee 17 Connecting an 850 Universal or 750 USB Interface 0 000000000000000000000000n 21 Connecting Bluetooth Interfaces such as the SPARKIink Air or AirLink2 22 Connecting a 750 SCSI or 500 serial Interface 0 0 0 20 220 e cece eee eee 24 Connecting USB PASPORT Interfaces such as the SPARK SLS SPARKIlink or Power LINK _ 0 00 20 20 20 anaa 0000000000000000 ccc ec cc ccc cceecceeecceeeceeees 25 Connecting an Xplorer GLX or Xplorer 2 2 2 0 cece eee e cece ec eececceeceeeeeeeeeees 26 Connecting a Sensor 2 2 2 o eee ccc ec e cc enc cece cece ceeceececceeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeees 2 Connecting a sensor with the 850 Interface 0 00 0 20 20 e cece eee e cece eee ee ees 36 Connecting a sensor with the 750 Interface 0 00 0 o ccc ccc ee ee eees 41 Connecting a sensor with the SPARK SLS SPARKIlink SPARKIlink Air 45 Connecting a sensor with the Xplorer GLX 00 00 0 0 c cece ccc eee cece eee eee 50 Connecting a sensor with the Digital Adapter or Photogate Port
33. 0 00 cece cece ccc ecceceeeeeeeees 177 FAQ Scope nn 178 What is the scope ooo occ aoaaa 00000A LLDD LD Danana 178 What does the Single Shot button do 22 o oo c ee ceeceeee 178 What Is pre triggering in the scope 00 e cece ccc ec ccc ceceeceeeeeeceeee 179 FAQ Video and Text 22 0 2 0 00 20 c ccc ccc cece cece cece cece cece cceeeeeceeeeeeseeeeeeeees 180 What cameras and video formats are Supported 0 0 2 0 2 c cece eee eee 180 Why does the text color remain black after picking a color 2 180 E VEM 012 14016A viii lt PASCO Capstone 1 Tour the interface 1 Tour the Interface Click to learn more 1 Menu and Toolbar 4 Controls Palette 2 Page Tools 5 Displays Palette 3 Tools Palette 6 Display Area Context Help H Online Videos E VEM 012 14016A 1 PASCO Capstone 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Menu and Toolbar Tour the Menu and Toolbar File Edit Workbook Display Journal Help bees Be ae F The Capstone menu includes common application functions and application specific functions Some functions are available as toolbar buttons Descriptions for Capstone Menu and Toolbar functions Tip1 File Menu item Import Data Export Data Preferences Edit Icon Menu item Undo y Redo el Cut _ Copy S Paste Description Import data into the Capstone data summary Export collect data to a text fi
34. 0 to 1 1 Are upgrades free Yes minor upgrades are free Minor upgrades and bug fixes for the licensed version of PASCO Capstone do not require additional purchase They may be obtained by downloading the latest trial ver sion from the PASCO scientific website If the previous version of PASCO Capstone was licensed the minor upgrade will accept the license key stored in your computer If you do not have a valid license key the trial will expire in 60 days A new license key may be purchased and entered from the About PASCO Capstone menu 1 Click Help gt About PASCO Capstone 2 Click Buy Key or Enter Key Is an MSI available for PASCO Capstone An independent msi is not available for PASCO Capstone The Capstone msi is wrapped by InstallShield parameters may be passed to the msi with command line switches Y See How do automate a network installation 66 for information on passing parameters to the msi E VEM 012 14016A 160 a rm 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ SSSPASCOCAPSIONG FAQ Installation and Updates Do need to update the interfaces PASCO Capstone will prompt to update the firmware if a new version exists Follow the on screen instructions However you may encounter a problem with the interface requiring a manual firmware re installation Z See How do force an update to an interface 66 Do I need to update the sensor datasheets No PASCO Capstone obtains default sensor informati
35. 116 amp Pasco capstone 3 How dol How do l Plots How do I apply a curve fit to a portion of the data 1 Select the plot to fit by clicking on its corresponding symbol in the legend Legend selecting the active plot Symbol and color in legend matches plot symbol and color Click legend 1 to make active The active plot is shaded in legend and darkest in dis play Click in the upper left corner of the legend to clear all active runs 2 Click Data Highlighter 27 in the toolbar Toolbar Highlight Data button MEA DE MK ERA MYM BX ele Apply selected curve fits to active data Select curve fits to be displayed OA rectangle appears on the graph that is the same color as the target plot 3 Click and drag anywhere within the highlighter to move it 4 Click and drag the handles to resize the highlighter rectangle Selected data is highlighted in yellow 5 Click the down arrow on Curve Fit hae 6 Select the curve fit that you wish to apply to the selected data from the pull down menu E VEM 012 14016A 117 ies 3 Howdol Note Move the highlighter rectangle to see fits for different regions Capstone will not simultaneously perform curve fits on two or more different regions of the same data set How do I change curve fit parameters PASCO Capstone supports modifying curve fit parameters for high precession fits Ini tial curve fits are usually automatic and accurate Pro
36. 2 Accel eration y m s 2 Acceleration z m s 2 How dol use my calculation Note Calculations appear on the Calculation Data Summary tab E in Data Sum mary and are selectable from any data display Y See How do use my cal culation 102 1 Create a calculation Z See How do create a calculation 99 2 Click lt Select Measurement gt in any display E VEM 012 14016A 102 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do How do l Calculations 3 Select the calculation or constant to use under Equations Constants 4 Select the run to display Z See How do choose one or more runs to display 79 How do I select a measurement in the calculator Method 1 1 Position cursor for placement of measurement 2 Click Insert Data OA pop up list opens 3 Select the measurement from the list Method 2 1 Right click anywhere within the calculation to place the measurement OA pop up Menu opens 2 Select Insert Data from the menu 3 Select the measurement from the list Method 3 1 Position cursor for placement of measurement 2 Enter a left bracket OA pop up list opens 3 Select from the measurement from the list How do I see the result of a calculation Note Calculations appear on the Calculation Data Summary tab E in Data Sum mary and are selectable from any data display Y See How do use my cal culation 102 Constants Only If the calculation uses
37. 32 bit Windows XP 32 Windows 7 32 64 bit bit Windows 7 32 64 Windows 8 32 64 bit requires spe bit cial installation Macos 10 5 10 8 MacOS 9 x 10 7 Apple iOS 5 1 Apple iOS 6 0 Android Ele mentary Middle School Intro ductory Sec ondary Science Advanced High School Science Educators 012 14016A 153 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ PASCO capstone FAQ PASCO Capstone ee PASCO Cap DataStudio Specification ione 1 8 9r10 SPARKvue 2 0 Educators Supported Hardware PASPORT PS 2100 A USB Link YES YES YES PS 2001 PowerLink YES YES YES PS 2009 SPARKIink YES YES YES PS 2000 Xplorer ACQUIRE ONLY YES YES ee YES YES ACQUIRE ONLY PS 2002 Xplorer GLX Sound Sound Level YES YES NO PS 2008 A SPARK SLS ACQUIRE ONLY YES ACQUIRE ONLY WIRELESS PS 2005 AirLink SI NO YES NO PS 2010 AirLink2 YES YES NO PS 2011 SPARKLink Air YES NO NO Universal PASPORT S clenceWorkshop UI 5000 850 interface YES NO NO ScienceWorkshop ScienceWorkshop 300 NO YES NO Sog O9 ScienceWVorkshoP via CI 6759A only Serial CI 6759A NO ea ScienceWorkshop NO YES NO Cl 7500 ScienceWorkshop SCSI Serial via CI 6759A onl NO 750 SCSI Y CI6759A a oo YES YES NO GENERIC DEVICES USB video cameras YES NO YES Waveport Built Computer version 850 or SW750 in Microphone YES Microphones THIRD PARTY HARDWARE ScienceWork sound sensor sensor Pad version shop 750 sound As part of video sensor only Computer version Oce
38. 4 Restore All Data Right click and select Exclusions gt Restore ALL Excluded Data Points 1Click the table heading to highlight all data in the table column reiee 012 14016A 86 amp Pasco capstone 3 How dol How do l Data and Measurements How dol edit a measurement Measurements cannot be edited directly in PASCO Capstone You can create User Entered Data to copy and edit delete data in the list Note You can use Exclude Data to exclude selected data from analysis and Displays Y See How do exclude delete and restore selected data 84 Create a Table Y See Adding a display 56 Click lt Select Measurement in the first column Select the measurement you would like edit Click lt Select Measurement gt in the second column Select Create New gt User Entered Data Click on the top of the first column Right click and select Copy Values or use CTRL C Click in the first cell of the User Data 1 where 1 is serial number column Right click and select Paste Values or use CTRL V Edit data in cells Pe een SoS Se YS a Change values in cells as needed b Highlight cells and right click to select Clear Values Insert Cells Delete Cell Data or Exclude Data as needed 11 Click on User Data 1 in the column heading select rename and enter a mean ingful name and units gt Imported data are listed in the User Entered Data Summary tab D of Data Summary How do I crea
39. 8700 in the U S 1 916 786 3800 worldwide or by email support pasco com E VEM 012 14016A i Teacher and Technical Support For questions about PASCO Capstone and other PASCO scientific products that are not answered in the Help or User s Guide you can contact the PASCO Teacher and Tech nical Support staff by phone email or on the Web 1 800 772 8700 in the U S Phone 1916 786 3800 worldwide Email support pasco com Web www pasco com support Tech Notes www pasco com support technical sup port technote YSee Where can find help documentation and curriculum for PASCO Capstone 147 E VEM 012 14016A ii amp PAScocapstone User s Guide Contents PASCO Capstone User s Guide 2 0 occ cc cece ceccecececeeceteeeeeeteseese Teacher and Technical Support 0 22 0 ccc c cece cece cece cccecccccceccceccerctesereees ji 1 Tour the Interface _ 22 20 cece ccc cece cee cece cece ececeeeececeeeeeeeee 1 Tour the Menu and Toolbar 0 0 0 2 2e cece cece cece cece cece cence eeceeeeceeeeee 2 Tour the Page Tools 200 20 20 c ccc cece cence cece ec ccccceceeeececeeceteseeeeeceteeeteseeees 5 Tour the Tools Palette 2 2 0 occ cece cece cece cece cece ee eceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeees 6 Tour the Controls Palette 2 2 0 0 00 0 occ cece cece cece eee ececceeeceeeeeeeeeeeees 8 Tour the Displays Palette 0 0 20 20 c cece ccc cece ccc cec cece ce ceccececceeeeeeeee 1
40. ASCO Capstone Data recording is controlled by the settings on the record tab of the Controls Palette Record modes 00 00 00 I Co ntinuous Mode Keep Mode Fast Monitor Mode Continuous Mode Keep Mode Setto keep data points when commanded Fast Mon Set to acquire data without recording required for high speed itor Mode sampling in Scope and FFT displays Set to record data at the current sample rate settings Detailed Explanations E VEM 012 14016A 73 lt 2 Pasco capstone aa How do l Data and Measurements EJ Continuous Mode Set to record data at the current sample rate set Behavior e All measurement Data continuously records as soon as Record O is clicked in the Controls Palette until the Stop E is clicked or the hardware is no longer able to process the data at which time data collection will stop with an error message e Data records at the specified sample rate s Y See What is Continuous Mode 168 Procedure 1 Select a Continuous Mode in the Controls Palette 2 Adjust the sample rates of each of the measurements Ensure sensors are sufficiently responsive for desired data while low enough so that the computer system can keep up with data sampling and does not generate excessive file sizes Sample Rate 00 00 00 y 20 00Hz Sample Rate 4 Click Record O in the Controls Palette Record button 00 00 0 y 20 00Hz Begin recording a
41. Add new y axis to active plot area 3 Click lt Select Measurement gt and choose the measurements for each vertical axis 4 Optional reorder axes E VEM 012 14016A 113 3 How do l w PASCO Capstone How do l Plots a Click Allow rearrangement of axes and plot areas LG in the toolbar Toolbar Rearrange Y axes and plots button AGI BBM AAN N BX ee Allow rearrangement of axes and plot areas b Drag and drop axes one ata time Axes can reside on the left right or a combination of both sides of the dis play a c Click Allow rearrangement of axes and plot areas i Exits re arrangement mode Remove an axis Click on axis to remove Must not be in re arrangement mode Click Remove active element axis or plot area x Toolbar Remove button MEPA 2 EME A be Bs I L Remove active element axis or plot area Note You will not be allowed to have fewer than one plot area Use Delete Selected Display tX in main toolbar to remove the display Scope display does not allow mul tiple plots How do I plot multiple measurements on same plot with same Y axes PASCO Capstone allows one measurement on the x independent variable axis and multiple measurements on the y independent variable axis Y axis labels can be placed on either side If the measurements share the same measurement type then the measurements can be plotted with a shared Y axis E VEM 012 14016A 114
42. File Management dialog you get when you Click the folder icon next to a picture of the Xplorer GLX in the Hardware Setup window to import data from the Xplorer GLX into Capstone E VEM 012 14016A 149 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ s PASCO CAPSIONO FAQ PASCO Capstone Import Export Data o An Import data and Export data options appear in the File menu allowing the import and export of tab delimited text Successfully imported text will appear in the user entered data tab of the Data Summary window User defined error bars o One can now set error values for individual data points o One can set different positive and negative error values by specifying different measurements for positive and negative defaults to assuming you want the same for both o One could even use a calculation on a measurement to specify error values Customization options o Workbook page shape options including new default best fit o Can set default font size for workbook displays o Application preferences including putting your preferences in an external shared file Improved Print quality Linear fits weighted based on error bar values Moving digital probes and analog sensors via Hardware Setup New Add Similar Measurement menu on graph measurement picker The ability to add multiple measurements to the same axis has been available for drag drop but this was not very visible to the user This new menu item makes that more vi
43. How do l Sensors Calibration button Choose the probes you would like to calibrate now pHMeasurement Click Next Choose the type of calibration you would like to perform Two Standards 2 point 6 Click Next T 8 Rinse and dry the pH Sensor probe 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Enter the first known pH buffer value in the Standard Value text box Place the probe in the corresponding buffer solution Stir the probe until the Current Value stabilizes Click the Set Current Value to Standard Value button Click Next Enter the second known pH buffer value in the Standard Value text box Rinse and dry off the probe Place the probe in the second buffer solution Stir the probe until the value Current Value stabilizes Click the Set Current Value to Standard Value button Click Next Click Finish Repeat the calibration procedure for other pH sensors using different probes E VEM 012 14016A 98 3 How dol How do l Calculations amp Pasco capstone How do l Calculations How do I create a calculation 99 How do I use my calculation 102 How do select a measurement in the calculator 103 How do I see the result of a calculation 103 How do reorder calculations 105 How do create a calculation Note Calculations appear on the Calculation Data Summary tab E in Data Sum mary and are selectable from any data display Y See How do use my cal
44. Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Next step Adding a display 56 E VEM 012 14016A 44 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor with the SPARK SLS SPARKlink SPARKlink Air 1 Plugin PASPORT sensors temperature probe and or voltage leads SPARK ports 1 PASPORT 2 ports Temperature 1 port 3 Voltage 1 port 2 Press and hold the power button 3 Configure the interface for Capstone Y See Connecting an interface 17 4 Add the sensor in Capstone PASPORT sensor Note Capstone automatically detects properly connected PASPORT sensors E VEM 012 14016A 45 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor Automatically detected PASPORT sensors To manually add a PASPORT sensor E VEM 012 14016A 46 lt PAScocapstone seh ie Connecting a sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor EZ Interface PASPORT port indicators SF b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Temperature sensor Note Capstone autom
45. Japan French ese n yall Arabic Norsk Nor wegian portugues brasileiro Brazilian Por tugese Pycckun Rus sian espanol cas 012 14016A SPARKvue 2 0 Computer version WWW pasco com Pad version Apple App Store Google Play Store Computer version PS 2400 PS 2401 Pad version N A Active English Dansk Danish Deutsch German espanol de America latina Latin American Spanish espanol de Mexico Mexican Spanish espanol cas tellano Spanish francais canadien Canadian French le fran ais French italiano Italian Nederlands Dutch Norsk Nor wegian portugu s brasileiro Brazilian Por 152 amp Pasco capstone Specification Windows XP 32 Windows 7 32 64 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows 8 32 64 MacOS 10 6 10 8 Post secondary Post secondary Advanced High School Science Educators INTENDED AUDIENCE TE e PASCO Cap stone bit bit bit 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ FAQ PASCO Capstone DataStudio 1 8 9r10 SPARKvue 2 0 tugese portugu s de Por tugal Portugese Suomi Finnish Svenska Swedish Turk Turkish Cesky Czech Pycckun Rus sian Kasak Kazakh n all Arabic fai ss Tra ditional Chinese fij AS Sim plified Chinese JH AS af Japan ese tellano Spanish Svenska Swedish Turk Turkish et 2 Korean tna Thai Windows XP
46. PSIONS FAG Video and Text FAQ Video and Text What cameras and video formats are supported 180 Why does the text color remain black after picking a color 180 What cameras and video formats are supported Supported cameras e PASCO Capstone supports the UVC USB Video Class 1 1 standard Cameras that support UVC do not require additional drivers e UVC 1 1 cameras are recommended however some older cameras may work with Capstone with the drivers developed by the manufacturer Y See How do troubleshot video problems 142 Supported video formats e PASCO Capstone will record and playback video recorded in Capstone without any supporting software e Capstone requires the latest version of the Apple QuickTime player to playback movies that were not recorded in Capstone Once QuickTime is installed Capstone can playback all movies with the mov file extensions and most movies with the mp4 or avi extensions Why does the text color remain black after picking a color PASCO Capstone uses the Hue Saturation Value HSV model to determine the color The default value of the color value brightness defaults to 0 and the color displays black To display the selected color move the brightness slider for the desired brightness E VEM 012 14016A 180
47. RkKIlink to a wall outlet and to the AC adapter port on the bottom of the device SPARK SLS power AC adapter port Power button 3 Plug in PASPORT sensors temperature probe or voltage leads E VEM 012 14016A 25 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface amp Pasco capstone SPARK SLS SPARKIink ports 1 PASPORT sensors Temperature Sensor Port 3 Voltage port 4 SPARK SLS Press and hold the power button until the SPARK SLS screen turns on 5 Configure the interface for Capstone Y See Connecting an interface 17 6 SPARK SLS The SPARK SLS states it is connected to a computer Disconnect the SPARK SLS from the computer to use it in standalone mode Next step Connecting a sensor 27 Connecting an Xplorer GLX or Xplorer 1 Use an A to mini B USB cable included to connect the smaller USB port of the Xplorer GLX to a USB port on your computer or a USB hub connected to the computer 2 Optionally connect the included AC adapter to a wall outlet and to the AC adapter port on the right side of the Xplorer GLX 3 Ifthe Xplorer GLX is not on press and hold the power button until the green LED E VEM 012 14016A 26 PASCO capstone a Connecting a sensor on the front flashes 4 Configure the interface for Capstone Y See Connecting an interface 17 Next step Connecting a sensor 27 Connecting a sensor Capstone software running on your computer receives da
48. a Off Not con nected On Connected Solid red Low battery G Battery Blinking red status Charging Solid green Fully charged 3 Plugin PASPORT sensors temperature probe or voltage leads SPARkKIlink ports PASPORT ports Voltage port 3 Temperature port 4 Configure the interface for Capstone See Connecting an interface 17 Next step Connecting a sensor 27 Connecting a 750 SCSI or 500 serial Interface 1 Use the A to mini B USB cable included with the 750 Interface to connect the USB port of the 750 Interface to a USB port on your computer or a USB hub con nected to the computer E VEM 012 14016A 24 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface amp Pasco capstone 2 Connect the AC adapter to a wall outlet and to the AC adapter port on the rear of the 750 Interface 3 Turn on the interface and hold the power button 4 Configure the interface for Capstone Y See Connecting an interface 17 5 Add sensors Y See Connecting a sensor with the 750 Interface 41 Next step Connecting a sensor 27 Connecting USB PASPORT Interfaces such as the SPARK SLS SPARKIlink or Power Link 1 Use an A to mini B USB cable such as PASCO part PS 2528 to connect the smaller USB port of the SPARK SLS or SPARKIlink to a USB port on your com puter or a USB hub connected to the computer 2 Optionally connect the AC adapter included with the SPARK SLS and SPA
49. ace s amp PASCO CAPSIONS Tour the Menu and Toolbar 5 Journal Icon Menu item Take Journal snapshot Select snapshot mode Show or hide Journal Help Icon Menu item PASCO Capstone Help About PASCO Capstone Delete Display Icon Menu item rr Delete Selected Display PVI Description Takes an image and places it in the journal Select Snapshot Entire Workbook Page Snapshot Workbook Page Content Snapshot Workbook Page Display Lists the journal snapshots and allows A Show or hide annotations Print Journal amp Export Journal to HTML View full size snapshot x Delete selected snapshot IPJ Move selected snapshot up IEJ Move selected snapshot down Description Opens the Capstone Help System in a separate browser A PDF version of the User s Guide is also available from the Help System Y See Where can find help documentation and cur riculum for PASCO Capstone 147 Opens a dialog with version information and the abil ity enter a license key Description Deletes the active display on the workbook page Data are not affected 012 14016A 4 S PASCO capstone 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Page Tools Tour the Page Tools File Edit Workbook Display Journal Help LALIN LLAS Y See How do l Workbooks 89 Edit Master Page Icon Description Master Page Add text and graphics to appear in the background of other CI pages Properties Icon Description
50. active 172 How are the curve fit and smoothing calculations determined 172 Which data is recorded PASCO Capstone records data for each available measurement All data is recoded for immediate or future use in displays calculations and analysis and associated time data at the defined sample rate s Sample Rate 00 00 00 v 20 00Hz Sample Rate Data appear on the sensor tab in the Data Summary tab and is selectable from any data display with a default name Run 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number Y See How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 Can sensors sample at different rates Yes PASPORT sensors may have sampling rates different from the sampling rates of other PASPORT or ScienceWorkshop sensors Note All ScienceWorkshop sensors sample at the same rate PASPORT sensors can sample at different rates E VEM 012 14016A 167 amp Pasco capstone FAQ Data and Measurements What is Continuous Mode In this mode Y See How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 e Data continuously records as soon as Record O is pressed in the Controls Palette Record button D 00 00 0 v 20 00Hz Begin recording all measurements from each connected sensor e Data displays at the specified sampling rate s either until the hardware is no longer able to process the data at which time data collection will stop with an error message or until the Stop H is
51. al Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon ee Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol cC Optional to use the sensor as a timer click Timer Setup MV in the Tools Palette E VEM 012 14016A 31 Connecting a sensor lt PASCO Capstone 2 Getting Started Timer Setup button 1 Create timers for photogates and other timing devicesInactive Sensor Analog sensor ScienceWorkshop Note Capstone does not automatically detect most analog ScienceWorkshop Sensors a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor Interface Analog Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port E VEM 012 14016A 32 lt PASCO Capstone E Connecting a sensor Sensor icon A r Active Sensor Analog sensors do not toggle between inactive and active and display as active green line even when disconnected Temperature sensor SPARK SLS SPARKIink SPARKIink Air and Xplorer GLX Note Capstone automatically detects temperature sensors connected to the internal temperature sensor port To manually add a temperature sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the temperature p
52. ale to the data Lock panning or scaling from user changes only 1 Right click on an axis and select one or both e Lock Axis Panning e Lock Axis Scale Users cannot manually pan or scale 2 Optional repeat for additional axes 3 Click Show or hide tools in the Display Toolbar Toolbar Visibility Menu button AG A DE MY RKRAMW Mlk BX ieee Show or hide tools E VEM 012 14016A 122 x m 3 How dol 4 Deselect Scale to Fit H in the list Users cannot scale to fit 5 Click anywhere in Capstone to close Show or hide tools How do I change layer order of a display 1 Click on the display to make it active Y See How do select active data 111 2 Right click on the border of the display 3 Select Send To Back or Bring To Front Send To Back places display at the bottom of the stack D Bring To Front places display at the top of the stack E VEM 012 14016A 123 lt amp Pasco capstone 3 How doll How do l Tables How dol Tables How do reorder columns in a table 124 How do use a table to build data in Keep Mode 124 How do reorder columns in a table 1 Click on an empty part of the column header 2 Drag until the blue column marker indicates the desired location for the column 3 Release the mouse button How do I use a table to build data in Keep Mode Procedure Create a table for the measurement to capture Y See Adding a display
53. an Optics Red YES Tide Amadeus USB 2000 or NO NO 4000 spectrometers Pad version NO PASL CE 012 14016A 154 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ PASCO capstone FAQ PASCO Capstone ee PASCO Cap DataStudio Specification etane 1 89r10 SPARK vue 2 0 Ohaus Scout Pro balances NO YES NO Software Features ACQUISITION Timer Wizards YES NO NO Independent sampling rates YES YES NO Per page sample rates YES NO NO Directly Import Data From SPARK SLS a me Directly Import Data From Xplorer GLX LES me EXPORT Copy amp Paste From Table From Summary NO One Meas Menu Option All Measurements aroen All Measurements IMPORT Copy amp Paste To Table To Summary NO Menu Option YES YES NO CALIBRATION ScienceWork ScienceWork years shop amp shop amp Select PASPORT Calle etch select PASPORT select PASPORT Sensors Sensors Sensors 1 pt slope 1 pt off 1 pt slope 1 pt off 1 pt slope 1 pt off Calibration types set 2 ptlinear set 2ptlinear set 2 pt linear Ability to return to factory defaults rS me NO Analysis Calculations YES YES YES Immediate evaluation of con stant expressions ran Tan YES Reorder calculations YES NO NO Right click selection of meas urements Ey ne nO Right click selection of models YES NO NO Right click selection of func tions YES NO NO ee selection of sym YES NO NO Right click selection of sub Superscripts NO NO Curve Fits Standard Fits YES YES YES PASL CE 012 14016A 155 PASCO Caps
54. are the new features in the latest PASCO Capstone 148 Can PASCO Capstone open DataStudio SPARKlab and GLX files 151 Can Capstone files be opened on computers with different operating systems 151 How does Capstone compare to other PASCO applications 152 What is PASCO Capstone PASCO Capstone is a feature rich data acquisition visualization and analysis program designed by PASCO scientific for advanced science education In addition Capstone contains the tools needed for the creation and execution of structured scientific inquiries by allowing simple drag and drop integration of rich text graphics video and data dis plays on multiple page displays called workbooks Capstone is completely compatible with all PASCO USB Interfaces including the 850 Universal Interface Xplorer GLX SPARKlink SPARKIlink Air SPARK SLS USB Link and older interfaces such as the ScienceWorkshop 750 or 500 Y See Tour the Interface 1 Where can find help documentation and curriculum for PASCO Capstone Where can I find Capstone documentation PASCO Capstone is designed to be as intuitive as possible In addition the following Help is available E VEM 012 14016A 147 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ SS PASCO CapStONO FAQ PASCO Capstone e Tool Tips hover over a button to view the associated tool tip Tool tips hover over button Drag to page or double clic e Context Help helpful informatio
55. ary amp in the Tools Palette Data Summary button N Click the Sensor Data tab Click the measurement to change 0 Click Properties that appears to the right of the measurement The Properties window opens Ql Click the Errors section gt Define the error type and values Error Type Default na Absolute Specifies the default absolute error value for this measurement and is used when Default Errors are in effect Description Error Default Minimum Sets the default minimum scale value for this measurement when it Display is initially selected in some data displays Value Default Maximum Sets the default maximum scale value for this measurement when it Display is initially selected in some data displays Value Select the type of error bar to display Choose Default Error to set oral the length of the error bars equal to the default absolute error of the Type data Choose Percent of Value to set the length of the error bars equal to the specified percentage of each data point value Choose Fixed Range to set the length of the error bars to equal specific val E VEM 012 14016A 120 3 How do l Error D ag Type escription ues Choose Measurement to use a User Entered Data Set or other Measurement to define error values for individual data points Reset Resets the error settings for this measurement to defaults How do I lock and unlock the axes of a graph PASCO Capston
56. atically detects temperature sensors connected to the internal temperature sensor port To manually add a temperature sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the temperature port to add a temperature sensor Interface Temperature port indicators PVI 012 14016A 47 lt amp Pasco capstone Fan ann Connecting a sensor The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Voltage sensor Note Capstone automatically detects sound sensors connected to the internal sound sensor port To manually add a voltage sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a voltage sensor Interface Voltage port indicators The sensor icon appears for the port E VEM 012 14016A 48 lt amp PASCO capstone Ea Connecting a sensor Sensor icon T LA Active Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Next step Adding a display 56 E VEM 012 14016A 49 iN TM 2 Getting Started _ PASCO capstone Connecting a sensor Connecting a sensor with the Xplorer GLX 1 Plugin PASPORT sensors temperature probe or voltage l
57. bscripts superscripts Greek letters and sym bols New enter subscripts superscripts or symbols 1 Right click in any area that accepts text such as text box text entry name or cal culator fields 2 Select one of the following o Insert Superscript e Insert Subscript e Insert Upper Case Greek Letter e Insert Lower Case Greek Letter e Insert Special Character 3 Select the character to insert from the drop down list Existing subscript or superscript selected text text and text entry boxes only 1 Highlight existing text 2 Right click and select one of the following e Superscript Selected Text e Subscript Selected Text How do enter an equation into a text display 1 Create the equation using an application capable of exporting MathML as plain text 2 Paste into a Text Box or Text Entry Box in PASCO Capstone Z See Adding a display 56 E VEM 012 14016A 127 lt PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How do l Text Boxes Using Microsoft Word 2007 2010 1 Switch to MathML mode if needed a Click Insert gt Equation gt Insert new equation b Select the arrow at the lower right of the tools part of the ribbon Equation options button Whi a Sel La an Home Insert Fage Layout TC Es Professional E3 Linear oon Eil abe Mormal Text Tools ma ee E VEM 012 14016A 128 lt amp Pasco capstone 3 How do How do l Text Boxes c Select Copy Ma
58. button AGlr B DE MX ee RA MVM xG oe Add new plot area to the Graph display 2 Click lt Select Measurement gt on the plot and choose the measurement for the ver tical axis E VEM 012 14016A 107 amp PAscocapstone are ion How do l Plots 3 To delete a plot area and its corresponding plots click on the plot area and click Remove active element axis or plot area x Note You will not be allowed to have fewer than one plot area Use Delete Selected Display t in main toolbar to remove the display Scope display does not allow multiple plots How do zoom to a selection Zoom in 1 If multiple runs are visible click on the symbol corresponding to the plot to zoom in the legend Legend selecting the active plot Symbol and color in legend matches plot symbol and color Click legend 1 to make active The active plot is shaded in legend and darkest in dis play Click in the upper left corner of the legend to clear all active runs 2 Click Data Highlighter 27 in the toolbar Toolbar Highlight Data button MGI lIA DE M RA Wl M ke BX Lh 4 4 Il Apply selected curve fits to active data Select curve fits to be displayed OA rectangle appears on the graph that is the same color as the target plot E VEM 012 14016A 108 3 How do l How do l Plots amp Pasco capstone 3 Click and drag anywhere within the highlighter to move it 4 Click and drag the handles to re
59. cale 110 7 Click Snapshot amp in the scope toolbar Scope Toolbar Snapshot Bt GABle texet e Vulkxbleee Creates a data set from active traces Capstone records the data Notes Only the data that is visible in the plot area is recorded as a run when Snapshot is clicked Recorded data appear on the sensor tab in the Data Summary tab and is selectable from any data display with a default name Monitor Run ScopeSnapshot 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number E VEM 012 14016A 78 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements amp Pasco capstone How do I delete data runs Delete Last Run click Delete Last Run amp in the Controls Palette Delete Selected Runs click the down arrow next to Delete Last Run lt and select a specific run Delete All Runs click the down arrow next to Delete Last Run AS and select Delete All Runs Tip Note The run data is removed from all displays legends and the data summary Click the Undo button vy at the top to recover the data How do choose one or more runs to display By default PASCO Capstone displays the last run recorded or the currently selected measurement in Replay mode To select a different run to display 1 Click the pull down arrow next to Run Selection E lt in the toolbar Toolbar Run Selection button MGI A DE MX RAM NM lke Be XAG e i Allow simultaneous viewing of multiple da
60. cceeceeeees 167 What is Continuous Mode 2 2 ooo eee eee eee ce eee e cece ececeeeececeeeeeees 168 What is Fast Monitor Mode 0 0 2 2 c occ e cece cece ec ec ec ce cececcecececcececeeeese 169 Is there a way to delete data points 2 0 0 0 0 occ cece ccc eeccecceceeceeceeceeee 170 Which data is active 2 0 0 ooo ecco ccc cece cece cece cece cece eee eceeeceeceeeeeeeee 172 How are the curve fit and smoothing calculations determined 172 FAQ Calculations and Calibration 220 0000 0 20 2 ccc ccc ccc cccc ccc ecccccecceeeeeees 174 What is the format for calculations 02 02 0000 0 2 ccc ccc ccc eccec ccc ecceccecceteceeeees 174 What are the equations for calibration 0 00 2 0 c ccc cece cccccecceccceceeees 174 1 Point Offset 000a000000000000a00000 00000000000000 0000000000 aa 001o anaoa aan 221121 175 1 Point Slope oaaao anaana aoaaa a000 Loo aAA AAAA ALLL L DLLD LLLA LLALA LALL LLL na 175 2 Point Linear a aaaaaa000a0a0000000000000000 000000000001 ornnaroo 0o rrnaannooorrrn2n 175 Can multiple measurements be calibrated simultaneously 175 E VEM 012 14016A vii amp Pasco capstone User s Guide FAQ ISON Signe pees tte cashes sate etek adaendeueaanduaateiaiacseceteatencecenaustastazechansaek 176 What is panning and scaling 2 2 22 0 0 20 ccc c cece aooaa aaao ooon aaan o aaan nanona 176 Why are the display toolbars not active 0
61. cedure 1 Ifnot visible show the Curve Fit Editor in the Toolbar Y See How do show hide and lock the palettes 89 Curve Fit Editor button 2 Select the plot to fit by clicking on its corresponding symbol in the legend E VEM 012 14016A 118 3 How do l How do l Plots PAscocapstone Legend selecting the active plot Symbol and color in legend matches plot symbol and color Click legend 1 to make active The active plot is shaded in legend and darkest in dis play Click in the upper left corner of the legend to clear all active runs 3 Click Curve Fit Editor in the Toolbar 4 Enter the value to modify in the Initial Guess box of the corresponding parameter 5 Click the Lock check box next to parameter Locks the manual entry Capstone will not overwrite 6 Repeat for each parameter to modify 7 Click the Update Fit button The curve fit in the graph uses the manually entered values Repeat steps to iteratively improve the curve fit To reset to default settings and unlock parameter values click Reset 8 Click Curve Fit Editor in the Toolbar to close the editor How do adjust the weights for the weighted linear fit The weights for the weighted linear fit come from the errors in the data set To define the error associated with each data value E VEM 012 14016A 119 amp Pasco capstone 3 How dol How do l Plots 1 Click Data Summ
62. ck within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor EZ Interface PASPORT port indicators Eo fore 50 UNIVERSAL INTRA b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon o Active Sensor 1 Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Analog ScienceWorkshop sensor Universal Interface E VEM 012 14016A 29 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor Note Capstone automatically detects Universal Interface UI sensors To add a non connected sensor to Capstone a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor f Interface Analog Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon Active Sensor ya Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Digital sensor ScienceWorkshop E VEM 012 14016A 30 lt amp PAscocapstone Stee Connecting a sensor Note Capstone does not automatically detect most digital sensors a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor G Interface Digit
63. ction rectangle as needed 3 Exclude Selected Data Right click and select Exclusions gt Exclude High lighted Data Points 4 Delete Selected Data Right click and select Deletions gt Delete Highlighted Data Points 5 Delete Excluded Data Right click and select Deletions gt Delete ALL Excluded Data Points Note Excluded data are masked in the data set and are not used by Capstone for data operations including display and calculations Excluded data can be restored at any time Note Deleted data are removed from the data set and the data cannot be E VEM 012 14016A 85 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements amp Pasco capstone restored at a later time You can immediately undo a delete action by clicking Undo A Deleted and Excluded Data in a Plot 4 f i r a D Deleted data are removed i i 2 Excluded data j display with X marks To restore excluded data Table 1 Highlight excluded cells Tip1 2 Right click and select Restored Excluded Data Graph 1 Click Highlight range of points in active data I in the toolbar Toolbar Highlight Data button DEA DE A gt RAM BX ele Apply selected curve fits to active data Select curve fits to be displayed 2 Move and resize the selection rectangle as needed to highlight excluded data points 3 Restore Selected Data Right click and select Exclusions gt Restore Excluded Data Points Within Highlighter s Bounds
64. d to a PASPORT interface to be used with Capstone Procedure 1 Connect the Analog Adapter to your PASPORT interface 2 Connect an analog sensor to the adapter A list of sensors appears 3 Click one of the sensors to select it 4 Optionally click the Gain box and click a gain setting 5 Click OK Next step Adding a display 56 Connecting a sensor with the AirLink2 The AirLink2 sensor interface can communicate with computers using the USB con nection or the via the bluetooth interface Next step Adding a display 56 Adding a display Capstone provides a highly flexible environment for workbook page layout Pages can be created using any combination of templates drag and drop to targets and moving and resizing display elements Use a QuickStart template 1 Click one of the provided templates Tip 1You can add or remove display elements after you select a template E VEM 012 14016A 56 rm 2 Getting Started PASCO capstone eddies a donne Page layout templates JE Table amp Graph Graph amp Digits s n am Two Displays One Small One Large Display Two Small One Large Display 2 The selected layout appears in the Display Area 3 Click lt Select Measurement gt for each display 4 Select the measurement in the drop down list Note Sensors that are inactive not ready to collect data appear with A Y See Connecting an interface 17 and Connecting a sensor 27 Us
65. dentified by their 3 5 mm Tip Ring Sleeve headphone connectors These sensors connect as follows Analog sensor connections ga SRS FE 850 Universal Interface E VEM 012 14016A 163 A PASCO capstone 4 Frequently Asked eer ee Digital sensor connections Can sensors sample at different rates Yes PASPORT sensors may have sampling rates different from the sampling rates of other PASPORT or ScienceWorkshop sensors Note All ScienceWorkshop sensors sample at the same rate PASPORT sensors can sample at different rates E VEM 012 14016A 164 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ FAQ Data files Where is my data saved 165 What is the file export format 165 What is the format for text import 166 Where is my data saved Recorded data is contained within the PASCO Capstone file identified by the cap extension Note Data is not permanently saved unless the Capstone file is saved or the data exported If PASCO Capstone closes without saving or exporting the data all data will be lost What is the file export format PASCO Capstone exports data in tab or comma delimited files with the following inform ation Run ID Set ID Measurement Unit Value Value Note The precision of the exported data matches the numerical properties of the measurement Y See How do I change the numerical format of data 81 Example Run 1 Run 1 Run 1 Run 2 Run 2 Run 2
66. deo You can manually track the path of objects in any recorded or compatible pre recorded movie Tips for good results e PASCO Capstone analyzes in two dimensions Position the camera plane parallel to the plane of motion That is point the camera perpendicular to the plane of motion e Place the camera approximately at the center of the path of the object of interest e Use intense lighting Such as sunlight to avoid motion blurring that might obscure the image Procedure 1 Add a camera Y See How do add a video source 137 2 Add a Movie Display Y See Adding a display 56 3 Selecta type of Movie Display Option Definition ppe MMOVIE Use for Prerecorded QuickTime compatible videos aao Use to capture a still image Do not use for video analysis att Use for videos that will not be synchronized to data The video Movie records without data recording gt Use for a movie that you wish to keep synchronized to sensor Svnced data that will be recorded simultaneously The video records alae with data recording A live video is displayed in Movie Display if using Open Movie File skip to step 5 4 Prepare recording a Place a physical ruler or object of known length in the movie scene to determine scale b Ensure the plane of action is parallel to the plane of the lens of the camera E VEM 012 14016A 138 Lh m 3 How do l s PASCO Capstone How do l Video 5 Record mo
67. devices right click on the device in Device Manager and select uninstall driver Testing in Windows Windows Vista Windows 7 Testing Windows Vista 7 does not include a built in video viewer A simple utility that allows you to testa webcam in Windows Vista 7 can be found here http Awww bustatech com webcamviewer a simple viewer for webcam You can also use Skype or any other video chat capable program to testa webcam Windows XP Testing Note SP3 Service Pack 3 is required Close PASCO Capstone Open Windows Explorer Look under Scanners and Cameras oF I p Click on the camera in use E VEM 012 14016A 143 re a 3 Howdol A window opens displaying the camera output 5 Take a snapshot to test the camera E VEM 012 14016A 144 PASCO capstone 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ PASCO Capstone What is PASCO Capstone 147 Where can find help documentation and curriculum for PASCO Capstone 147 What are the new features in the latest PASCO Capstone 148 Can PASCO Capstone open DataStudio SPARKlab and GLX files 151 Can Capstone files be opened on computers with different operating systems 151 How does Capstone compare to other PASCO applications 152 Installation and Updates What licenses are required 160 Is an MSI available for PASCO Capstone 160 Do need to update the interfaces 161 Do need to update the
68. e Savitzky Golay smoothing algorithm Coefficient weights are used such that the values closest to the value being smoothed usually have a greater weight and thus a greater influence on the determining the res ulting smoothed value These coefficients are symmetric unless there are fewer than n71 unsmoothed values to both sides of the smoothed value E VEM 012 14016A 173 amp Pasco capstone FAQ Calculations and Calibration FAQ Calculations and Calibration What is the format for calculations 174 What are the equations for calibration 174 Can multiple measurements be calibrated simultaneously 175 What is the format for calculations Calculations have the format variable name valid functional expression The variable name may contain symbols common subscripts and superscripts and spaces If you enter a functional expression without variable name Capstone adds a generic name and For example Calci for variables and Constant1 for con stants Calculations that involve only constants are immediately evaluated in the user entry area Calculations involving measurements are rendered in MathML Y See How do see the result of a calculation 103 Examples Constant1 2 3 Calcil Acceleration m s 2 Tr 2 sin Angle rad integral Force N Time s Resultant Acceleration sqrt Acceleration x m s 2 Accel eration y m s 2 Acceleration
69. e drag amp drop and targets 1 Click one of the display icons in the Displays Palette Y See Tour the Displays Palette 10 for a description of the available display types 2 Drag the icon to the Display Area 3 Use the Page layout targets to quickly format the page Using Page layout targets 1 Drag a display icon to one of the five targets 2 Move the cursor around open area of the page 3 The target turns darker as you approach it and is selected when the border on the target appears 4 Drop the icon on a selected target Page targets divide the available area into the following five sections Tip1 Note Page targets divide either an open area or an existing display 1Use targets to quickly divide an existing display into two displays E VEM 012 14016A 57 N Tm 2 Getting Started vas PASCO Capstone Adding a display Page layout targets entire available area not used for splitting an existing dis play left half divided vertically left half shows darker than right right half divided vertically right half shows darker than left top half divided horizontally top half shows darker than bot tom bottom half divided horizontally bottom half shows darker than top ie see The selected layout appears in the Display Area Tip Add more displays noting the Page layout targets Click the lt Select Measurement gt button for each display a ot Select the measurement in the dr
70. e has several options for locking the axes of a graph from Panning and Scaling Panning and Scaling a e a Panning Moving the origin within the display Scale does not change Scaling Changing the axis scale value between tick marks to zoom in or Zoom out Origin does not change Panning _ Scaling aA 00 05 1 0 15 2 0 25 3 0 35 40 45 5 0 55 6 0 Time s Lock panning or scaling from both user and data changes 1 Deselect Scaling Method l in the Display Toolbar Toolbar Scaling Method button MA JA E A x i RA MK BX i 4 amp If Adjust scaling for data changes Select scaling behavior Capstone will not scale to the data 2 Right click on an axis and select one or both e Lock Axis Panning e Lock Axis Scale E VEM 012 14016A 121 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Plots Users cannot manually pan or scale 3 Optional repeat for additional axes 4 Click Show or hide tools in the Display Toolbar Toolbar Visibility Menu button A Ee DE A ARA N s X alL Show or hide tools 5 Deselect Scale to Fit Fa in the list Users cannot scale to fit 6 Click anywhere in Capstone to close Show or hide tools Lock scaling from data changes only Deselect Scaling Method bel in the Display Toolbar Toolbar Scaling Method button ARIA DE MX ENA hl xay Il Adjust scaling for data changes Select scaling behavior Capstone will not sc
71. e number of samples per frame by clicking the decrease samples per trace button Manual Sample Rate R Deselect the auto sample rate adjustment button to disable automatic sampling rate e The sampling rate is set in the Controls Palette Sample Rate 00 00 00 E Ar fe Ae Sample Rate Is there a way to delete data points Yes In PASCO Capstone version 1 1 or later data points can be deleted or excluded e Neither excluded nor deleted points are included in curve fits or statistical cal culations e If data points are excluded they remain in the displays and are marked E VEM 012 14016A 170 2 PASCO capstone FAQ Data and Measurements e with an X in the plot Deleted and Excluded Data in a Plot 1 Deleted data are removed 2 Excluded data display with X marks e with a strike through in the table Deleted and Excluded Data ina Table 0 900 0 950 1 000 1 050 1 100 1 150 1 400 1 250 1 300 1 550 o Deleted data are removed Note the gap in time data 2 Excluded data dis play with strikethrough SEROREN COCCCOLG e If data points are deleted they disappear from all of the displays Either of these functions may be reversed with the undo button Y See How do exclude delete and restore selected data 84 E VEM 012 14016A 171 amp Pasco capstone FAQ Data and Measurements Note Deleted data are removed from the data
72. e opened on computers with different operating sys GO gana eg ene eee eee E 151 PVI 012 14016A vi PAsco capstone User s Guide How does Capstone compare to other PASCO applications _ 152 FAQ Installation and Updates _ 20 20 cece eee eeceteeceeeeeee 160 What licenses are required oo c cece cece cc ccececceccceecececetseteceeseteee 160 Is an MSI available for PASCO Capstone 000 00 c ccc cece cece e cece 160 Do need to update the interfaces _ 2 000 o occ cccec cece cece ecceceeeeeees 161 Do need to update the sensor datasheets _ 20 00 2c cece eeee 161 FAG e 1 0 aera te ee eve ne er eee eee eee 162 What do I need to have a complete measurement system 2 2 2 162 Can sensors sample at different rates 0 0 0 cc cece ccc ecceeceeeees 164 FAQ Data files 20 2 nc ccc aaoo cece eee eceeceeeeeeeeeeceesteeeeeeeeees 165 Where is my data saved ooo c eee c cece cece ec eccecceeceeeeeececeeceeseeeteceeee 165 What is the file export format 2 200 200 0000 ccc cece ccc ccc aaoo aooaa anaana annann 165 What is the format for text Import 200 00 o cece cece cece cece cecceeceeeeeeees 166 FAQ Data and Measurements 0 0 20 o ccc cece ec ecc ec ecceccccecccceceeteceeeees 167 Which data is recorded o oo ooo e cece ccc cece cece ec eceececeesececeeseeeseeeeenes 167 Can sensors sample at different rates 2 00 0 oo ccc e
73. eads Xplorer GLX ports 1 PASPORT 4 ports 2 Temperature 2 ports 3 Voltage 1 port 3 Press and hold the power button 4 Configure the interface for Capstone Y See Connecting an interface 17 5 Add the sensor in Capstone PASPORT sensor Note Capstone automatically detects properly connected PASPORT sensors E VEM 012 14016A 50 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor Automatically detected PASPORT sensors To manually add a PASPORT sensor E VEM 012 14016A 51 PASCO Capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor EZ Interface PASPORT port indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Temperature sensor Note Capstone automatically detects temperature sensors connected to the internal temperature sensor port To manually add a temperature sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the temperature port to add a temperature sensor Interface Temperature port indicators two bottom circles E VEM 012 14016A 52 lt PASCO Capstone 2 ere Connecting a sensor The sensor icon appears for the port
74. eo problems 142 How dol add a video source PASCO Capstone supports most driverless UVC 1 1 USB video sources which includes almost all newer web cameras USB microscopes and telescopes and many older USB video sources that require drivers Procedure 1 Connect a driverless UVC 1 1 USB video source such as a web camera micro scope or telescope 2 Drag and drop a Movie Display Hi from the Displays Palette to a workbook page See Adding a display 56 3 Select one of the four choices presented in the display Option Definition a MIONE Use for Prerecorded QuickTime compatible videos ha Use to capture a still image Do not use for video analysis at la Use for videos that will not be synchronized to data The video Movie records without data recording Record Use for a movie that you wish to keep synchronized to sensor Movie with data that will b ded simul ly The vid Synced ata that will be recorded simu taneously The video records Data with data recording A live video is displayed in Movie Display Note While recording sound output from the camera is muted by default in order to prevent feedback loops between the microphone and computer speakers You may E VEM 012 14016A 137 rm 3 Howdo l s amp PASCO CapSIONO Howto Video unmute the recorder in the Movie Display properties There are separate volume mut ing controls available for playback and recording How do analyze a vi
75. er iment files 5 Copy the files from your download folder to your Capstone experiments folder The download might contain the following e Capstone application files these have a cap file extension e Editable lab guides e Images 6 Open the cap file from Capstone a Click File gt Open Experiment b Navigate to the experiment file c Click Open E VEM 012 14016A 62 3 How dol Installation and Update How do automate a network installation 66 How do force an update to an interface 66 Experiment Files How do I download and open PASCO ready made experiments 67 How do save my experiment 68 How do export all data 68 How do open DataStudio experiments and data 68 How do open Xplorer GLX SPARK SLS and other non Capstone experiments and data 69 How do import data from Microsoft Excel 69 How do export data to Microsoft Excel 70 How do I import Xplorer GLX data 71 Data and Measurements How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 How do delete data runs 79 How do choose one or more runs to display 79 How do identify a measurement when I have multiple of the same type 80 How do change the numerical format of data 81 How do I change the numerical format of statistics 83 How do exclude delete and restore selected data 84 How do edita measurement 87 How do I create a pure ma
76. er which the number is considered to be zero How do exclude delete and restore selected data Note You can create User Entered Data to copy and edit delete data in the list G see How do edit a measurement 87 Table 1 Highlight cells click one cell or click and drag across multiple cells Tip 2 Exclude Selected Data Right click and select Exclude Data 3 Delete Selected Data Right click and select Delete Cell Data Note Excluded data are masked in the data set and are not used by Capstone for data operations including display and calculations Excluded data can be restored at any time Note Deleted data are removed from the data set and the data cannot be restored ata later time You can immediately undo a delete action by clicking Undo A 1Click the table heading to highlight all data in the table column PVI 012 14016A 84 lt PASCO capstone 3 How dol How do l Data and Measurements Deleted and Excluded Data ina Table 0 900 0 30 0 950 0 26 1 000 1 050 1 100 1 150 1 200 1 250 1 500 1 350 gia ef C Deleted data are removed Note the gap in time data Excluded data display with strikethrough C Graph 1 Click Highlight range of points in active data 2 in the toolbar Toolbar Highlight Data button DE A DE MXR AW MM b BX Dee Apply selected curve fits to active data Select curve fits to be displayed 2 Move and resize the sele
77. er with a defined number of decimal places How do import Xplorer GLX data Note For Xplorer GLX files on the host computer see How do I open DataStudio exper iments and data 68 To transfer experiments including data files from the Xplorer GLX to Capstone 1 Connect the Xplorer GLX to Capstone 2 Click Hardware Setup in the Tools Palette Hardware Setup button _ Configure interface and sensorhardware PVI 012 14016A 71 _ PASCO Capstone How do l iach Fae Click Download All Navigate a folder and click Select Folder Click File gt Open Experiment Select GLX Files glx from the file type drop down Navigate to the saved file Click Open Capstone opens the experiment and data for analysis and further data acquisition O p 2 oS PVI 012 14016A 72 PASCO Capstone in How do l Data and Measurements How do l Data and Measurements How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 How do delete data runs 79 How do I choose one or more runs to display 79 How do identify a measurement when I have multiple of the same type 80 How do I change the numerical format of data 81 How do I change the numerical format of statistics 83 How do exclude delete and restore selected data 84 How do edita measurement 87 How do create a pure mathematical function 87 How do record data in PASCO Capstone There are three data recording modes in P
78. example of a silent installation 1 Copy the installation file PASCO Capstone Setup exe that you have either downloaded or obtained from a CD to the root directory of your hard drive C 2 Goto Start gt Run 3 Type C PASCO Capstone Setup exe s v qb s installer runs silently v passes the parameter that follows immediately after in quotes to the msi installer qb msi runs with no modal dialog boxes 4 Run the software 5 Enter your license key when prompted 6 After the license key is accepted copy ResourceFiles rc located atC Docu ments and Settings All Users Application Data PASCO Scien tific ResourceFiles rc Windows XP orc Program Data PASCO Scientific ResourceFiles rc Window 7 to the same location on the other computers by means of a batch copy command or other mechanism Contact Teacher and Technical Support ii for instructions to install on Windows 8 and MAC How do I force an update to an interface PASCO Capstone prompts to update the interface if a new firmware version exists Follow these steps if an interface requires re installing existing firmware to correct firm ware corruption issues 1 Unplug the interface from the USB port or turn it off 2 Run PASCO Capstone 3 Hold down CTRL U while connecting or turning on the interface E VEM 012 14016A 66 lt 2 Pasco capstone EA aa How do l Experiment Files How do l Experiment Files How do I download and o
79. g Calculator any sensor Use the Calculator to create a calculation that changes the sign Z See How do cre ate a calculation 99 Example ForceA Force N Calculations appear on the Calculation Data Summary tab El in Data Summary and are selectable from any data display Z See How do I use my calculation 102 How do I calibrate a sensor PASCO Capstone includes calibration wizards for many sensors Procedure 1 Connect the sensor to PASCO Capstone Z See Connecting a sensor 27 2 Click Calibration in the Tools Palette E VEM 012 14016A 94 amp PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How do l Sensors Calibration button 3 Follow the instructions within Capstone Sensors that do not have a wizard in Capstone will not be listed For detailed procedures see How do calibrate a motion sensor 95 How do calibrate a pH sensor 97 How do calibrate a drop counter 96 Can multiple measurements be calibrated simultaneously 175 How do calibrate a motion sensor 1 Connect the Motion Sensor to PASCO Capstone Y See Connecting a sensor 2 Place a marker at one meter from the face of the motion sensor 3 Record the distance to the marker reported by the motion sensor 4 Click Data Summary amp in the Tools Palette E VEM 012 14016A 95 How do l Sensors amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l Data Summary button 5 Click the Sensor Data Summary
80. iment All of the data displays toolbar states and formatting are saved Note Deleted data and undo history are not saved How do lI export all data gt U NNa Click File gt Export Data Select a file type Text Tab delimited txt CSV Comma delimited csv Navigate to the location to save the file Click Save How do open DataStudio experiments and data PASCO Capstone can open and convert most DataStudio 1 9 files to Capstone format 1 Click File gt Open Experiment Click on the file type pull down menu and select DataStudio 1 9 files ds Click Open Capstone places each display from the DataStudio on separate Capstone work book pages Each display is sized to the full page Each page tab is named with the display name Recommended save the experiment as a Capstone file Y See How do save my experiment 68 Re layout the Capstone pages as desired To combine multiple displays on a single page a Resize and move the display that will contain multiple displays to create a space for additional display s Y See Moving and resizing 58 b Click on page tab containing display to move c Resize the display smaller than full page d Select the display border right click and select Cut E VEM 012 14016A 68 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Experiment Files e Click on the page right click and select Paste f Resize and move as desired How
81. ke to move to select it 2 Use the arrow keys BY in the Calculator window E VEM 012 14016A 105 3 H do l amp PASCO CAPSTONE Howdo Pot How do l Plots How do plot multiple measurements on separate plot areas with shared X axis 107 How do zoom to a selection 108 How do I pan and scale 110 How do select active data 111 How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with multiple Y axes 113 How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with same Y axes 114 How do apply a curve fit to a portion of the data 117 How do change curve fit parameters 118 How do adjust the weights for the weighted linear fit 119 How do lock and unlock the axes of a graph 121 How do change layer order of a display 123 PEIE 012 14016A 106 ni 3 How dol How do I plot multiple measurements on separate plot areas with shared X axis Attributes of multiple plot areas C The plots share the same x axis measurement 2 The y axes are independent 3 The plots from the different measurements do not overlap ta riur rs aera i _ il are er Sree Se Se Te peter e Dii el See How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with multiple Y axes 113 See How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with same Y axes 114 Procedure 1 Click Add new plot area to the Graph display ES in the toolbar Toolbar Add New Plot
82. le Set global preferences including e Preference File e General Application e Language e Workbook e Displays Palette e Tools Palette e Controls Palette Description Undo the last operation Tip Redo an Undo operation Tip Cut the selected display element Copy the selected display element Paste a Cut or Copied display element 1Capstone includes descriptions within dialog boxes Click on an item for a brief description 2The operation that will be undone is listed in the menu 2The operation that will be re done is listed in the menu PVI 012 14016A 2 PASCO Capstone 1 Tour the Interface 3 Workbook Icon Menu item Add Page Delete Page a di Rename Page Lock All Pages Unlock All Pages Edit Master Page Workbook Page Prop erties Display Icon Menu item Display PVI Tour the Menu and Toolbar Description Add Page To Workbook Delete this Page Rename Current Workbook Page Lock all current pages for editing Pages can still be added and will not be locked to lock added pages click Lock All Pages Unlock pages to allow editing Opens the Master Page Add text and graphics to appear in the background of other pages Set workbook preferences including e Page Name e Snap to Grid e Show Tools Palette e Show Displays Palette e Show Controls Palette e Page Shape Description Shows tools that apply to the selected display 012 14016A 3 1 Tour the Interf
83. ll measurements from each connected sensor o Capstone begins recording all available data Record O toggles to Stop n 5 Click Stop H in the Controls Palette to stop data collection Collected data appear in all displays of the current page 1A data set including measurement and user defined data from sensors and time data PVI 012 14016A 74 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements amp Pasco capstone The data run is listed in the legend for each display Recorded data appear on the Sensor Data Summary tab in Data Sum mary and is selectable from any data display with a default name Run 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number c4 Keep Mode Set i Behavior e Manual recording mode e The measurement sample rate s determine the rate at which data samples are previewed not recorded e Data records when and only when Keep Sample is clicked in the Controls Palette while monitoring data e One instance of all data is recorded each time Keep Sample is clicked Procedure 9 Tip You can use a table with Keep Mode to build data for specific points G See How do use a table to build data in Keep Mode 124 __ 1 Select Y Keep Mode in the Controls Palette 2 Adjust the sample rates of each of the measurements so that the sensors are suf ficiently responsive for desired data Sample Rate 00 00 00 vi 20 00Hz 5 7 Sample Rate 3 Click Preview O in the
84. m 3 How do l PASCO Capstone How do l Plots Attributes of multiple measurements with a shared Y axis Measurements must share the same measurement type The shared generic Measurement Type name is displayed on the Y axis 2 Measurements scale together 3 Plots from different measurements use the same plot area and may overlap Y See How do plot multiple measurements on separate plot areas with shared X axis 107 Y See How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with multiple Y axes 113 Procedure 1 Create a graph display Z See Adding a display 56 2 Click lt Select Measurement gt and select one of the measurements to display on the vertical Y axis 3 Click Data Summary amp in the Tools Palette E VEM 012 14016A 115 La 4 NNS lt PAScocapstone mae mee Data Summary button 4 Click the Sensor Data tab r 5 Click and drag another measurement of the same measurement type to the graph display 6 Repeat for additional sensors of same type The shared generic Measurement Type name is displayed on the Y axis Multiple Y axes The shared generic Measurement Type name is displayed on the Y axis Example Force Sensor1 Force Sensor2 a one tR 4 3 e 4 2 gt T T WEZ gt 4 ihe d T e eer a 4 t 7 Me ttr R d riz Y4 je g 4 t i i h e g E VEM 012 14016A
85. n SPARKlabs No PASCO Capstone cannot open SPARKIlabs Can PASCO Capstone open saved GLX files Yes PASCO Capstone can open and convert most Xplorer GLX files to PASCO Capstone format Y See How do open DataStudio experiments and data 68 Can PASCO Capstone transfer files from the Xplorer GLX Yes PASCO Capstone can transfer most Xplorer GLX files for use in Capstone Y See How do import Xplorer GLX data 71 Can Capstone files be opened on computers with different oper ating systems Yes PASCO Capstone files cap that are created on either a Mac or PC can be opened on another computer running another Capstone compatible operating system Mac OS Win dows with the same version or later of Capstone E VEM 012 14016A 151 PAscocapstone 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ FAQ PASCO Capstone How does Capstone compare to other PASCO applications Specification Availability PASCO Part Numbers Development Status Supported Languages PVI PASCO Cap DataStudio stone 1 8 9r10 WWWw pasco com WWW paSCO COM Cl 6870 Cl 6859C Cl 687 1 Active Inactive n yell Arabic fii He Tra ditional Chinese fal AS F Sim plified Chinese Dansk Danish Ul 5400 Ul 5401 English English Suomi Finnish espanol de le francais America latina French Latin American Spanish Deutsch Ger man ffl Sim plified Chinese italiano Italian le francais JH AS ae
86. n at the bottom of dialog windows Z See Tour Context Help 14 e Online Help searchable instructions on working with PASCO Capstone fre quently asked questions and links to instructional videos Click Help gt PASCO Capstone Help or F1 e Teacher Support for specific questions that are not answered by these resources See Teacher and Technical Support ii What curriculum is available for Capstone A number of Capstone experiments designed for the 850 Universal Interface can be downloaded Y See Downloading Capstone experiments 61 In addition PASCO Capstone can open and convert many DataStudio 1 9 x and GLX files Y See How do I open DataStudio experiments and data 68 What videos are available for Capstone A number of Capstone experiments are on the PASCO Yous channel Y See htto Awww youtube com user pascoscientific What are the new features in the latest PASCO Capstone The following features are new to version 1 1 Localization Input Method Editor support Support for MacOS 10 6 Histogram Display E VEM 012 14016A 148 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ s PASCO CAPSIONO FAQ PASCO Capstone o Different modes side by side overlay stacked o Statistics o Coordinates tool Video Analysis o Manual tracking of objects o Video analysis can be done on a movie recorded as sensor data or an opened movie file Can make measurements on a Captured image
87. n when disconnected Analog ScienceWorkshop sensor Universal Interface Note Capstone automatically detects Universal Interface UI sensors To add a non connected sensor to Capstone E VEM 012 14016A 40 m PASCO Capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor Gi Interface Analog Port Indicators m a i b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon Active Sensor _ Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Next step Adding a display 56 Connecting a sensor with the 750 Interface 1 Plug digital ScienceWorkshop sensors or analog ScienceWorkshop black sensors E VEM 012 14016A 41 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor 750 Interface ports Pren 1 Digital 4 ports 2 Analog 4 ports 2 Add the sensor in Capstone Digital sensor ScienceWorkshop Note Capstone does not automatically detect most digital sensors a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor f Interface Digital Port Indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Sensor icon ee
88. ne Change properties of current page and Tools Palette Add Page Icon Description Adds a new page to the workbook gt Drag and drop page tabs to rearrange the workbook pages Y See Adding a display 56 Rename Delete Icon Description o Double click to rename the page B Deletes the current page from the workbook E VEM 012 14016A 5 PASCO Capstone 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Tools Palette Tour the Tools Palette Hardware Setup Icon Description Configure interface and sensor hardware Y See Connecting an interface 17 Timer Setup Icon Description al B Create timers for photogates and other timing devices Data Summary icon Description Manage experiment data and data properties Y See How do l Data and Measurements 73 Calibration Icon Description Calibrate sensor measurements Y See How do l Sensors 92 5 Calculator icon Description Define new data sets as functions of measurements and other A data Y See How do l Calculations 99 Signal Generator icon Description A Control interface Signal Generator output Digital Output Icon Description h Specify behavior for expansion port inputs and or outputs E VEM 012 14016A 6 Tour the Tools Palette es PASCO capstone 1 Tour the Interface Curve Fit Editor Icon Description Edit curve fits created in Graph displays Y See How do change curve fit parameters 118
89. nsertion deletion Drag and Drop to Column Reordering Cut Copy Paste Values Rename measurement directly Change unit directly Out of order Sampling Selection Synchronized with other Displays Insert delete columns Row Banding SCOPE Un triggered Sampling Trigger Pre trigger Continuous Sampling Sample Rate Control Export Trace Smart Cursor Multiple Measurements Multiple Axes Trace Offset Controls Compare Traces from the same sensor Histogram Count amp bin measurement val ues Side by Side Runs Sets Overlay Runs Sets Stack Runs Sets Autoscaling Smart Cursor Statistics Bar Graph Display Values Acquire Values Automatically PVI PASCO Cap stone YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES 850 only YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO NO 012 14016A 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ FAQ PASCO Capstone DataStudio 1 8 9r10 NO YES NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES YES NO NO NO YES YES YES NO YES NO Requires graph YES YES YES YES YES NO Does not snap to value NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO MULTIPLE STEPS NO NO MULTIPLE STEPS YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES SPARKvue 2 0 157 amp PAsco capstone Specification Rename Bins FFT Automatic resolution adjust
90. o select active data 2 02 0 2 cece eee ccc cence cece cece ceeeeceeeeeees 111 How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with multiple Y axes 113 How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with same Y axes 114 How dol apply a curve fit to a portion of the data _ 00 0 0 2 117 How do I change curve fit parameters 220 2 0 ccc cece cece ccc ccc eee eeeeeeee 118 How do adjust the weights for the weighted linear fit 0000 22 22 119 How do lock and unlock the axes of a graph oa 200 e cece e eee ee cece 121 PVI 012 14016A v PAsco capstone User s Guide How do I change layer order of a display 1 20 20 0 occ cece cece ccc ec cee eeee 123 How dol Tables 22 0 0 c eee cece cece cece cece eeeecceeeceeeeeeeeesees 124 How do I reorder columns in a table 2 00 0 0c cece cece ccc cee cc cee cceeceeees 124 How do use a table to build data in Keep Mode 0 2 20 eee eee 124 How dol Text BOXES 20022 ccc cece cece ccc c eee c eee ccc ee ceeeeececeeceeseeeeseees 127 How do enter subscripts superscripts Greek letters and symbols 127 How do l enter an equation into a text display 0 0 0 ece eee ee ees 127 How do l SCOpe ooaaaaaaaaaaaaa aoaaa anaana aana a000 00a A AALL L LLDD LDDP AAAA LLL Lanna 130 How do compare scope traces from the same sensor when monitoring 130 How do select the scope trigger 2220
91. o Level Thresholds Apply the limit under which the number is considered to be zero 012 14016A 82 lt 2 Pasco capstone a How do l Data and Measurements How do I change the numerical format of statistics Note Changing data statistics precision correspondingly changes the precision of data To change the numerical format of the statistics change the numerical format of the data on which the statistics are based 1 Click Data Summary amp in the Tools Palette Data Summary button 2 Click the Sensor Data tab 3 Click the measurement to change 4 Click Properties that appears to the right of the measurement The Properties window opens 5 Click Numerical Format E VEM 012 14016A 83 amp Pasco capstone 6 Set the desired numerical format Numerical Format Number of Decimal Places Apply Scientific Notation Thresholds Scientific Notation Thresholds Lower Exponent Threshold lt Upper Exponent Threshold 2 Apply Zero Level Thresholds Apply Zero Level Thresholds 7 Click OK 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements Description Set the number of digits that will appear to the right of the decimal Select to enable Scientific Notation Thresholds Determines when the unit range transitions into scientific notation Apply limits for which the unit range trans itions into scientific notation Select to enable Apply Zero Level Thresholds Apply the limit und
92. occ ccc cece ccc ec cecceceeceeeeteceees 131 How do pre trigger 2 0 2 0 cece cece ccc cc aooo nanana noona naana ooann aaao oranan nonon 134 How do freeze and record the scope display 0 2 20 22ec cece eee 135 How do l Video 20 c cece c cece cece cee eecceceeeeeeeececeeeeeeeeeeseeseeee 137 How do l add a video source ooo ooo ecco ccc eee c ec ec eceecececcecececeeseees 137 How do analyze a video ooo ccc ccc cece ce ccccceceeceeceeceeceeceeneeeeaeees 138 How do manually synchronize video with data 2 2 2 2 2 2 cece eee 140 How do adjust the frame rate of a recorded video 2 22 222 22222 141 How do adjust the resolution of a video _228 occ cece ccc eeeeeeee 141 How do make files with videos smaller 0 00 20 ccc c cece ec ecceccecceeeceeeees 141 How do troubleshot video problems 20 0 2 0 ccc cece cece ceccceccecececeeees 142 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 00000 00 00 2 c ccc ccc ccc cece cece eee ec eee 145 FAQ PASCO Capstone 00 200 2 ec cece cnc eeeetecencetesetseteeeeses 147 What is PASCO Capstone laannan aaao nananana ccc ccccccccececeecetceeceteseeneees 147 Where can find help documentation and curriculum for PASCO Capstone 147 What are the new features in the latest PASCO Capstone 00 0 2 148 Can PASCO Capstone open DataStudio SPARKlab and GLX files 151 Can Capstone files b
93. on E VEM 012 14016A 18 G PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface Choose Interface PASPORT E Automatically Detect Manually Ch SPARKink SPARE SLS USB Link a 850 Universal Interface iian it j Xplorer Xplorer GLX PowerLink SparkLinkAir AirLink 2 ScienceWorkshop 500 ScienceWorkshop 750 1 Click Manually Choose 2 Click the interfaces to add or remove G Optional change the default of 1 interface to add multiple interfaces of the same type E VEM 012 14016A 19 PASCO Capstone cman tae Connecting an interface Active interface indicator 5 Add one or sensors Y See Connecting a sensor 27 Connected and added interfaces are displayed in the Hardware Setup dialog Note Interfaces that are connected to the computer powered on and recognized by Capstone display d and interfaces that are not active display E VEM 012 14016A 20 PASCO Capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface Active and inactive interfaces and sensors in Hardware Setup Active interface Inactive interface disconnected or off 3 Active sensor 4 Inactive sensor disconnected or off FURS Next step Connecting a sensor 27 Connecting an 850 Universal or 750 USB Interface The PASCO 850 Universal Interface includes four digital inputs four analog ports four PASPORT senso
94. on Adjust y axis scale to fit data Activate and control scope trigger Stop collection after one trace Automatically adjust sample rate based on time axis scale Activate to view multiple runs Select visible run s Increase trace offset Set trace offset value to zero Decrease trace offset PP RP BPE I Fa bd Show data coordinates and access Delta Tool Creates a data set from active traces Increase number of data points in trace Decrease number of data points in trace Add new y axis to scope display Remove active element or axis Allow rearrangement of axes EH Xe i iB Pin toolbar to display E VEM 012 14016A 15 lt amp Pasco capstone ne Properties Show or hide tools Y See Adding a display 56 PVI 012 14016A 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Scope 16 lt 2 PASCO capstone m rake Connecting an interface 2 Getting Started See the following topics setting up and run a simple experiment Connecting an interface 17 Connecting a sensor 27 Adding a display 56 Starting an experiment 60 Downloading Capstone experiments 61 Y See How do 63 for detailed instructions Connecting an interface Capstone software running on your computer receives data from one or more connected sensors through one or more interfaces At least one interface and sensor is required to collect data Y See What do I need to have a complete measurement system 162 Capst
95. on from a file that is installed and updated with Capstone DataStudio and SPARKvue do obtain information from the sensors however PASCO Capstone ignores any information from the sensor other than the ID E VEM 012 14016A 161 m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ FAQ Setup What do I need to have a complete measurement system 162 Can sensors sample at different rates 167 What do I need to have a complete measurement system Required Components A complete measurement system consists of the following components Complete measurement system i COMPUTER OPERATING SENSOR SENSOR INTERFACE PORT COMPUTER SOFTWARE ADAPTER ADAPTER HARDWARE SYSTEM INTERFACE S Yd 4 4 The equipment required depends on the type of sensor used PASPORT Sensor Connections PASPORT sensors have part numbers that are prefixed with PS These sensors feature auto identification digital communication and the ability to measure multiple quantities simultaneously on some sensors Sensors connect as follows E VEM 012 14016A 162 a PASCOCAD stone 4 Frequently Asked mae hina Sensor connections nm 850 Universal Interface ScienceWorkshop Sensor Connections ScienceWorkshop sensors have part numbers that are prefixed with Cl There are two classes of ScienceWorkshop sensors analog and digital The analog sensors may be identified by their round 8 pin DIN connectors The digital sensors are i
96. one is compatible with all PASCO USB interfaces and some non USB interfaces using a serial to USB convertor Tip Automatically detect an interface 1 Connect one or more PASCO USB interfaces to the computer Tip Connecting an 850 Universal or 750 USB Interface 21 Connecting a 750 SCSI or 500 serial Interface 24 Connecting Bluetooth Interfaces such as the SPARKIlink Air or AirLink2 22 Connecting USB PASPORT Interfaces such as the SPARK SLS SPARKIink or Power Link 25 4 2 Add one or sensors Z See Connecting a sensor 27 Connecting an Xplorer GLX or Xplorer 26 1You can add interfaces that are not connected to the computer This is useful to author or prepare experiments in advance 2Interfaces can be connected to your computer with Capstone running Capstone will automatically add recognized interfaces such as the 850 Universal Interface PVI 012 14016A 17 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface Manually add an interface 1 Click Hardware Setup in the Tools Palette Hardware Setup button _ Configure interface and sensorhardware 2 Add the interface if not displayed in the Hardware Setup list Tip 3 Ifthe interface is not automatically detected click the Choose Interface button 4 The Choose Interface dialog opens 1Some PASCO interfaces such as the PASCO 850 and SPARK are automatically detected by Capstone when plugged in and turned
97. ontain false frame rate metadata Cam era manufactures deliberately do this so that the video plays back at a easily viewable frame rate For PASCO Capstone to synchronize the video correctly the video rate in the file must be accurate Procedure Change frame rate metadata of the video file using a free video editor 1 Download and install Avidemux Right click on your video file and select Open with Select Avidemux In Avidemux select Video Select Frame Rate Check Use Custom Frame Rate and set the desired frame rate Save the file For adjusting the phase between the video and the data see Tech Note 493 eo ea eS a How do adjust the resolution of a video The settings for all movies are 320 240 x30 fps in order to keep file sizes low A USB 2 0 camera is unlikely to drop frames at this rate Higher resolutions or frame rates increases the probability of dropped frames If the camera supports higher resolutions you may increase the resolution Y See How do adjust the frame rate of a recorded video 141 How do I make files with videos smaller PASCO Capstone saves files as uncompressed Select a compression codec to reduce the file size of recorded videos The available codecs vary by computer and some codecs may result in a movie that is not playable within PASCO Capstone E VEM 012 14016A 141 m 3 How dol SER PASCO CAPSTONE __Howdo Video Procedure 1 Add a movie to the workbook
98. op down list Note Sensors that are inactive not ready to collect data appear with A Y See Connecting an interface 17 and Connecting a sensor 27 Moving and resizing Capstone uses handles to move and resize individual displays on a page Capstone includes vertical and horizontal alignment borders for easy display alignment Moving a display 1 Click on the display you wish to move to make it active 1You can add or remove display elements after you select a template E VEM 012 14016A 58 Ah m 2 Getting Started PASCO Capstone Kanados 2 Move the cursor until the border darkens and the move hand symbol appears Page layout move handle lt 0 3 Click and drag the display to new location Note The alignment guides appear dotted lines when the display border aligns with adjacent displays Resizing a display 1 Click on the display to move to make it active 2 Move the cursor to one of the eight resize handles circle Page layout resize handle gs 3 Click and drag the border to new position Note The alignment guides appear dotted lines when the display border aligns with adjacent displays Realigning displays 1 Move the cursor between displays until the desired move border symbol appears E VEM 012 14016A 59 lt amp Pasco capstone a a Starting an experiment Page layout realign handles A 2 Click and drag the border to new position This ac
99. or the GLX Sound Sensor The sensor icon appears for the port E VEM 012 14016A 35 PASCO Capstone la Connecting a sensor Sensor icon Active Sensor Le Inactive Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Next step Adding a display 56 Connecting a sensor with the 850 Interface 1 Plug in PASPORT sensors digital ScienceWorkshop sensors or analog ScienceWorkshop black sensors 850 Universal Interface ports o Digital ScienceWorkshop 4 ports G Analog ScienceWorkshop 4 ports 3 PASPORT 4 ports Tip 2 Add the sensor in Capstone PASPORT sensor Note Capstone automatically detects properly connected PASPORT sensors PASPORT sensors are automatically detected E VEM 012 14016A 36 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor Automatically detected PASPORT sensors To manually add a PASPORT sensor E VEM 012 14016A 37 lt amp Pasco capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sensor o4 Interface PASPORT port indicators b Select the sensor to add from the drop down list The sensor icon appears for the port Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active
100. ort to add a temperature sensor Interface Temperature port indicators two bottom circles The sensor icon appears for the port E VEM 012 14016A 33 lt amp Pasco capstone Fan ann Connecting a sensor Sensor icon Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Voltage sensor SPARK SLS SPARKIlink SPARKIlink Air and Xplorer GLX Note Capstone automatically detects sound sensors connected to the internal sound sensor port To manually add a voltage sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a voltage sensor Interface Voltage port indicators second circle from top The sensor icon appears for the port E VEM 012 14016A 34 lt PASCO Capstone 2 ere Connecting a sensor Sensor icon T h Active Sensor Active the connect line turns green when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Sound sensor Xplorer GLX Note Capstone automatically detects voltage sensors connected to the internal voltage sensor port To manually add a sound sensor a Click within the yellow circle of the port to add a sound sensor Interface Sound port indicators top circle b Select the GLX Sound Level Sensor
101. ow do switch the sign on a sensor ooo eee cece cece cee cecceceeeeeceeeeeeee 93 How do I calibrate a sensor 2 cece cece eee c eee e cee eceecececeeeeeceeseees 94 How do calibrate a motion sensor 0 0 cece cece cece eee eee ee cence cece 95 How do I calibrate a drop counter 2 2 00 0 2 cceccceccccc ccc cece ccc annaa ononon 96 How do I calibrate a pH Sensor aoaaa aaao annaa anaana aaao cece ccc cececceeeceeceteeeeses 97 How do l Calculations 2 0 2 2 0 0 c cece cece cece ccc c cee eee eececeececeeeeeeceseeseseeeees 99 How do I create a calculation 2 22 22 cece cece cece eee e ec ecececeeeeeeeeeees 99 How dol use my calculation 2 22 02 ooo cc ccc ec ccc cceceeceeeeeeees 102 How do select a measurement in the calculator 0 0 0 0 20 0 cece cece 103 How do I see the result of a calculation 2 0 0 2 0c eee eee cece cece ee 103 How do I reorder calculations 0 0 2 c cece cece cece cece cece ec eceeeececeeeeees 105 How dol Plots 2 20 00 occ ccc ccc cece cece cc ec cece eee ceeceeceeeeececescesceeseeeeeeeees 106 How do I plot multiple measurements on separate plot areas with shared X EMIS Fo ociddvoxescecmstaniitecs Gdaeeseacseesewndawsedoasenseusnoeessoaveudvenesesewsuteuacewodcevevede 107 How do zoom to a selection 2 0 0 0 ec e ccc cece cece eee eecececeeeececeeeeeee 108 How do I pan and scale 00 occ ence ccc ec ccc cceceeeceeceecetecteeeteeeeeee 110 How d
102. pen PASCO ready made experiments 67 How do save my experiment 68 How do export all data 68 How do open DataStudio experiments and data 68 How do I open Xplorer GLX SPARK SLS and other non Capstone experiments and data 69 How do import data from Microsoft Excel 69 How do export data to Microsoft Excel 70 How do import Xplorer GLX data 71 How do download and open PASCO ready made experiments PASCO provides several ready made experiments for Capstone Tip 1 Go to the Capstone experiments web page http Awww pasco com family capstone experiments index cfm 2 Selecta subject area for example Thermodynamics 3 Select the Free Experiments Files tab 4 Scroll through the list of ready made experiments and click to download the exper iment files 5 Copy the files from your download folder to your Capstone experiments folder The download might contain the following e Capstone application files these have a cap file extension e Editable lab guides e Images 6 Open the cap file from Capstone a Click File gt Open Experiment b Navigate to the experiment file c Click Open 1The lab might contain multiple pages including introduction theory setup amp procedures analysis conclusions E VEM 012 14016A 67 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Experiment Files How do I save my experiment Click File gt Save Exper
103. played on the plot E VEM 012 14016A 133 lt PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How do l Scope Trigger Indicator Indicators point up for Positive Edge and down for Negative Edge trig gers rigger indicator color matches run color i AN W N Mi R 0 000 Time s R How do l pre trigger Note An 850 Universal Interface is required to use the pre trigger functionality 1 Click Trigger in the toolbar Scope toolbar Trigger button CEE r ETETE N Activate and control scope trigger 2 Click the pull down menu of the trigger Teo 3 Select e Positive Edge e Negative Edge OA trigger indicator is displayed on the plot E VEM 012 14016A 134 PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How dol Scope Trigger Indicator Indicators point up for Positive Edge and down for Negative Edge trig gers Trigger indicator color matches run color Time s 4 Pan the scope display to the right so that the left edge of the viewing area is at the time before the trigger Z See How do I pan and scale 110 How do l freeze and record the scope display Z See How do record data in PASCO Capstone 73 for information on Fast Mon itor Mode 1 Select Fast Monitor Mode in the Controls Palette 2 Adjust the sample rates of each of the measurements so that the sensors are suf ficiently responsive for desired data Sample Rate 00 00 00 y 50 00
104. pts superscripts Greek letters and symbols 127 How do enter an equation into a text display 127 PEIE 012 14016A 64 S amp PASCO CAPSTONE Howto Scope How do I compare scope traces from the same sensor when monitoring 130 How do I select the scope trigger 131 How do pre trigger 134 How do I freeze and record the scope display 135 Video How do l add a video source 137 How do analyze a video 138 How do I manually synchronize video with data 140 How do adjust the frame rate of a recorded video 141 How do adjust the resolution of a video 141 How do make files with videos smaller 141 How do troubleshot video problems 142 PEIE 012 14016A 65 amp Pasco capstone 3 How dol How do l Installation and Update How do l Installation and Update How do automate a network installation 66 How do force an update to an interface 66 How do automate a network installation You must have a valid site license to perform a network installation PASCO Capstone uses an InstallShield installer which packages the Windows Installer msi into an executable setup file PASCO Capstone Setup exe Both the InstallShield installer and the packaged msi can be controlled using command line switches See InstallShield Note 1039936 for details on the InstallShield switches and Microsoft Note 227091 for information on the msi switches Below is an
105. r microscope connected through a USB port record a stand alone video using a USB webcam or use a USB video cam era aS a sensor to record a movie along with other sensor data ie A special video analysis mode accessed from the toolbar provides tools for analyzing videos and image snapshots Y See How do l Video 137 Placeholder Icon Description g Create a spacer for a display to be defined at a later time or create eW white space E VEM 012 14016A 12 Lh m 1 Tour the Interface kag PASCO capstone Tour the Display Area Tour the Display Area The PASCO Capstone Workbook pages facilitate quick and easy layouts and support highly flexible page designs Features Z See Drag and drop targets Adding a dis Easy resize and alignment tools play 56 QuickStart templates QuickStart Templates Adding a dis Graph amp Digits o Large Digits m ral play j 56 How do l Easy table creation including calculated dat eae Mee asy table creation including calculated data How do Cal culations 99 How do l Text boxes with equations copied from word processor Text Boxes 127 E VEM 012 14016A 13 Ahr 1 Tour the Interface Tour Context Help Some items in PASCO Capstone include helpful information at the bottom of dialog win dows To see the help Click on an item for a brief description Context Help Example File Properties dialog Preference File wee Use Ex
106. r on the Video Data Summary tab 4 in the Data Summary and are selectable from any data display Open a Display such as a Table Graph or Histogram Y See Adding a display 56 Click lt Select Measurement gt in the display and select a video analysis meas urement e x Position e y Position e x Velocity e y Velocity e x Acceleration e y Acceleration How do I manually synchronize video with data 1 Add a Video Display Y See How do add a video source 137 Open and existing video recording or record new video Add a table or graphic display with the data to use Y See Adding a display 56 The page contains two displays video of experiment and numerical data Click Playback Mode in the Controls Palette Click the Play B gt in the Controls Palette Playback the recorded data until an identifiable event occurs For example the point of collision Click Manually synchronize movie with data gt in the Video toolbar E VEM 012 14016A 140 m 3 How dol s PASCO CAPSTONE Hom do Video 8 Click View adjust current movie playback position in the Video toolbar A slider appears under Q 9 Adjust the video slider until the video frame corresponds to the time of the iden tifiable event from step 6 10 Click Manually synchronize movie with data 2 in the Video toolbar How do adjust the frame rate of a recorded video Frequently high speed or low speed video files c
107. r ports a 15 W function generator dual high speed function gen erators Procedure 1 Use the A to mini B USB cable to connect the smaller USB port of the 850 Inter face to a USB port on your computer or a USB hub connected to the computer 2 Connect the AC adapter to a wall outlet and to the AC adapter port on the rear of the 850 Universal Interface E VEM 012 14016A 21 PASCO Capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface 850 Universal Interface USB and Power 1 AC adapter port 2 USB connector 3 Press and hold the power button until the green lights on the front flash 850 Universal Interface On button 4 Configure the interface for Capstone Y See Connecting an interface 17 5 Add sensors SeeY Connecting a sensor with the 850 Interface 36 Next step Connecting a sensor 27 Connecting Bluetooth Interfaces such as the SPARKIlink Air or AirLink2 SPARkKIlink Air is a sensor interface with two ports to accept PASPORT sensors and ports for the included Voltage Probe and Temperature Probe The SPARKIink Air interface connects to a computer or tablet device wirelessly via Bluetooth radio or can also connect to a computer s USB port with the included USB cable The SPARKIlink Air operates on battery power or can be connected to the included AC adapter The SPARKIlink Air battery can also be recharged using the USB cable connected to a USB port Procedure 1 Op
108. reen when Capstone detects the sensor on an active interface Inactive the sensor is indicated as unconnected by a red connect line and an inactive symbol Next step Adding a display 56 Connecting a sensor with the Digital Adapter or Photogate Port The Digital Adapter PASCO part PS 2159 allows any ScienceWorkshop digital sensor sensors to be connected to a PASPORT interface to be used with Capstone It also allows the use of the ScienceWorkshop Motion Sensor CI 6742A and the Rotary Motion Sensor CI 6538 The Photogate Port PS 2123 is an obsolete adapter that supports switch type sensors but not the Rotary Motion Sensor or Motion Sensor Procedure 1 2 Connect the adapter to your PASPORT interface Connect a digital sensor to the adapter You can connect a switch type sensor to either port of the adapter if you are connecting a Motion Sensor or Rotary Motion Sensor connect the yel low plug to Port 1 and the black plug to Port 2 A list of digital sensors and sensor configurations appears Optionally connect a second switch type sensor to the other port of the adapter In the list click one of the sensors or configurations to select it Next step Adding a display 56 E VEM 012 14016A 55 i m 2 Getting Started PASCO capstone Adding a display Connecting a sensor with the Analog Adapter The Analog Adapter PASCO part PS 2158 allows analog ScienceWorkshop sensors to be connecte
109. rts immediately The trigger in the scope applies to the rightmost measurement on the left of the scope plot area I Select Measurement for Trigger E VEM 012 14016A 131 How dol Scope lt Pasco capstone ira a 1 Click on the measurement name on the immediate left of the scope Scope Trigger Right most measurement on left At miatexeatel wulk amp xBlaee The trigger in the scope applies to the rightmost wr measurement on the left of the scope plot area Voltage V o ae 0 0025 Time s 2 Select the measurement for the trigger from the drop down list Or 1 Click Allow rearrangement of axes LG in the toolbar Scope Toolbar Allow rearrangement of axes Bt AMl4e t22e e2 tclk xXx ol eee Allow rearrangement of axes 2 Click and drag the measurement to use as the trigger to the immediate left of the scope E VEM 012 14016A 132 lt 2 PASCO capstone Scope Trigger Right most measurement on left Bt amiaitcxse e vculk amp xpiaee 0 8 04 The trigger in the scope applies to the rightmost measurement on the left of the scope plot area o g gt o Time s ll Turn on Trigger 1 Click Trigger in the toolbar Scope toolbar Trigger button Activate and control scope trigger 3 Howdol How dol Scope 2 Click the pull down menu of the trigger Te 3 Select e Positive Edge e Negative Edge OA trigger indicator is dis
110. s e Click in the upper left corner of the legend 2 in the example Legend selecting the active plot Symbol and color in legend matches plot symbol and color Click legend 1 to make active The active plot is shaded in legend and darkest in dis play Click in the upper left corner of the legend to clear all active runs Toolbars including data functions Toolbars are active when a single display is active and will only apply to the act ive display For displays with multiple plots the toolbar actions apply to the active plot within the display E VEM 012 14016A 112 m 3 How dol How do I plot multiple measurements on same plot with multiple Y axes Attributes of multiple Y axes Measurements scale independently except for the rescaling required to make the alignment of the tick mark values on each side of the graph match up The order of the axes may be changed once multiple axes are created 3 Plots from different measurements use the same plot area and may overlap a0 as oo i py Y See How do plot multiple measurements on separate plot areas with shared X axis 107 Y See How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with same Y axes 114 Procedure 1 Create a graph display See Adding a display 56 2 Click Add new y axis to active plot area be Click multiple times to add multiple axes Toolbar Add Y axis button DEA A DEMS EHMAM IM Ml BX Re
111. sensor datasheets 161 Setup What do need to have a complete measurement system 162 Can sensors sample at different rates 167 Data files Where is my data saved 165 What is the file export format 165 What is the format for text import 166 Data and Measurements Which data is recorded 167 Can sensors sample at different rates 167 What is Continuous Mode 168 What is Fast Monitor Mode 169 Is there a way to delete data points 170 Which data is active 172 How are the curve fit and smoothing calculations determined 172 PEIE 012 14016A 145 a PASCO capstone 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Calculations and Calibration What is the format for calculations 174 What are the equations for calibration 174 Can multiple measurements be calibrated simultaneously 175 Displays What is panning and scaling 176 Why are the display toolbars not active 177 Scope What is the scope 178 What does the Single Shot button do 178 What is pre triggering in the scope 179 Video and Text What cameras and video formats are supported 180 Why does the text color remain black after picking a color 180 PEIE 012 14016A 146 a m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ PASCO Capstone FAQ PASCO Capstone FAQ PASCO Capstone What is PASCO Capstone 147 Where can find help documentation and curriculum for PASCO Capstone 147 What
112. ser Entered Data column where you would like to have the data pasted 10 Press CTRL V to paste 11 Repeat for additional columns of data Each column of data is a separate data set gt Imported data are listed in the User Entered Data Summary tab P of Data Summary How do export data to Microsoft Excel Tip1 Export All Data 1 Select File gt Export Data 2 Select CSV comma delimited as the file type 3 Click Save Export Selected Data 1 Create a Table Z See Adding a display 56 2 Select the data that you would like to copy All data click anywhere in the table and press CTRL A All of the data in a column click anywhere on the heading of the column where there is no text Visible part of a table click and drag to select data Press CTRL C to copy data to clipboard Open Microsoft Excel Click in a cell where you would like the data to appear Press CTRL V to paste data va SS 1Capstone supports export as tab delimited text which can be imported into almost any spreadsheet or data analysis program Note that Capstone is a complete data col lection visualization and analysis tool therefore itis generally easier to analyze the data in Capstone than to export to another software program for analysis E VEM 012 14016A 70 Ae 3 Howdol S PASCO CapSIONO __Howdo Experiment Files Note You can define the format in Excel to include significant digits Format as Num b
113. set and the data cannot be restored at a later time You can immediately undo a delete action by clicking Undo A Note Excluded data are masked in the data set and are not used by Capstone for data operations including display and calculations Excluded data can be restored at any time Which data is active By default the last selected measurement of the last data run is the active data for stat istics and other actions Y See How do select active data 111 How are the curve fit and smoothing calculations determined How are the errors in the parameters of the linear curve fits calculated The linear model error estimations were derived assuming that there is no error in the reported measurements and tends to underestimate the actual error in the parameters The errors are calculated as follows S N Am o X x Ab 0o ka Where m E slope b intercept N number of values X y and X y b mx N2 A Nx x x C What is the algorithm used by the graph smoothing tool The graph smoothing tool uses a center weighted Savitzky Golay smoothing algorithm of degree 4 The the value displayed in the Data Smoothing Slider n is an odd value E VEM 012 14016A 172 gt Pasco capstone FAQ Data and Measurements representing the total number of values in the original data set that are used in determ ining each smoothed value Data Smoothing Slider Slider n used in th
114. sible For example add eight Force measurements to the same axis Conserves space and assures that all measurements get scaled with the same axis The legend becomes the means for identifying what is what Tries to match the generic measurement type and unit of measurements Graph smoothing slider now has a pop up with on off option Graph Curve Fit button has on off Improved and additional formatting options for the graph coordinates tool Added Peak Amplitude Sensor and Frequency Sensor to the 850 Signal Generator outputs This feature is useful for LRC sweep of Peak Amplitude versus Frequency Added a Peak Amplitude Sensor to analog inputs for 850 which can be used sim ultaneously with a Voltage sensor on the same channel Added a new special calculation diff which fora single measurement returns a set of the current value nt previous value Added support for the AirLink2 and SPARKLink Air E VEM 012 14016A 150 iN m 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ SSSPASCOCAPSIONG FAQ PASCO Capstone Displays can preview data in when you have Start condition and Keep sampling Help English only initially oriented toward Tasks and Goals Can PASCO Capstone open DataStudio SPARKlab and GLX files Can PASCO Capstone open DataStudio files Yes PASCO Capstone can open and convert most DataStudio 1 9 files to Capstone format Y See How do open DataStudio experiments and data 68 Can PASCO Capstone ope
115. size the highlighter rectangle to the area to zoom Selected data is highlighted in yellow 5 Click Scale to Fit in the toolbar Toolbar Scale to fit button DME JTA JPIE A AAN ta pley e Scale axes to show all data The plot zooms to the selected section 6 Optional Remove the highlight rectangle a Click the highlight rectangle b Press Delete to remove the rectangle Zoom out 1 Remove the highlight rectangle a Click the highlight rectangle b Press Delete to remove the rectangle 2 Click Scale to Fit in the toolbar Toolbar Scale to fit button AGI JA DE MX ARAN n X ee Scale axes to show all data The plot zooms out to include all data E VEM 012 14016A 109 3 How do l a PASCO Capstone How do l Plots How do I pan and scale Panning and Scaling Panning Moving the origin within the display Scale does not change Scaling Changing the axis scale value between tick marks to zoom in or zoom out Origin does not change Panning 4 Scaling 45 Time s Note If the plot does not pan or scale see How do lock and unlock the axes of a graph 121 Panning Moving the origin within the display Scale does not change 1 Click within the plot area except for the legend and drag the plot in any direction 2 Release the mouse button when the origin is in the desired location Scaling Changing the axis scale value between tick marks to zoom in or
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117. stant ae 1 Click Calculator amp in the Tools Palette Calculator button The Calculator dialog opens 2 Click in a new line of Calculations 3 Create the constant Xo a Type x b Click Xo select 0 c Type d Type 0 4 Click in a new line of Calculations 5 Type x 1 2 6 Type or click Insert Data amp OA pop up list opens 3 How do l How do l Calculations 7 Select the appropriate Acceleration measurement from the drop down list 8 Type or click Insert Data amp E VEM 012 14016A 101 amp Pasco capstone 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 At 18 19 20 21 22 3 How dol How do l Calculations Select the Time measurement from the drop down list Click x Type or click Type or click Insert Data amp Select the appropriate Velocity measurement from the drop down list Type or click Insert Data amp Select the Time measurement from the drop down list Type or click Type or click Insert Data Select the Constants under Equations Constants measurement from the drop down list Select Xo Click in the Units field Type m and select m s from the list Press Enter or Accept Vv Example Calculations Constant1 2 3 Calcl Acceleration m s 2 T 2 sin Angle rad integral Force N Time s Resultant Acceleration sqrt Acceleration x m s
118. ta from one or more connected sensors through one or more interfaces At least one interface and sensor is required to collect data Z See What do need to have a complete measurement system 162 Follow these steps to connect a sensor to your computer 1 Ifnot already connect or add an interface to your computer Z See Connecting an interface 17 Note Capstone requires an interface to communicate with the sensor 2 Plug in one or more sensors into the interface Click for instructions on select interfaces amm Connecting a sensor with the 850 Interface 36 saga Connecting a sensor with the 750 Interface 41 Connecting a sensor with the SPARK SLS SPARKIlink SPARKIlink Air 45 Connecting a sensor with the Xplorer GLX 50 Connecting a sensor with the Digital Adapter or Photogate Port 55 Connecting a sensor with the Analog Adapter 56 E Connecting a sensor with the AirLink2 56 3 Add the sensor in Capstone Tip PASPORT sensor 1You can add sensors that are not connected to the interface This is useful to author or prepare experiments in advance PVI 012 14016A 27 lt PASCO capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting a sensor Note Capstone automatically detects properly connected PASPORT sensors Automatically detected PASPORT sensors To manually add a PASPORT sensor E VEM 012 14016A 28 lt PASCO capstone Stee Connecting a sensor a Cli
119. ta sets Select visible data 2 Select the run to display To display multiple runs TY ou can delete all data for the run and repeat data collection E VEM 012 14016A 79 amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements 1 Click to depress Run Selection amp in the toolbar Toolbar Run Selection button AELA DEMS AAN N BX Dae e I Allow simultaneous viewing of multiple data sets Select visible data Selected runs display simultaneous with the button is depressed 2 Click the pull down arrow next to Run Selection lt in the toolbar 3 Select the one or more runs to display How do l identify a measurement when I have multiple of the same type One instance of a measurement Format for a single instance of a specific measurement Measurement Type units Example Force N Multiple instances of measurement one interface connected Format for multiple instances of a specific measure with one interface connected Measurement Type Port units Example Force Ch P1 N Where Measurement Type Force Port on interface P1 Port identifier on the interface P1 PASPORT sensor number 1 Multiple instances of measurement multiple interfaces connected Format for multiple instances of a specific measure with multiple interfaces connected Measurement Type Channel Port units Example Force Ch A P1 N Where Measurement Type Force E VEM 012 14016A 80
120. tab 8 6 Click on the Motion Sensor properties icon G 7 Divide the value in the Speed of Sound m s field by the recorded distance in meters from step 3 8 Enter the calculated value from step 7 in the Speed of Sound m s field 9 Click OK How do I calibrate a drop counter 1 Connect the Drop Counter to PASCO Capstone Y See Connecting a sensor 27 2 Measure the volume from the Drop Counter for 10 drops 3 Calculate the volume per drop divide volume from step 2 by 10 4 Click Data Summary amp in the Tools Palette E VEM 012 14016A 96 3 How do l How do l Sensors amp Pasco capstone Data Summary button Click the Sensor Data Summary tab s Click on the Drop Counter properties icon Enter the calculated value from step 3 in the Drop Volume mL field Click OK SN a E How do I calibrate a pH sensor Note Simultaneous calibration is not recommended for pH ISE ORP Conductivity stainless steel temperature sensors without insulating sleeves or Disolved Oxygen sensors because these sensors will not read correctly if the probes are placed in the same solution simultaneously Equipment Required Two aqueous pH buffer standards that bracket the pH values of interest Procedure 1 Connect the pH Sensor to PASCO Capstone Y See Connecting a sensor 27 2 Click Calibration in the Tools Palette E VEM 012 14016A 97 Ss amp Pasco capstone 3 How do l
121. te a pure mathematical function Graph a purely mathematical function by defining a model and then creating a cal culation on the model within the calculator Procedure 1 Create a model in the calculator a Open the Calculator Z See How do create a calculation 99 b Right click on a new calculation line and select Insert Model Range TA sequence of values within a range and a defined number of steps or step size E VEM 012 14016A 87 gt Pasco capstone The Edit Model Range Properties window opens c Set the Start Value of the range d Set the End Value of the range e Select option Option Action Step Set the number of values between the Start Count Value and End Value Set the increment size between values in Step the range A smaller step size will produce Size more values in the range and a larger step size will produce fewer values in the range 2 Click OK 3 How do l How do l Data and Measurements Example Format 0 10 100 Start Value 0 End Value 10 Step Count 100 0 10 1 Start Value 0 End Value 10 Step Size 1 3 Insert an equation using the Model on a new calculation line Y See How do cre ate a calculation 99 Calculations appear on the Calculation Data Summary tab in Data Sum mary and are selectable from any data display See How do I use my cal culation 102 Example in Calculator 0 10 100 K lt
122. ternal Preference File Ei 5 N T External Preferences File Export Preferences File Export Preferences Fie Reset To Defauk t General Application Language Workbook Displays Palette Enable PASCO Capstone to use preferences defined in an external file To set up define the preferences you would like and then export those preferences to a locatit choosing using the Expart button below nces in that file specify its location below and then check this box Restart the application for the new preferences 1 Click on an item for a brief description Information displays here E VEM 012 14016A 14 PASCO Capstone 1 Tour the Interface Tour the Scope Tour the Scope Overview The scope is designed to view high frequency oscillating data or single high speed events that the graph display may not be able to capture Maximum Sampling Rate The maximum supported sampling rate is a function of the computer sensor interface that is connected to the computer for example 850 Universal Interface 10 MHz ScienceWorkshop 750 250 kHz Features G See Continuous Mode and Fast Monitor Whatis Continuous Mode 168 Mode What is Fast Monitor Mode 169 single shot What does the Single Shot button do 178 Multiple triggers How do select the scope trigger 131 Pre trigger How do I pre trigger 134 How do freeze and record the scope dis Image freeze play 135 Toolbar Icon Descripti
123. thML to the clipboard as plain text MathML to clipboard selection Equation Options General all math regis Cambria Math EA vert expressions to professional format of nested fractions in display equations Copy MathML to the clipboard as plain text Copy Linear Format to the cipboard as plain text Break lines with binary and relational operators Before Duplicate operators for subtraction as Display Math ma building up integrals Place integral limits to the side Place integral limits centered above and below es building up other n ary operators Place n ary limits to the side Place n ary limits directly above and below Use the following settings for math on its own line LeftMargin 0 RightMargin 0 Math margins are added to paragraph margins Justification Centered as group For math that wraps to a new line Indent wrapped lines by 1 Right align wrapped lines d Click OK Type the equation in the programs equation editor Highlight the equation Press CTRL C to copy Switch to a Text Box or Text Entry Box in PASCO Capstone Place the cursor and press CTRL V to paste oo a SN E VEM 012 14016A 129 as PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How dol Scope How dol Scope How do compare scope traces from the same sensor when monitoring 130 How do select the scope trigger 131 How do pre trigger 134 How do freeze and record the scope displa
124. the origin within the display Scale does not change Scaling Changing the axis scale value between tick marks to zoom in or zoom out Origin does not change Panning Scaling 45 Time s PASCO Capstone supports several panning and scaling methods e user manual Scaling and Panning e scaling based on maintaining the visibility or new data e scaling and panning the data to maximize the visibility of existing data Y See How do pan and scale 110 What is Panning Moving the origin within the display Scale does not change Panning is the process of changing the value of the constant P in the Scaling and Pan ning Equation TChanging the axis scale value between tick marks to zoom in or zoom out Origin does not change 2Moving the origin within the display Scale does not change E VEM 012 14016A 176 PASCO Capstone FAQ Displays What is Scaling Scaling is the process of changing the value of S in the Scaling and Panning Equation The process of increasing the value of the scaling factor S is said to be zooming in and decreasing the value of the scaling factor is said to be zooming out What is Zooming in out around a point You can simultaneously scale and pan such that a point other that the origin for example m om remains stationary in the plot area when scaling This process is the equivalent of Sca Ing by S and panning by Mo S for each coordinate Scaling and Panning Equation
125. thematical function 87 Workbooks How do show hide and lock the palettes 89 How do change what display toolbar buttons are visible 90 Sensors How do zero a measurement 92 PEIE 012 14016A 63 How do switch the sign on a sensor 93 How do calibrate a sensor 94 How do I calibrate a motion sensor 95 How do calibrate a drop counter 96 How do calibrate a pH sensor 97 Calculations How do I create a calculation 99 How do I use my calculation 102 How do select a measurement in the calculator 103 How do see the result of a calculation 103 How do reorder calculations 105 Plots How do plot multiple measurements on separate plot areas with shared X axis 107 How do I zoom to a selection 108 How do I pan and scale 110 How do select active data 111 How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with multiple Y axes 113 How do plot multiple measurements on same plot with same Y axes 114 How do apply a curve fit to a portion of the data 117 How do change curve fit parameters 118 How do adjust the weights for the weighted linear fit 119 How do lock and unlock the axes of a graph 121 How do change layer order of a display 123 Tables How do reorder columns in a table 124 How do use a table to build data in Keep Mode 124 Text Boxes How do enter subscri
126. tion might affect multiple displays it might be necessary to move displays to align to a common alignment border Y See Moving a display 58 Next step Starting an experiment 60 Starting an experiment Capstone provides several controls in the Controls Palette for collecting data Pre work 1 Connect one or more interfaces Y See Connecting an interface 17 2 Connect one or more sensors Y See Connecting a sensor 27 3 Add one or displays Y See Adding a display 56 Note Sensors that are inactive not ready to collect data appear with A Y See Connecting an interface 17 and Connecting a sensor 27 Start data collection with default settings Note Measurements in displays that are inactive not ready to collect data appear with Additionally the data record button turns gray ku if there is not at least one act ive interface and sensor Y See Connecting an interface 17 and Connecting a sensor 27 E VEM 012 14016A 60 PASCO Capstone A ARNOA Downloading Capstone experiments 1 Click Record O in the Controls Palette Record 00 00 0 vi 2000Hz Begin recording all measurements from each connected sensor Capstone begins recording all available data Record O toggles to Stop a 2 Click Stop H in the Controls Palette to stop data collection Collected data appear in all displays of the current page The data run is listed in the legend for
127. tional Connect the AC adapter included with the SPARKIlink Air to a wall out let and to the AC adapter port on the bottom of the device E VEM 012 14016A 22 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface gt PAscocapstone The Battery Status LED may blink red to indicate that the battery is charging through the power cable SPARKIlink USB and power aaa 1 AC adapter port CR e wom Power button 2 Connect the SPARKIlink Air to the computer via bluetooth or USB Pairing bluetooth i Press and hold the ON OFF button on the SPARKIink Air ii After the status LEDs blink in sequence release the ON OFF button The Bluetooth status LED will blink blue iii Enable the Windows or Macintosh computer for Bluetooth communication USB connection i Use an A to mini B USB cable such as PASCO part PS 2528 to connect the smaller USB port of the SPARK to a USB port on your computer or a USB hub connected to the computer ii Press and hold the ON OFF button on the SPARKIink Air iii After the status LEDs blink in sequence release the ON OFF button The USB Status LED will shine green The Battery Status LED may blink red to indicate that the battery is charging through the USB E VEM 012 14016A 23 ca PASCO Capstone 2 Getting Started Connecting an interface LED status definitions Slow Blinking Not connected Bluetooth Solid Con status nected Fast Blinking Sampling dat
128. tone 4 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ FAQ PASCO Capstone Specification PASCO Cap DataStudio stone 1 8 9r10 Error weighted Linear Fit YES NO Editable Initial Guesses YES YES Lockable Parameters YES NO User Defined Functions YES YES Data Manipulation Delete Data YES YES Exclude Data YES NO DISPLAYS Virtual Oscilloscope Display YES YES Fast Fourier Transform YES YES Automatic video synching YES NO Re title displays YES YES X Y GRAPH QuickCalc YES NO Smooth in place YES NO Zooming with the scroll wheel YES NO Snap to origin when panning YES YES Click Touch amp drag panning YES NO Select measurements from graph labels gt Multiple y axis measurements YES YES Manage y axes YES NO Prediction Tool NO YES Copy a portion of a plot NO YES Scrolling chart option YES O E Delete selected data points YES YES Exclude selected data points YES NO Change unit directly in the dis YES NO play YES Delta Tool Coordinate Tool YES Option Translucent data values YES NO Preview Data in Keep Mode YES YES TABLE Index column YES NO Support for Text Entry YES NO Out of order data entry YES NO Non numeric data entry YES NO Automatic data type switching YES NO E VEM 012 14016A NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO YES NO YES NO NO NO NO NO YES NO YES YES YES YES YES NO SPARKvue 2 0 156 PAsco capstone Specification Cell insertion deletion Row i
129. u are missing sound 1 Click on properties in the video toolbar 2 Click the View adjust current movie playback position drop down E VEM 012 14016A 142 rm 3 Howdol SEPASCOCAPSION Howto Video Choose a microphone Some computers may not automatically choose the correct microphone In these cases you may select a camera and a microphone and then choose Save Defaults to associate the camera and microphone Click OK 3 Test video recording and playback If no audio repeat steps to select a different Microphone source Windows Drivers Open Device Manager My Computer gt Properties gt Manage gt Device Manager gt Imaging Devices If the camera does not appear in the Device Manager try another USB port or dis connecting and reconnecting the camera to the same USB port If the camera appears in the Device Manager click on it and press the delete button unplug and replug the device into the USB port Install the latest device driver provided by the manufacturer if requested e Devices that support the UVC USB Video Class 1 1 standard do not need to have any special drivers installed to function in XP SP3 or Windows Vista 7 8 Such devices appear automatically in Device Manager shortly after being con nected e Older devices will need a driver installed e Older 16 Bit Devices VFW devices are not plug and play and will appear to still exist after they have been physically disconnected To uninstall such
130. vie Using Record Explanatory Movie a Start Recoding click Record O in the Display toolbar The video records without data recording Toolbar Video Record button Record O b Stop Recoding click Record O in the Display toolbar Using Record Movie with Synced Data a Start Recording click Record in the Controls Palette The video records with data recording Record button Begin recording all measurements from each connected sensor b Stop Recording click Stop H in the Controls Palette 6 Click Enter video analysis mode fin the Display toolbar Toolbar Video Analysis button 41O ONHDH HOD A ge Enter video analysis mode 7 Select the data run to use 8 Optional Change the units or length of the scale a While in Video Analysis mode click toolbar properties tS b Click Enter video analysis mode E VEM 012 14016A 139 amp Pasco capstone 3 How dol 10 11 12 13 How do l Video c Modify as needed Real World Length Sets Real World Length In Specified Units d Modify as needed Data Units Sets Length Units Adjust the scale tool to match the scale of the ruler or object of known length in the scene Click on the object that you would like to track Capstone places a at the point of click and the video will advance to the next frame Repeat until the object has been completely tracked The video analysis data appea
131. visible in the plot area is recorded as a run when Snapshot amp is clicked Recorded data appear on the sensor tab in the Data Summary tab and is selectable from any data display with a default name Monitor Run ScopeSnapshot 1 where 1 is an automatically generated run number e The scope will not drop samples within a frame due to an excessive sample rate e The trigger by definition occurs at a scope time of 0 00 e The scope displays complete frames of data The maximum frame rate depends on the processing speed of the host computer Maximum Frame Rate The maximum frame rate is directly related to the processing speed of the host and inversely related to the number of samples per frame Se Where S R3 x T S Samples per frame R Sampling rate displayed in the Controls Palette T time specified on the right of the plot area window 7 Automatic Sample Rate R The rate at which these frames of data are displayed 2The rate at which these frames of data are displayed E VEM 012 14016A 169 a y PASCO capstone FAQ Data and Measurements Select the auto sample rate adjustment button amp to enable automatic sampling rate e The sampling rate will increase when zooming into the time axis or when increas ing the number of samples per frame by using the increase samples per trace but ton e The sampling rate will decrease when zooming out of the time axis or when decreasing th
132. y 135 How do compare scope traces from the same sensor when mon itoring 1 Select one of the traces that you would like to compare with later traces by clicking on the symbol corresponding to that plot in the legend Legend selecting the active plot Symbol and color in legend matches plot symbol and color Click legend to make active The active plot is shaded in legend and darkest in dis play Click in the upper left corner of the legend to clear all active runs 2 Click Snapshot amp in the toolbar to capture the visible trace E VEM 012 14016A 130 amp PASCO Capstone 3 How dol How do l Scope Scope Toolbar Snapshot atA eella y L Creates a data set from active traces 3 Click Run Selection Multiple runs can display simultaneous when the button is depressed 4 Click the pull down arrow next to Run Selection lt in the toolbar Scope Toolbar Run Selection button Bt ABl4e Se2xee2 v clk xb eee Il Activate to view multiple runs Select visible run s 5 Select the measurement trace snapshots that you would like to display Y See How do I record data in PASCO Capstone 73 How do I select the scope trigger Note If the trigger button T in the scope toolbar is depressed the display of data starts when the trigger condition is satisfied If the trigger button is not depressed the display of data sta

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