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Hi There. I'm going to show you how to connect the LabQuest 2
to a wireless network, so that you can use
LabQuest Viewer, Data Share, or Graphical Analysis for iPad,
in your classroom, or wherever you are.
The most important thing you need to know is that
all of the devices that your going to be using,
whether it is a computer, a LabQuest 2, a tablet like an iPad
or even a phone, like this iPhone
They all need to be on the same wireless network.
So that means that at your school, all of the devices
need to be on the same network that is either
at the school or in the classroom.
Now you can see that on the Mac.
I am going to show you that this Mac is attached to,
or connected to, a network called 'Wireless Network'.
So, if I go up here, to my wireless settings
you can see that I see a network,
'AppleHub', 'Cisco...', 'Vernier Guest',
but the network we're using is called 'Wireless Network'.
So, I am going to connect to that network.
Right there.
The most important thing here though, is that most of you
are probably familiar with LabQuest App,
or this screen right here.
We need to go to another location or
view other apps that are on the LabQuest 2.
You can do that by tapping on the 'home' button
or just simply tapping on the 'home' icon
right here at the bottom of the screen.
Now you can see that there are other apps that are
available on this LabQuest 2.
There is 'LabQuest App', 'Audio Function Generator',
and some other things, but what is most important for us
is the folder called 'Connections'.
You can see that inside this folder there is
'Connection Information', 'LabQuest Viewer',
'Data Share Graphical Analysis', 'Email',
and most importantly 'Network'.
By tapping on the network icon, we'll be able to
connect to a network that is in this room or you could use this
to connect to a network that was in your classroom.
So, I'm going to tap on network.
Now you can see right here on the LabQuest 2
that the Wi-Fi radio is enabled,
so that means it is transmitting a wireless signal,
and it is picking up several different networks:
'Wireless Network', 'testnet2', 'Vernier' and 'Vernier Guest'.
Now remember, the Mac that we have over here,
and all these other tablets and phones are all
connected to the 'Wireless Network'.
A Wi-Fi network that we've named 'Wireless Network'.
So, for this to work, the LabQuest 2 also needs to be
connected to 'Wireless Network'.
You do that by just tapping where it says 'Wireless Network'.
And then we'll know when we've connected to the network
when we see an ip address, which is a series of numbers.
You don't have to worry too much about what those numbers
are, just when you finally see those numbers you will know
that you are actually connected to the network.
And there we are: 'Wireless Network', 192.168.1.126.
So now that my LabQuest 2 is on the same wireless network
that all of these devices are on.
I can use the LabQuest screen, or transfer data to a computer,
to an iPad tablet, or to a phone, and
that is what I am going to show you next using this Macintosh
I'm going to use our software called LabQuest Viewer.
If I open up, or click on LabQuest Viewer
you will see that there are two LabQuests that it can see,
since both of these LabQuests are on the same network.
Now if I want to see Group2's data,
I can just connect to it here using LabQuest Viewer.
And, now I am seeing Group2's LabQuest and
since I am at the home icon, or I'm in the homepage,
where I have 'LabQuest App', 'Periodic Table', and 'Connections'
If I want to see the data, if I go to 'LabQuest App'
by clicking right here.
I'll be able to see the data that has been transferred.
And there we go.
So, what if you want to transmit data to
a tablet, or a smartphone, or maybe even an iPad?
Well, remember the critical thing, if you want to transmit data
from a LabQuest 2, to any of these devices is
that they are all on the same network.
So, my iPad, right here, is actually connected once again
to a network called 'Wireless Network' just like my LabQuest 2.
So, to view any data, all I have to have is an app
that can actually view that data from my LabQuest 2.
In the case of the iPad, it's something called Graphical Analysis.
Let me show it to you.
So, if you look right here.
There is an app called Graphical Analysis.
I tap on that app.
You can see right now that there is no data server attached.
It's not seeing any data from a LabQuest 2.
If I want to see what LabQuest 2s it can see
I just have to click or tap in the top corner
Right here. ['+']
And now you can see it sees two things.
'group1' and 'Group2'.
Both of these things are called Vernier Data Share,
but really they're LabQuests
They're LabQuests that the iPad can see.
Just like I showed you on the Macintosh,
these are the same LabQuests called 'group1' and 'Group2'.
So, let's just connect to 'Group2', like I did with the Macintosh.
And, here you can see the same data
I showed you with LabQuest Viewer, on the Macintosh,
right here on the iPad.
And, I could do the same thing on a smartphone.
All I need to have is all of them on the same network.
So, what if you don't have a wireless network in your classroom?
Or, for that matter, maybe your out in the field
in Yellowstone and you want to transmit data
from your LabQuest 2 to an iPad, or your phone,
where there isn't a wireless network.
Well, that's ok, you can make the LabQuest 2 its own network,
or create your own network.
What that means is that the LabQuest 2
will create its own local network where it will
broadcast using Wi-Fi, and you can pick up that data on
a computer, on an iPad or tablet, or on a smartphone.
Remember, once again, the most critical thing is that
all of these devices are all connected to the same network.
That means, when I create a network here using the LabQuest 2
I'm then going to have to change and connect
each one of my devices to that network, that I just created.
So, let me show you how to do that.
Like I said, I'm a biologist, it's not that hard, I can do it.
So, most of you, once again,
are probably familiar with this screen.
This is the LabQuest App.
All I'm going to do is that I am going to go back to my
'Connections' folder, which has all of my network settings.
To get there, I just need to tap on the home icon,
or the home button.
So, I'm going to tap right here, on the home icon.
Now you can see there is 'LabQuest App', 'Periodic Table',
and remember, I went to this folder, called 'Connections'.
So, I'm going to go back to that folder, just by tapping on it.
Once again, you can see 'Connection Information',
'LabQuest Viewer', 'Email',
'Data Share {for} Graphical Analysis', and 'Network'.
And, just remember again, where I went to was this button
or this app, or this button right here called 'Network'.
So let�s just tap right there.
Now, you can see the Wi-Fi radio is enabled,
that means it's active, that means it can transmit data.
And, you can see that it is seeing a series of networks
that are actually in this room, 'Wireless Network',
'Vernier Guest', or 'Vernier'.
But, remember, what I am trying to show you is
how would you create your own local network.
So, for example, if you didn't have a wireless network
in your classroom.
You could create a network, and then you could
transmit this data from this one LabQuest
to all the students in the classroom if they had computers,
an iPad or tablet, or a smartphone.
So let's just look down here. You can see '{Vernier} Network',
'Vernier Guest', 'Vernier'.
There is something called 'Join Other Network'
that if I just click on this little arrow, there is something
below there that I want to show you;
that's called Create Network.
If I tap here, I'll be able to create
my own network using this LabQuest 2.
So, let's just do that.
So, you can see, the next thing that comes up is this screen
that says 'Network Name' and 'Passphrase'.
The Passphrase, if I check this box, I can actually make
a passcode, so that I can keep other people off this network.
I'm not really worried about that.
I'm just going to create a new network name.
So, since this is a LabQuest 2, why don't I just call the network
"mynetwork", because it's local.
So, I'm going to tap right in here.
Now, I am going to type in the network name,
which I am just going to call "mynetwork".
I'm just going to tap on the little 'Done' button
Now, once I hit here, tap right here where it says 'Create',
I will create my own network.
And, once again, just like when I was trying to
connect to other networks, you know that you have created
a network, or you connected to a network
when you see an ip address.
You can see that right here, these set of numbers mean
that I have created a network, and I'm connected to it.
Now, remember, the key thing here, if I want to
transmit data from this LabQuest to a computer,
to a tablet, or to a smartphone is always that
they are all on the same network.
So, what I need to do now, is that I need to connect,
in this case, my iPad to the same network; 'mynetwork'.
So, let me show you how to do that.
Here's an iPad,
and there's this section right here called 'Settings'.
Now, all I have to do is; if I tap on 'Settings'; and if I
look at this location right underneath 'Airplane Mode'; where
it says settings; so, right here, where it says Wi-Fi; I tap there.
You can see now, that it sees a couple other networks.
Look, there's 'mynetwork'.
That's the network I just created on my LabQuest 2.
So, now I'm going to connect to it.
And, there it is, it is connected.
So, it's connected to 'mynetwork'.
So, now let's go back to Graphical Analysis and
see if I can see that data.
So, if I tap here, and go back to the main screen.
And now, let's just tap on Graphical Analysis.
And, let's see if I can see 'Group2'?
There it is.
So the iPad, and the LabQuest are both on the same network.
I don't have to have a schools wireless network.
I've just created my own local network, and now
I can connect to 'Group2' and the data will be
transferred to my iPad.
And, there you have it. The same data right there.
That's all you need to know to be able to connect to a
network in your classroom, or create your own network.
If you have any questions, feel free to check out our website.
www.vernier.com