Logger Pro is a great tool for collecting and analyzing data from Vernier sensors.
Today I'd like to show you some basic features of the Logger Pro software.
When you first open Logger Pro, it will probably look something like this
with a blank data table and a blank graph. You might notice that the collect button
here on the other screen button has been grayed out. That's because I don't yet
have a sensor connected. I do, however, have an interface connected. I can look
for that interface in the upper left-hand corner here. This little icon shows that I
have a LabQuest connected. If I disconnect it and unplug it from the
computer, it changes to "No device connected." I'm going to reattach that and
this time, I'm also going to connect a sensor. In this case, a Dual-Range Force
Sensor. Now that I've plugged that in, it gives me a live readout both here where
the interface is shown and as well as a digital meter down here on the bottom
left. Notice, too, that my collect button is now
green, meaning I can start and stop data collection. I'll click on that and
gather some data and then stop it. Along the top, I have menus where I can adjust
options for data collection or I can do analysis of the data I take in or I can
change the way the Logger Pro window looks. Beneath that, I have a row of
shortcut buttons that give me quick access to the features in Logger Pro that I'll
use most frequently. As you navigate around Logger Pro, one
general rule of thumb is that if you want to change something, double-click on it.
For instance, if these force values represented weights and I wanted to change
this from force to weight, I'll double-click on it and it opens the
column options menu. I'm going to change this to weight and as a shortening call it
"W." That change is reflected both in the data table and my live readouts as well as
on the vertical axis of the graph. If you've made changes to a Logger Pro
file that you don't want to keep, or you just want to start with a blank slate,
opening a new file is the easiest way to do that. It will prompt you to save it or
not, in this case, I'm not going to and Logger Pro starts over back to where I
began.