AppendixF:UsingLoggerPro,LinFitandLabSubmitHowtogettoLoggerProOntheDesktop,doubleclickontheLoggerProicon.Gotothe“File”drop-downmenu.Select“Open”.Selectthefilethatcorrespondstoyourparticularexperiment.Forexample,intheair-trackexperiment,clickon“SonicRanger”.Clickonthe“Open”Button.YouarenowreadytouseLoggerPro.Atthispointyoushouldsetupthedataacquisitionparametersforyourparticularexperiment.Todothis,gotothe“Setup”drop-downmenu.Select“DataCollection”.Selectthe“Sampling”option.Fromhereyoucanchoosethe“ExperimentLength”andthe“SamplingSpeed”.Whenyouhavechosenyourparameters,clickon“OK”.YoumightalsoneedtosetparametersintheTriggeringwindow.Checkwithyourinstructor.Whenyouarereadytocollectdata,clickonthe“Collect”buttononthetoolbar.Ifyoudonothavea“Collect”button,themostlikelyfailureisthatthepowertotheLoggerProboxwasnotturnedonwhenthedatawasstarted,inwhichcaseyoushouldshuttheprogramdown,restartit,andrepeatthestepsabove.Ifyouarestillhavingproblems,letyourinstructorknow.Thedatawillappearinthe“TableWindow”.TocopythedatatoExcel,youcaneitherselectaportionofthedatausingthemouse,oryoucanclickonthe“ALL”button,thencopyandpaste.HowtogettoLinFit.xlsandParaFit.xlsWhenyouareinsideExcel,andarereadytoperformafit,youshouldopeneitherofthetwofiles,dependingonwhetheryouareperformingafittoaline(LinFit)ortoaparabola(ParaFit).Toopenthefile,goto“File”“Open”and“MyComputer”.Select“P275on‘Delphi\Groups\Course’(P:).YouwillfindLinFit,ParaFitandathirdfilecalledLnLnFit(log/logfitting).Opentheappropriatefile.Awindowwillpopupasyouopenthefile,clickon“EnableMacros”inthewindow.YoucannowcopycolumnsfromyourownExcelfileintotheappropriatecolumnsintheLinFitfile.Notethefourcolumnslabeled(x,sx,y,sy):yourdatashouldgointhosecolumns.Onceyouhaveyourdatawhereyouwantit,clickon“Tools”“Macro”“Macros”.Highlighttheentrycalled“LinFit”andclickon“Run”.HowtoUseLabSubmitYourinstructormaywantyoutosubmityourExcelspreadsheetstotheTAeitherbyemailorbyusingtheLabSubmitsoftware.LabSubmitisasecureftpscriptthatw