Carolina NeuLog Photo Gate User Manual
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NEULOG PHOTO GATE SENSOR GUIDE
Change in time between two gates:
Change in time between two photo gates requires two Neulog photo gate
sensors and an object or timing card with a known width.
1. Click the “Experiment Setup” button in the NeuLog software and
select “Change in time between two gates”.
2. The graphic demonstrates the basic idea of what your experimental
setup should look like.
3. Measure and input the width of your object (in millimeters) into
the text field labeled “X[mm]”.
4. Assign each of your photo gate sensors to both the “Sensor A” and
“Sensor B” position.
5. Click “Save” and then you are ready to begin data collection.
Velocities with timing card:
Using a timing card with two equal width flags in the “Velocities with a
timing card” mode will measure the velocities without any more setup.
This mode is very useful for quick experiments with timing cards.
Quick start procedure:
PC or Mac Computer
Materials needed:
A USB to mini USB cable (which comes with the USB-200)
Your photo gate sensor needs to be connected to a USB-200 module. The
USB-200 module then connects to a computer via a USB to mini-USB
cable. Please note that you cannot plug the photo gate sensor directly into
the computer.
Resident PC software and browser based software can be downloaded for
free at www.NeuLog.com/dowload as well as a full software user guide.
Note: Make sure not to download and install both types of software, they
will conflict on the computer.
Procedure:
1. Install the NeuLog software
2. Connect the USB-200 module to the PC or Mac
3. Connect the photo gate sensor to the USB-200 module (they
directly plug together). Please note there is no calibration required
for this sensor.
4. Open the NeuLog software.
5. Once a photo gate sensor logo appears on the left side of the screen
the probe has been automatically identified and you can begin
experimentation.
6. If the photo gate sensor is not automatically identified then click
the “Search for sensors” icon to find the sensor.
7. Select the “On-line experiment” button; this will open a graph
below.
8. Click on the “Module setup” button located on the photo gate
sensor icon in the module window to change the sensor settings if
need be.
9. Click on the experiment set up button to change the experiment
settings if need be (experiment duration for example).