Vernier App and Program Transfer Guidebook - Manual (Page 5)

App and Program Transfer Guidebook 3
Step 1: Required Materials
To load Vernier applications and supplemental programs onto your TI graphing calculator, you will need:
• A Texas Instruments graphing calculator
• TI Connectivity Cable or TI USB cable (for use with the TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, and TI-
89 Titanium graphing calculators)
• TI Connect™, TI Device Explorer™ , or TI-GRAPH LINK ™ software
• Vernier supplemental programs
• A PC ® or Macintosh ® computer
Supported TI Graphing Calculators
• TI-82 • TI-83 Plus Silver Edition • TI-89
• TI-73 • TI-84 Plus • TI-89 Titanium
• TI-73 Explorer • TI-84 Plus Silver Edition • TI-92
• TI-83 • TI-85 • TI-92 Plus
• TI-83 Plus • TI-86 • Voyage 200
Cables to Connect the Calculator to the Computer
To connect a TI graphing calculator to a computer, you will need a connecting cable and
computer software. The cable you need depends on both the calculator and the computer you are
using. All cables come supplied with the TI Resource CD, which contains the required software
(see below). Some TI calculators come supplied with a cable.
TI-GRAPH LINK Serial (TI Connectivity) cable for Macintosh (gray)
Order Code: GLC-MAC
TI-GRAPH LINK Serial (TI Connectivity) cable for Windows (black)
Order Code: GLC-WIN
TI-GRAPH LINK USB (TI Connectivity) cable for Windows and
Macintosh (silver). This is commonly called the TI-Connectivity Kit.
Order Code: GLC-USB
TI USB Cable that comes with the TI-84 Plus , TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, and TI-89 Titanium calculators.
Software
For loading the programs onto your calculator, there are three programs to choose from, depending
on the calculator and computers you are using.
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TI Connect for Windows supports all TI graphing calculators except the TI-82 and TI-85. If you
have one of those calculators, you will need the
TI-GRAPH LINK program (Note: TI-GRAPH LINK
for Windows cannot use the TI Connectivity USB cable. Use a TI Connectivity serial cable for
Windows).
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TI Connect for Macintosh supports all TI graphing calculators.
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TI Device Explorer (a program found in the TI Connect package) for Mac OS X supports all TI
graphing calculators.
Instructions for loading TI Connect or TI-GRAPH LINK onto your computer are available on page 5.