Connect Sensors

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Vernier provides three basic ways to connect a sensor to the computer.

Go! Devices: The sensor cable plugs directly into a USB port on the computer.

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Go! Link: The sensor plugs into a Go! Link interface that plugs into a USB port on the computer.

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LabPro: The sensor plugs into a LabPro interface. The LabPro is powered either by batteries or by being plugged into a wall socket. A USB cable from the LabPro plugs into a USB port on the computer.

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Connect Photogates

If you are connecting only one photogate then make sure that it is attached to Channel 1. There is no way to specify or change the channel that a sensor is associated with. For all auto-id sensors, the channel is automatically detected and moving the sensor will reassign the channel. Photogates are largely non-auto-id sensors and do not communicate channel information to the computer.