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- | *Turn on the computer and check the system by following these instructions: double click the icon “Exp2_xva_t”. This icon will either be on the desktop or in a folder on the desktop labeled "New Folder". If you can't find it either place you can download it form [[http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/class/phy122ps/labs/Exp2_xva_t.cmbl|here]]. (Right click and choose "Save target". Once you start the program a window with a spreadsheet on the left (having “Time, Distance, Velocity, Acceleration” columns) and empty graphs on the right (distance, velocity and acceleration vs time) comes up. On top is a window “Sensor Confirmation”. It should show: | + | *Turn on the computer and check the system by following these instructions: double click the icon “Exp2_xva_t”. This icon will either be on the desktop or in a folder on the desktop labeled "New Folder". If you can't find it either place you can download it form [[http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/class/phy122ps/labs/Exp2_xva_t.cmbl|here]]. (Right click, choose "Save link as" and save the file to the desktop). Once you start the program a window with a spreadsheet on the left (having “Time, Distance, Velocity, Acceleration” columns) and empty graphs on the right (distance, velocity and acceleration vs time) comes up. On top is a window “Sensor Confirmation”. It should show: |