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PowerLab Owner’s Guide
How to Use this Guide
This owner’s guide describes how to set up and begin using your
PowerLab recording unit. The chapters provide an overview of the
PowerLab system (the combined software and hardware package),
and a more detailed look at the features of your recording unit and its
connection to your computer. The appendixes provide technical
information about the recording unit, and solutions to problems. At
the end of this guide is a glossary of hardware terms, an index, and
warranty information.
The specifications and diagrams included in the appendixes are there
to help the more technically minded to understand what the
PowerLab can and cannot do, but this is not a service manual: only an
authorised ADInstruments distributor should attempt repairs. If you
modify the recording unit yourself, you void any rights you have
under warranty.
The user’s guides for the Chart and Scope application programs
provide detailed information on the software side of the PowerLab
system and its uses in acquiring, storing, and analysing data. Read
them after you have connected the PowerLab to your computer.
First, Check Your PowerLab!
Please do not attempt to connect the PowerLab to a power outlet or
computer or turn it on until you have read the first two chapters of
this owner’s guide, and have checked it as described below.
1. Check that all items in the accompanying packing list are
included in the box.
2. Check that there are no obvious signs of external damage to the
PowerLab.
3. Check that there are no obvious signs of internal damage, such as
rattling. Pick the PowerLab up, tilt it gently from side to side, and
listen for anything that appears to be loose.
If anything is missing, or the PowerLab seems to be damaged in any
way, contact your authorised ADInstruments distributor immediately,
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