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LAB User’s Guide
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2. Installing the CLAB driver
C
LAB is equipped with HID
3
USB for which a standard driver is available in
Windows. The driver installation is automatically executed the first time
C
LAB is
connected to the computer
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.
3. Typical on-line measurement procedure in Coach
To collect data with CLAB connected to the computer
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:
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Connect
C
LAB to the computer via the provided USB cable.
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Turn on
C
LAB.
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Start Coach 6 Lite or Coach 6 and open an Activity for
C
LAB.
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Connect sensor(s) to the sensor input(s) on
C
LAB.
•
C
LAB automatically detects the connected sensor(s) and displays the sensor
icons of the identified sensors on the
C
LAB screen panel. Sensors, which are
not automatically identified, have to be selected manually from the Coach
Sensor Library.
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The measurement in Coach is executed according to the given measurement
settings. Click
Measurement Settings
to check these settings: measurement
type, measuring time, sampling frequency and number of collected samples.
Adjust these settings if needed.
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Follow the instructions given in the Coach Activity or directly start the
measurement by clicking the green
Start
button.
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In most cases, Coach automatically starts the measurement.
o
If triggering is enabled then the measurement is started automatically
when the trigger conditions are met.
o
When the type of measurement is set to
Manual
then the green
Manual
Start
button appears in the Toolbar. Click this button to collect a single
measurement. When keyboard input(s) is specified then the value of one
or more quantities have to be typed in.
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The measurement is stopped when the specified measurement time (time-
based) or specified number of samples (manual) has been reached.
If you want to interrupt the measurements process, click the red
Stop
button
or press <
Esc>
.
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Save your result to file via the
File
menu options
Save
or
Save As…
.
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Human Interface Device.
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No administrator rights are needed to install this driver under all Windows versions.
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This procedure does not describe the Event-based type of measurement.
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