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TARTED WITH THE
CBL 2™ S
YSTEM
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Screen
Explanation
The calculator tried to draw a graph but was not able to
use the window settings. This problem can occur if you
collect data and the data does not change (for example,
the temperature does not change). If DataMate tries to
autoscale the graph of this data (which it usually does),
the calculator may not be able to set the y-axis scale.
Press
Í
to quit. Press
p
and set the x-axis or
y-axis scales, making sure that the
maximum
value
exceeds the
minimum
. Then press
s
to draw the
graph again.
This screen can appear when running DataMate on a
TI-89, TI-92, TI-92 Plus, or Voyage™ 200 PLT. It is caused
by a loss of communications between the calculator and
the CBL 2™ and usually means there is a problem with
the link port on the calculator.
Check that the cable is securely connected to the
calculator and the CBL 2. Then restart the program.
This screen appears when the user tries to run the Ranger
program using the TI-89, TI-92, TI-92 Plus, or Voyage 200
PLT after using the DataMate program.
This is caused by a conflict in some information left over
in List 5. The information in the list cannot be used
properly, so the calculator gives a Dimension error. To
correct this, go into the calculator’s memory
management and delete List 5 (L5).
This screen can appear on the TI-83 Plus. It can be caused
by running the DataMate app while the Interactive
Graphing app is loaded and turned on.
Turn off the Interactive Graphing app before running
DataMate. Also, go into memory management and check
the programs listing. There will be a program listed that
has a "strange" character as its name. Reset the RAM on
the calculator before doing anything else with the
calculator.
When using the TI-82 with a motion detector and two
other analog sensors, the data from the sensor in
Channel 2 is not collected.
The TI-82 has the capacity for only six lists, so there are
not enough lists available to collect data on all channels.
When using a motion detector, you can only use one
analog sensor in Channel 1.