Getting Started with TI InterActive! 5
TII_GettingStarted.doc Getting Started with TI InterActive! Karen Davis Revised: 6/15/04 2:00 PM Printed: 6/15/04 3:39 PM Page 5 of 63
The computer that you use to run TI InterActive! must have:
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Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or
Windows XP.
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Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 or later must be installed as
an update to Microsoft Windows.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.
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Hard disk with 40 MB available for TI InterActive! (18 MB
required for installation).
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CD-ROM drive (if installing from a CD).
To use the Internet features of TI InterActive!:
Your computer must have a working Internet connection.
To read the electronic documentation:
Your computer must have Acrobat Reader 3.02 or later (16 MB
hard disk space).
To communicate with a supported device:
You can transfer programs and data between TI InterActive! and
a supported graphing calculator, or collect samples from a
supported data-collection device. Your computer must have:
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TI Connect™ 1.5 (50 MB hard disk space available; 32 MB
required for installation).
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An available USB port or a serial communication port
configured as Com 1, 2, 3, or 4.
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An appropriate TI Connectivity Cable — USB Computer
cable, USB Silver Edition cable, Serial for Windows cable
(black link), or Serial for Windows/Mac cable (gray link).
Installing TI InterActive!
TI InterActive!
can be installed from a TI InterActive! CD-ROM
or from a file downloaded from the Web. Check the system
requirements below, and follow the steps for the installation
method that applies to you.
System
requirements
NOTE:
Supported data-
collection devices are:
Calculator-Based
Laboratory™ (CBL™),
Calculator-Based
Laboratory 2™ (CBL 2™),
Calculator-Based
Ranger™ (CBR™),
Vernier LabPro
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.