
18|CLABUser’sGuide
IV.USINGCLABWITHACOMPUTERANDCOACH
When using CLAB as a lab interface connected to a PC computer CLAB stays
connectedtothePCviaaUSBport(on‐linemode)andiscontrolledbytheCoach
programrunningonthePC.Thecollecteddataaretransferredinreal‐timetothe
computer and the course
of the measurement can be followed directly in the
program. The recorded data are not stored in CLAB’s memory and should be
savedonthePCintheCoach6program.
1.Coachprograms
The Coach and Coach Lite programs (version 6.6 or newer) support
measurements with CLAB. Before you start to use CLAB with the computer we
recommendtofirstinstalltheCoachorCoachLiteprogram(version6.6ornewer)
onyourPC.
1.1Coach
1
Coachis amultimedia learningandauthoringsoftware environmentfor Science,
TechnologyandMathematicsEducationthatofferstoolsto:
collectdataviainterfacesandsensors
controlsystems
measureondigitalvideosandimages
modeldynamicalsystemsandprocesses
processandanalyzedata.
As an authoring
system Coach allows to create multimedia activities for CLAB.
Exemplary CoachActivities for CLAB,prepared foruseby students, are available
intheCoachprogram.
Detailedinformationabout theuseand featuresofCoach6are describedinthe
GuidetoCoach6whichcanbefoundontheCMA
website(www.cma‐science.nl).
1.2CoachLite
2
CoachLiteisalimitedversionofCoach,whichsupportsmeasurementandcontrol
with CMA's interfaces, among others also CLAB. The data collected in
measurements can be further processed; the program offers a number of data
processinganddataanalysistools.ExemplaryActivitiesforCLAB,preparedforuse
by
students,areavailableinCoachLite. TheseActivitiescannotbemodified;the
resultofstudentworkcanbesavedinResultfiles.
DetailedinformationabouttheuseandfeaturesofCoach6Litearedescribedin
theGuidetoCoach6Lite,whichcanbefoundontheCMAwebsite.
1
Hastobepurchasedseparate(licensecodeneededforinstallati on ).
2
Free,hastobedownloadedfromtheCMAwebsitewww.cma‐science.nl.
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