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Free Fall Adapter


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To set up the free-fall adapter:

  1. This dialog opens when you drag the digital plug icon to digital channel 1 in the Setup Window.

    Free fall starting dialog

    This dialog asks you to enter the distance of fall (in meters) of the ball. You can ignore it, since you will be using several distances.

    Free fall 2nd dialog

    This is how the Setup Window will look when the free fall adapter is successfully installed.

    free fall setup
    Plug the photogate into Digital Channel 1.
  2. Drag the digital plug icon ( digital plug icon) to the picture of Digital Channel 1(digital channel 1 icon).
  3. A dialog will open in which you should select "Free Fall Adapter". 
  4. A second dialog will open which asks for the distance of fall (in meters) for the ball in the apparatus. Since you will (hopefully) be using seveal different heights, you can ignore this dialog


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last update July 17, 2000 by JL Stanbrough