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CHAPTER 2
S
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H
ARDWARE
In this chapter, you get the DT800 hardware up-and-
running.
You firstly check that you have everything, then you
power the DT800 from the mains adaptor and connect
the computer to the DT800.
2-1
C
HECKLIST
Make sure you have everything you’ll need to
successfully work through this user’s guide.
➲
Check that you have the following items:
a) From your DT800 shipping box:
• a DT800 data logger
• a mains adaptor
• a communications cable (“comms cable”; DE-9
female to DE-9 female) to connect between the
DT800 and the host computer
• a pair of cage-clamp tools to open the terminal
cage clamps for sensor wiring
• a potentiometer (variable resistance) mounted in
a child’s building block
• a thermocouple
• a DT800 CD (contains software and manuals)
• a
DT800 dataTaker User’s Manual
• the document you’re reading now (
Getting
Started with DT800 dataTaker)
If anything is missing, contact your supplier
immediately.
b) You also need a PC running Windows 95, 98,
2000 or NT with
• a CD-ROM drive
• a 200MHz Pentium
®
II processor or better
• at least
•64MB of RAM (“memory”) for Windows 95
or 98
•128MB of RAM for Windows 2000 or NT
(NT also requires Service Pack 4 or later)
• 40MB of free space on the hard disk for
installing
dataTaker’s DeLogger software
(installed DeLogger occupies 25MB).
Mains adaptor
Comms cable
Cage-clamp tools
Potentiometer
Thermocouple
CD containing
software
and manuals
User’s manual
F
IGURE
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Accessories supplied with your DT800 (plus
the user’s guide you’re reading now)
Summary of Contents for DT800
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