Starting The Data Collection Tool; Automatic Start Mode - Texas Instruments TI-NSPIRE Software Manual

Starting the Data Collection tool

The Data Collection tool can be started automatically or manually.

Automatic start mode

An automatic start occurs when a sensor is connected to either a
TI-Nspireé handheld or a computer running TI-Nspireé computer
software. The connected sensor is configured to work with the Data
Collection tool in an open Graphs & Geometry page, or if there is no
available Graphs & Geometry on the active page, a new page opens and
the page displays Graphs & Geometry and Lists & Spreadsheet. If more
than one document is open (on a computer), you are asked to select
which document to use.
The Data Collection tool:
• determines the type of sensor you have connected.
• labels the Graphs & Geometry axes with the appropriate
experiment labels and adds labels to the Lists & Spreadsheet
columns if Lists & Spreadsheet is on the same page.
Data Collection is ready to monitor and collect experimental data
samples.
The following example shows a Data Collection page ready to collect
data. This page contains a default template for collecting EasyTemp
experimental data.
Note: The columns were manually widened to show headings.
Data Collection page ready for temperature versus time experiment
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