Texas Instruments CBL 2 Supplementary Manual

C B L 2 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g G u i d e
Screen Explanation
This screen appears when too much time has passed on a
screen without activity. This timeout feature takes advantage
of the Automatic Power Down (APD) feature of the
calculator and CBL 2 to conserve battery power.
Press À YES to continue the program.
Press Á NO to quit.
This screen appears when CBL 2 is not connected to the
calculator or when CBL 2 needs new batteries.
Check the connection between CBL 2 and your TI
calculator. Firmly push in the link cable, and then
choose 1: INTERFACE.
Check batteries in the CBL 2. Disconnect the calculator
from the CBL 2; then press TRANSFER on the CBL 2. If the
CBL 2 does not make a sound or light the red LED, change
the batteries in the CBL 2.
If you choose 1: INTERFACE without correcting the problem,
the link error screen appears.
Check the connection and batteries as explained above and
then press ENTER.
This screen appears when:
The CBL 2 has collected data and that data has not been
retrieved to the calculator.
or
The user exits DataMate in the middle of data collection
(possibly by pressing ON) and then restarts DataMate.
Press ENTER. Then choose one of the following:
To retrieve the data, press · TOOLS and then Á RETRIEVE
DATA.
To delete the data, press CLEAR to reset the CBL 2.
The DataMate main screen shows a non-autoID sensor from
a previous experiment even though the sensor is no longer
connected. (For example, the screen on the left shows a
Relative Humidity sensor even though the sensor was
removed and DataMate was restarted.)
Press ' to reset the CBL 2 to initial conditions. (In
general, whenever you see something on the screen that
does not look correct, press ' to reset.)