28119 Parallax Inc, 28119 Datasheet - Page 13

• Manufacturer Part Number: 28119
• Description: KIT UNDERSTANDING SIGNALS
• Manufacturer: Parallax Inc

Specifications of 28119

• Lead Free Status: Contains lead
• Accessory Type: Oscilloscope
• Interface Type: USB
• For Use With/related Products: BASIC Stamp® 2 and Board of Education
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

RUNNING THE OPTASCOPE 81M FOR THE FIRST TIME
Setting up the OPTAscope is a matter of installing the software from the CD provided,
and connecting the OPTAscope to your PC via a standard USB cable (included). You
may also obtain the latest version of the software from www.parallax.com. If the
OPTAscope is not immediately recognized after driver installation see the “Hardware
Installation” section of the on-line help file from your Start → Programs → Optimum
Designs folder.
This section will guide you through the OPTAscope’s basic hardware and software
settings. This will give you an overview of how the OPTAscope works, and point out the
various features you will be using in the upcoming exercises.
Important note to lab instructors and system administrators: Each OPTAscope has a
unique USB-ID. If the computers in the lab are configured so that the students are not
permitted to install new hardware, make sure that each OPTAscope has a label indicating
which PC it was installed to. Students should then be instructed to use the PC indicated on
the OPTAscope's label (or check out the OPTAscope with a label that corresponds with one
on the PC they are using).
The reason unique IDs are used is because it gives you the option of running more than one
OPTAscope on a single PC. This can be accomplished because the OPTAscope software
assigns a unique COM port to each OPTAscope. This means you can open more than one
instance of the OPTAscope software and use each to monitor signals using a different
OPTAscope.