Getting Started Using Go! Motion and Logger Pro
The Vernier Go! Motion is a Motion Detector that connects directly to the USB port of your computer. No interface is needed.
Follow this procedure to quickly collect data with the Go! Motion and Logger Pro software:
- Connect the Go! Motion to a USB port on your computer running Logger Pro.
- A Found New Hardware message may appear. Allow a few moments for this process to complete before proceeding.
- You will see that Logger Pro has identified the probe and is now ready to collect data. Note: You can easily change the units of measurement for the Go! Motion by choosing Change Units from the Experiment menu.
- Click
. The data will be displayed in the data table and the graph.
- Once you have collected data, you can analyze it and perform many other tasks. Take a look at the How To section for a list of the various options available in Logger Pro.
Note: A tutorial covering Go! Motion is available. Choose Open from the File menu, then look in the Tutorials folder to access it.
Changing Go! Motion Options
Using the Go! Motion dialog you can zero the Go! Motion, change the data-collection units, and more.
View the Go! Motion dialog by clicking the Go! Motion icon 
in the toolbar. A dialog showing the sensor setup, the units, and current readings (if Live Readouts in the Column Options dialog is checked) will be displayed.
By clicking the Go! Motion icon, you can:
- View detailed information about the Go! Motion.
- Zero the Go! Motion to reset the reported value to zero without otherwise changing any calibration.
- Reverse Direction. Check Reverse Direction to reverse the readings so the values will be reported in negative distances. For example, if you start at 1 m from the Go! Motion, the reading will be -1 m. As the object moves to the Go! Motion, the readings will move toward zero.
- Set Offset.... The Go! Motion cannot read objects closer than 0.2 m. This option will call up a box where you can set a value to offset every point collected with the sensor. The number you enter (either positive or negative) will offset the actual distance reading. For example, entering -0.2 meters will result in a distance of 0.2 m being read as 0 m.
- Change the units between meters and feet.
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