PASCO PS-2100A User Manual

800-772-8700 [e-mail]

[phone] www.pasco.com

USB Link

Light Emitting Diode (LED)

connection indicator

USB Plug

Alignment

tab

Nine pin mini-DIN Port

USB icon

OR

PASPORT

Sensor plug

PASPORT Sensor

USB Link

PS-2100A

Instruction Sheet

012-09989B

Included Equipment Part Number

USB Link PS-2100A

Recommended Items Part Number

PASCO PASPORT Compatible Interface* see www.pasco.com
PASCO Data Acquisition Software* see www.pasco.com

Optional Items Part Number

PASPORT Sensor Extension Cable PS-2500
PASPORT Analog Adapter or Digital Adapter PS-2158 or PS-2159

*See the PASCO catalog or the PASCO web site at www.pasco.com for more information.

Quick Start

• Plug the USB Plug into a USB port on a computer
or into a port on a USB hub connected to a com­puter. (Look for the USB icon.)

• Connect a PASPORT sensor to the mini-DIN port
on the other end of the USB Link. Note that a
PASPORT sensor will connect to the USB Link in
only one way. Match the groove on one side of the
sensor or sensor plug with the alignment tab on the
bottom lip of the USB Link

• If you have an analog sensor with a five pin or
eight pin DIN plug, or a digital sensor with a phone
plug, connect the sensor to a PASPORT Analog Adapter (PS-2158) or a PASPORT Digital Adapter
(PS-2159), and then connect the adapter to the USB Link.

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Model No.PS-2100A Introduction

• SETUP: For information on setting up the data acquisition software and recording data,
refer to the User’s Guide for the data acquisition software.

Limited Warranty For a description of the product war­ranty, see the PASCO catalog. Copyright The PASCO sci­entific Instruction Sheet is copyrighted with all rights
reserved. Permission is granted to non-profit educational
institutions for reproduction of any part of this manual, pro­viding the reproductions are used only in their laboratories
and classrooms, and are not sold for profit. Reproduction
under any other circumstances, without the written con­sent of PASCO scientific, is prohibited. Trademarks
PASCO, PASCO Capstone, and PASPORT are trade­marks or registered trademarks of PASCO scientific, in the
United States and/or in other countries. For more informa­tion visit www.pasco.com/legal.

Introduction

The PASCO PS-2100A USB Link is an interface that uses the Universal Serial Bus protocol to enable communi­cation between PASCO sensors and a USB-compatible computer that is running PASCO’s data acquisition soft­ware*. The USB Link can be connected to and disconnected from a USB port without turning off the computer
first. If the USB Link is connected to a computer that is running the software, the light emitting diode (LED) on
the top of the USB Link lights up to indicate that the software detects the connection.

NOTE: If the computer is on, the data acquisition software is running, the USB Link is securely connected, but
the LED is not on, disconnect and then reconnect the USB Link to the USB port. (Contact Technical Support for
more information.)

*See the PASCO catalog or web site at www.pasco.com for more information.

The PS-2500 PASPORT Sensor Extension Cable is 2 meters long with an eight pin female DIN plug at one end
and a PASPORT sensor plug at the other end. Use the cable to extend the distance that your sensor can reach.

Technical Support

For assistance with any PASCO product, contact PASCO at:

Address: PASCO scientific

10101 Foothills Blvd.
Roseville, CA 95747-7100

Phone: [phone] (worldwide)

800-772-8700 (U.S.)
Web: www.pasco.com
Email: [e-mail]

For information about the USB Link, go to the PASCO web
site at www.pasco.com and enter PS-2100A in the Search
window.

Product End of Life Disposal Instructions:

This electronic product is subject to disposal and recycling regulations that vary by country and region. It is your
responsibility to recycle your electronic equipment per your local environmental laws and regulations to ensure that it
will be recycled in a manner that protects human health and the environment. To find out where you can drop off your
waste equipment for recycling, please contact your local waste recycle/disposal service, or the place where you pur­chased the product.

The European Union WEEE (W aste Electronic and Electrical Equipment) symbol (to the right) and
on the product or its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of in a standard
waste container.

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