Texas instruments CBL 2 System Experiment Workbook

CBL Programs/Applications
To Accompany

Contents

1. What’s New?

2. How to Install the Application Using the Flash Installer

3. How to Install the Application Using TI-GRAPH LINK™

3. How to Start the Application

4. How to Run the Programs
a. Error Messages
b. How the Application differs from the previous stand-alone programs

5. How to Delete an Application

6. How to Contact TI Technical Support

CBL™ System Experiment Workbook

What’s New?

In the past, each activity in CBL System Experiment Workbook used one or more TI Basic programs. These
files were stand-alone files with .83p file extensions. When performing an activity, you would download all
the files you needed into your calculator from the PC using the TI-GRAPH LINK™ program. To use the
programs, you would make a selection from the calculator  EXEC menu. In order to use the
programs, all the programs had to be in memory at the same time.

The same TI Basic programs have now been modified to work with the TI-83 Plus. Similar stand-alone TI
Basic files are still available, but these now have .8xp extensions. The functions that the programs perform
are essentially unchanged from the TI-83, but cosmetic changes have been made where necessary.

In addition, for the TI-83 Plus we have provided versions of these programs in the form of an application.
Application files have .app file extensions on the PC. You can download applications to the calculator using
TI-GRAPH LINK or the Flash Installer provided by TI. (The Flash Installer currently is not available for
the Macintosh, so Macintosh users will need to install the standalone programs using TI-GRAPH LINK.)
When you load an application into the calculator, it is put in the Flash ROM, so it does not take up space in
RAM. To use an application, press 9 and select the application name from the APPLICATIONS menu.

How to Install the Application Using the Flash Installer

The Flash Installer is currently available only for the Microsoft® Windows® platforms (Windows® 3.1,
Windows® 95, and Windows NT®).

1. Close all desktop applications that may have been started after you downloaded the flash software.
(Another running application could interfere while the flash software is updating your TI-83 Plus.)

2. Make sure the TI-GRAPH LINK cable is firmly connected to the calculator and the computer.

3.Start the flash software installation by double-clicking on the flash software file (cblmath1.exe, for
example) on your computer and following the instructions.

The TI-83 Plus may briefly display a "Defragmenting" message. This simply means the calculator is
preparing for downloading. While the application is downloading, the TI-83 Plus will display the message
“Receiving *CBLExpmt app.”

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When the installation is complete, the Flash Installer screen will display a message that the installation was
successful. The calculator will remain on.

Important: DO NOT interrupt the installation process. If you encounter any errors during the installation,
follow the instructions. Error Recovery instructions are also described below.

CBL System Experiment Workbook activities are grouped into one application entitled CBLExpmt.app.

How to Install the Application Using TI-GRAPH LINK™

1. Connect the TI-83 Plus and your computer with the TI-GRAPH LINK™ cable.

2. Turn on the TI-83 Plus and leave it at the Home screen.

3. Start the TI-GRAPH LINK software.

4. Click on the Link menu, then click on Send.

5. Select the directory into which you downloaded the application files, and then select the file you want
to load on the TI-83 Plus.

6. Click OK to transmit the file.

How to Start the Application

To use an application, press 9 and select the application name from the APPLICATIONS menu.

To remove the title screen, press Í. To exit the application at any time, press 2 K.

How to Run the Programs

When you start any application, after you press Í to remove the title screen, you will see a main menu
listing the names of the original TI Basic programs available in that application. These names correspond to
the names given in CBL System Experiment Workbook. In order to run a program mentioned in the activity
book, you must run the application, and then select the program name.

To run the program:

• Press the number in front of the program name
— or —

• Use † to highlight the program name and press Í.

To move around the main menu:

• Use } and † to move one line at a time.

— or —

• ƒ } or ƒ † to move one screen at a time.

You can quit the application from the main menu by pressing y K or by selecting the QUIT option
listed on the menu.

Once you select a program from the menu, that program begins running. The programs run nearly
identically to the way they did on the TI-83. When you quit a program by selecting a QUIT option or the
program ends normally on its own, you return to the application main menu, where you may select a new
program to run or exit the application. (To exit, press ‘ or 2 K.)

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